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| <span style="font-size: 20px">> Cardinal 23.02 released</span><br/> | |||||
| On <i>2023-02-28</i> by<i> falkTX</i> | |||||
| </p> | |||||
| <p> | |||||
| Hello again everyone, it is time for another <a href="https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal" target="_blank">Cardinal</a> release.<br/> | |||||
| <a href="https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal" target="_blank">Cardinal</a> | |||||
| is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin.<br/> | |||||
| It is based on the popular <a href="https://github.com/VCVRack/Rack/" target="_blank">VCV Rack</a> | |||||
| but with a focus on being a fully self-contained plugin version. | |||||
| </p> | |||||
| <p> | |||||
| <img src="/screenshots/news/cardinal-23.02.png" alt="cardinal"/> | |||||
| </p> | |||||
| <p> | |||||
| The main change for this release is the introduction of a "Mini" variant.<br/> | |||||
| This is a special variant with a very small, hand-picked module selection and limited IO (2 audio ports plus 5 CV).<br/> | |||||
| There are 2 main reasons for this variant to exist: | |||||
| </p> | |||||
| <ul> | |||||
| <li>make it easier for users new to the modular world to get a working setup, by only having some of the best possible modules available to choose from</li> | |||||
| <li>hand-pick modules that are simple enough to work reliably in a remote setup</li> | |||||
| </ul> | |||||
| <p> | |||||
| For now the list of selected modules is quite small, intentionally. We will add a few more as the need appears.<br/> | |||||
| All included modules support polyphony, reducing confusion for new users not yet used to mono vs poly approach in Rack/Cardinal.<br/> | |||||
| <br/> | |||||
| The 2nd reason (only having simple modules) is needed in order to support DSP/UI separation.<br/> | |||||
| Having this in place means we can run the DSP on a different machine than the UI.<br/> | |||||
| This is particularly interesting for running Cardinal on embed systems, being controlled remotely via web browser or native desktop application.<br/> | |||||
| Already doable with LV2 from 23.02 onwards, later on this will be made possible on standalone too. | |||||
| </p> | |||||
| <p> | |||||
| There are a few module updates too, and some important bug fixes too, see the changelog below. | |||||
| </p> | |||||
| <h3>Changelog</h3> | |||||
| <ul> | |||||
| <li>Add Mini variant (very few hand-picked modules, with separate DSP/UI under LV2) | |||||
| <li>Add wasm-noopt build, needed for some web browsers | |||||
| <li>Add CardinalMIDI variant for AU (same as CardinalFX but has different tag) | |||||
| <li>Allow to build without SSE optimizations (using `NOSIMD=true`) | |||||
| <li>Check /usr and /usr/local directories for existing Carla tools on macOS | |||||
| <li>Do not reset Host MIDI pitch when receiving an all-notes-off event | |||||
| <li>Fix display of Host CV in non-main variants | |||||
| <li>Fix LV2 not reacting to buffer-size changes | |||||
| <li>Fix VST3 "SDK" versioning to be more officially compatible | |||||
| <li>Remove the `NOPLUGINS` build option | |||||
| <li>Several performance optimizations</li> | |||||
| </ul> | |||||
| <h3>Module changes</h3> | |||||
| <ul> | |||||
| <li>Update Grande Modular to 2.7.2</li> | |||||
| <li>Update Surge XT to 2.1.3</li> | |||||
| </ul> | |||||
| <h3>Downloads</h3> | |||||
| <p> | |||||
| The source code plus Linux, macOS and Windows binaries can be downloaded at | |||||
| <a href="https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/23.02" target="_blank"> | |||||
| https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/23.02</a>.<br/> | |||||
| Cardinal is released as LV2, VST2, VST3 and CLAP plugin, plus AudioUnit and JACK/Standalone for certain systems. | |||||
| </p> | |||||
| <hr/> | |||||
| <p> | <p> | ||||
| <span style="font-size: 20px">> Carla 2.5.3 released</span><br/> | <span style="font-size: 20px">> Carla 2.5.3 released</span><br/> | ||||
| On <i>2023-01-15</i> by<i> falkTX</i> | On <i>2023-01-15</i> by<i> falkTX</i> | ||||
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| <li>Update PathSet</li> | <li>Update PathSet</li> | ||||
| </ul> | </ul> | ||||
| <h3>Module changes</h3> | |||||
| <h3>Web-assembly related changes</h3> | |||||
| <ul> | <ul> | ||||
| <li>Add Web-assembly build instructions</li> | <li>Add Web-assembly build instructions</li> | ||||
| <li>Enable brotli compression on release files</li> | <li>Enable brotli compression on release files</li> | ||||