+
+ > Cardinal 23.07 released
+ On 2023-07-15 by falkTX
+
+ Hello again everyone, it is time for another Cardinal release.
+ Cardinal
+ is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin.
+ It is based on the popular VCV Rack
+ but with a focus on being a fully self-contained plugin version.
+
+ There are quite a few nice changes this time, from finally allowing global user settings to improved audio plugin hosting.
+ Let's go throught the main changes...
+
+ As per user request Cardinal now defines a user directory for patches, modules settings and other details.
+ This came as a necessity for the updated Ildaeil module, which needs to store plugin cache between runs.
+ With this now in place, many things that Cardinal was missing compared to VCV Rack are now enabled, including:
+
+ Please note that user settings are saved per-variant, so e.g. CardinalSynth and CardinalFX will have differnet settings.
+ This is 100% intentional, and found to be generally useful - we want to have different base templates and favorites on Synth vs FX.
+
+ Also, something not done on VCV Rack side, a "File" -> "New (factory template)" is now available.
+ This allows to load the Cardinal's original template instead of the user-saved one.
+
+ The Ildaeil module allows to load audio plugins (such as LV2 and VST3) inside Cardinal.
+ With this update, Ildaeil will automatically scan and list binary plugins, bringing support for LADSPA, DSSI, VST2, VST3 and CLAP.
+ When supported by the plugin Ildaeil will also show the list of available presets.
+
+
+
+ This releases introduces a new module, a port of the AIDA-X audio plugin (also available separately as a standalone plugin).
+ AIDA-X is an Amp Model Player leveraging AI and machine learning, with a target of providing high fidelity simulations of guitar amplifiers.
+ It is also possible to run entire signal chains consisting of any combination of amp, cab, dist, drive, fuzz, boost and eq.
+
+ The module loads AIDA-X files that have been trained to match a desired sound output.
+ Right-click on the module and select "Load model file..." to load an AIDA-X model file from disk.
+
+ A quick model pack can be downloaded from
+AIDA DSP's Google Drive folder.
+ Check out the
+MOD Forum's Neural Modelling section for an online place for discussion, sharing and all things related to Amp Models.
+
+ 
+
+ A nice little addition to the Cardinal's online web version (running at cardinal.kx.studio or easily self-hostable) is browser-side peristent storage.
+ 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.
+ Previously saved patches can be accessed via "File" -> "Open local patch" menu.
+
+ Also on the web version, it will now automatically detect lack of Web-SIMD support and load a non-optimized version of Cardinal.
+ This allows to load Cardinal on Safari and other WebKit based browsers, or any other that does not support Web-SIMD.
+ 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.
+
+ There are a few module updates too, and some important bug fixes too, see the changelog below. +
+Build related changes
+ +Web version related changes
+ +
+ The source code plus Linux, macOS and Windows binaries can be downloaded at
+
+ https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/23.07.
+ Cardinal is released as LV2, VST2, VST3 and CLAP plugin, plus AudioUnit and JACK/Standalone for certain systems.
+
> Ildaeil v1.3 released
On 2023-07-15 by falkTX
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