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<span style="font-size: 20px">> Cardinal 23.07 released</span><br/> |
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On <i>2023-07-15</i> by<i> falkTX</i> |
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Hello again everyone, it is time for another <a href="https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal" target="_blank">Cardinal</a> release.<br/> |
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<a href="https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal" target="_blank">Cardinal</a> |
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is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin.<br/> |
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It is based on the popular <a href="https://github.com/VCVRack/Rack/" target="_blank">VCV Rack</a> |
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but with a focus on being a fully self-contained plugin version. |
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There are quite a few nice changes this time, from finally allowing global user settings to improved audio plugin hosting.<br/> |
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Let's go throught the main changes... |
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<h3>Global user settings</h3> |
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As per user request Cardinal now defines a user directory for patches, modules settings and other details.<br/> |
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This came as a necessity for the updated Ildaeil module, which needs to store plugin cache between runs.<br/> |
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With this now in place, many things that Cardinal was missing compared to VCV Rack are now enabled, including: |
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<li>Allow modules to save and load settings in a known location</li> |
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<li>Allow to save, list and load module presets and general files from a known location</li> |
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<li>Menu action "File" -> "Open recent" is now enabled</li> |
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<li>Menu action "File" -> "Overwrite template" is now enabled</li> |
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<li>Menu action "Help" -> "Open user folder" is now enabled</li> |
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<li>Save and load user settings globally</li> |
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Please note that user settings are saved <b>per-variant</b>, so e.g. CardinalSynth and CardinalFX will have differnet settings.<br/> |
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This is 100% intentional, and found to be generally useful - we want to have different base templates and favorites on Synth vs FX.<br/> |
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Also, something not done on VCV Rack side, a "File" -> "New (factory template)" is now available.<br/> |
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This allows to load the Cardinal's original template instead of the user-saved one. |
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<h3>Ildaeil plugin hosting</h3> |
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The Ildaeil module allows to load audio plugins (such as LV2 and VST3) inside Cardinal.<br/> |
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With this update, Ildaeil will automatically scan and list binary plugins, bringing support for LADSPA, DSSI, VST2, VST3 and CLAP.<br/> |
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When supported by the plugin Ildaeil will also show the list of available presets. |
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<img src="/screenshots/news/cardinal-23.07-ildaeil.png" alt="cardinal+ildaeil"/> |
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<h3>AIDA-X module</h3> |
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This releases introduces a new module, a port of the <a href="https://github.com/AidaDSP/AIDA-X" target="_blank">AIDA-X audio plugin</a> (also available separately as a standalone plugin).<br/> |
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AIDA-X is an Amp Model Player leveraging AI and machine learning, with a target of providing high fidelity simulations of guitar amplifiers.<br/> |
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It is also possible to run entire signal chains consisting of any combination of amp, cab, dist, drive, fuzz, boost and eq. |
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The module loads AIDA-X files that have been trained to match a desired sound output.<br> |
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Right-click on the module and select "Load model file..." to load an AIDA-X model file from disk. |
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A quick model pack can be downloaded from |
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18MwNhuo9fjK8hlne6SAdhpGtL4bWsVz-" target="_blank">AIDA DSP's Google Drive folder</a>.<br> |
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Check out the |
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<a href="https://forum.mod.audio/c/neural/62" target="_blank">MOD Forum's Neural Modelling section</a> for an online place for discussion, sharing and all things related to Amp Models. |
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<img src="/screenshots/news/cardinal-23.07-aida-x.png" alt="cardinal+aida-x"/> |
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<h3>Web browser persistent storage</h3> |
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A nice little addition to the Cardinal's online web version (running at <a href="https://cardinal.kx.studio/" target="_blank">cardinal.kx.studio</a> or easily self-hostable) is browser-side peristent storage.<br> |
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This means we are able to locally save patches and user settings on the web version of Cardnal, making it a little bit more useful and not purely a test tool.<br> |
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Previously saved patches can be accessed via "File" -> "Open local patch" menu. |
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Also on the web version, it will now automatically detect lack of Web-SIMD support and load a non-optimized version of Cardinal.<br> |
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This allows to load Cardinal on Safari and other WebKit based browsers, or any other that does not support Web-SIMD.<br> |
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Worth noting that latest WebKit has finally added support for Web-SIMD, so this is more of a temporary measure until the update is rolled out everywhere. |
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There are a few module updates too, and some important bug fixes too, see the changelog below. |
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<h3>Changelog</h3> |
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<li>Add AIDA-X module</li> |
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<li>Add Bogaudio AD to mini variant</li> |
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<li>Add (binary) plugin scanning to Ildaeil plugin hosting (LADSPA, DSSI, VST2, VST3 and CLAP)</li> |
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<li>Add plugin presets to Ildaeil, when exposed on the plugin side</li> |
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<li>Add VST2 plugin folder option to Windows installer</li> |
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<li>Allow custom URL for remote instance connections</li> |
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<li>Allow usage of local user directory and configs, expose related options</li> |
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<li>Fix focus to input text dialogs</li> |
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<li>Fix missing menubar cpu usage</li> |
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<li>Invert scroll X direction</li> |
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<li>Rework file menu</li> |
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<li>Update base VCV Rack to v2.3.0</li> |
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<li>Update Sapphire to v2.2.2 (adds Tube Unit)</li> |
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<li>Update MindMeldModular and SurgeXT, for Rack 2.3 compatibility</li> |
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<p><b>Build related changes</b></p> |
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<li>Bump minimum required macOS version to 10.15</li> |
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<li>Fix build with GCC13</li> |
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<li>Fix missing `make install` of mini variant</li> |
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<li>LTO no longer enabled by default for release builds</li> |
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<li>Only enable remote OSC control in headless builds</li> |
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<li>Remove `NOPLUGINS` build option</li> |
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<li>Remove use of `mingw-std-threads`</li> |
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<li>Several optimizations and build tweaks</li> |
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<p><b>Web version related changes</b></p> |
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<li>Add persistent storage (automatic on save, can be manually triggered via File menu)</li> |
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<li>Add local (browser-side) patch loading via File menu (under "Open local patch")</li> |
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<li>Automaticly load no-simd version on browsers that do not support web-simd</li> |
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<li>Disable cursor lock by default</li> |
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<h3>Downloads</h3> |
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The source code plus Linux, macOS and Windows binaries can be downloaded at |
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<a href="https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/23.07" target="_blank"> |
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https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/23.07</a>.<br/> |
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Cardinal is released as LV2, VST2, VST3 and CLAP plugin, plus AudioUnit and JACK/Standalone for certain systems. |
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<hr/> |
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<span style="font-size: 20px">> Ildaeil v1.3 released</span><br/> |
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On <i>2023-07-15</i> by<i> falkTX</i> |
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