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> Cardinal 22.05 has been released
On 2022-05-15 by falkTX

Hello everyone, yet another release of Cardinal is here.
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.

This is a big update with not just bug-fixes but also new modules and a few behaviour changes too.
Particularly interesting for existing Rack users is the inclusion of the popular Fundamental modules, though in customized fashion.
A new Audio to CV Pitch module also makes a debut, based on DISTRHO PitchTrackingSeries which was a shared effort for pushing the feature into hardware units.

cardinal-fundamental

Changelog

  • Add macos-intel build (smaller in size and better fit for intel-based macs)
  • Add main Cardinal variant for MOD builds
  • Add Audio to CV Pitch Core module
  • Fix buffer size not always correct in the Audio Unit plugin
  • Force UI keyboard focus (delayed focus grab after UI is open)
  • Mute audio output if bypassed
  • Remap Ctrl key + mouse clicks to right-click on macOS to better deal with its silly "one button" UX
  • Store a few more properties as plugin state, including favorites

Added plugins

Updated modules

Module fixes

  • Fix Core Audio2 meters stuck state when both L & R are disconnected
  • Fix Core Blank panel tags
  • Fix Core Host-MIDI-Map flooding console logs in case of error (only print the same error once)
  • Fix Core Host-Time reset trigger for hosts with non-static buffer sizes
  • Fix DrumKit Sequencer memory corruption
  • Fix mscHack PingPong filter cutoff value when loaded without GUI

Extra Notes

For packagers: fftw3f is now an optional dependency, required for "Audio to CV Pitch" module.
The module will built if fftw3f is available during build, otherwise disabled.

The "lv2export" stuff has been reworked and works now, includes 3 test plugins.
This allows to export individual modules as single lv2 plugins, with very minimal binaries and no UI.
For now it is still quite experimental, just to mess around with.
Future releases might enable them by default, still undecided.

Downloads

The source code plus Linux, macOS and Windows binaries can be downloaded at https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/22.05.
Cardinal is released as LV2, VST2 and VST3 plugin, plus AudioUnit and JACK standalone for certain systems.
The VST3 version is still considered experimental, prefer to use LV2 or VST2 if possible at this time.