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<p><b>THIS IS A FAKE PAGE, KXSTUDIO NEWS USES A DYNAMIC MODULE NOW</b></p> |
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<span style="font-size: 20px">> Carla Plugin Host v2.4.0 is here</span><br/> |
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On <i>2021-08-20</i> by<i> falkTX</i> |
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Hello everyone, this is the announcement of the 2.4.0 version of the Carla Plugin Host.<br/> |
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If you do not know, Carla is a fully-featured cross-platform audio plugin host, which can also run as a plugin. |
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This release was initially meant to be 2.3.3 but there are some small new features so treating it as bugfix would be misleading.<br/> |
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Semantically-speaking, new stuff means new version, so 2.4 it is.<br/> |
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I was going to wait a bit more until a release, but it is Ubuntu feature freeze time, so got to go with what is available now in order to make it.<br/> |
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Anyway, let's go through the (small) release highlights. |
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<table><tr><td width="40%"> |
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<a href="/screenshots/news/carla-2.4_classic-skin.png"> |
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<img src="/screenshots/news/carla-2.4_classic-skin.png" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;" alt="audiofile"/> |
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</a> |
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</td><td width="60%"> |
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<h3>Option to use classic skin by default</h3> |
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Who doesn't like a little bit of nostalgia?<br/> |
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Reminiscent of its v1.x days, the "classic" rack skin can now be made into the default.<br/> |
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So now you can be on latest Carla with all the new stuff, but still feel retro. :D |
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The dry/wet and volume controls are only accessible through the built-in plugin edit dialog,<br/> |
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but in return the whole rack takes less screen space. |
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</td></tr></table> |
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<br/> |
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<table><tr><td width="40%"> |
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<a href="/screenshots/news/carla-2.4_lv2-gtk-windows.png"> |
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<img src="/screenshots/news/carla-2.4_lv2-gtk-windows.png" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;" alt="lv2-gtk-windows"/> |
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</a> |
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</td><td width="60%"> |
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<h3>LV2 Gtk UIs on any system</h3> |
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After some changes on how Carla handles its Gtk UI bridges, it is now possible to build and use them on any system.<br/> |
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Behind the scenes instead of directly linking against Gtk libraries, |
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the Carla Gtk UI bridge will open the Gtk library/DLL to find the needed symbols in order to get a working Gtk setup.<br/> |
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This doesn't change the behaviour on Linux, but allows to use Gtk-based UIs on systems like Windows and macOS.<br/> |
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Its usefulness is a bit questionable, my main reason to change this was to be able to adapt to new Gtk versions more easily, but it has nice side effects. |
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Currently there are no LV2 plugins released on macOS or Windows that make use of such a UI, but could change soon via |
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<a href="https://github.com/DISTRHO/PawPaw" target="_blank">PawPaw</a>.<br/> |
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I have been doing some tests and at least amsynth and Invada are possible to get working with their full UIs.<br/> |
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Later on I will if and how it could be possible to package such plugins with their UIs. |
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</td></tr></table> |
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<br/> |
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<h3>Full changelog</h3> |
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<li>Add option to use classic skin by default</li> |
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<li>Add support for lv2 ui gtk bridges on any system</li> |
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<li>Set display scale factor for carla-bridge-*/carla-single standalone usage (on macOS and X11 systems)</li> |
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<li>Fix Linux VST3 plugin GUIs crash on close</li> |
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<li>Fix build under msys2 (will not force static binaries)</li> |
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<li>Fix keyboard focus for bridges on macOS (2nd attempt)</li> |
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<li>Fix canvas icon in settings to be high-dpi compatible</li> |
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<li>Fix wrong scale factor of plugin GUIs under macOS</li> |
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</ul> |
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<h3>Downloads</h3> |
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To download Carla binaries or source code, jump on over to the <a href="https://kx.studio/Downloads" class="external free" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KXStudio downloads section</a>.<br/> |
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If you're using the KXStudio repositories, you can simply install "carla".<br/> |
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Bug reports and feature requests are welcome! Jump on over to the <a href="https://github.com/falkTX/Carla" class="external free" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carla's Github project</a> page for those. |
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<h3>Notes for users</h3> |
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This was already the case for v2.2 and v2.3 but it is worth reiterating:<br/> |
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When using JACK2, the canvas - plugin integrations requires at least JACK2 v1.9.13.<br/> |
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This is because Carla relies on JACK meta-data in order to store information about each plugin/client, |
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and meta-data was only added to JACK2 in version 1.9.13.<br/> |
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Alternatively, you can use JACK1 instead of JACK2, which has meta-data support since a long time.<br/> |
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Note that the <a href="/Repositories:Extras">"extras" KXStudio repository</a> (which provides an updated JACK2) supports both Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04.<br/> |
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The UbuntuStudio backports PPA also provides updated JACK2 packages. |
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There are no official Linux binary builds for v2.4 at this point.<br/> |
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Carla v2.4 is provided in the KXStudio repositories and in many official Linux distribution repositories too anyway. |
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As always, if you appreciate the kind of work I do, please |
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<a href="https://kx.studio/Donations">consider a donation</a>.<br/> |
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Thank you in advance for your support, and stay safe out there!<br/> |
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<hr/> |
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<span style="font-size: 20px">> Carla 2.3.2 has been released</span><br/> |
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On <i>2021-08-08</i> by<i> falkTX</i> |
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