Notices by falktx@mastodon.falktx.com

New releases!

Carla 2.5.9
https://github.com/falkTX/Carla/releases/tag/v2.5.9

and Cardinal 24.09
https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/24.09

Slowly getting back to work on these things again...
Next up should be JACK2, it is really needing some attention.

Enjoy! 🎉

Cardinal 24.05 is released!
This is a quick bug-fix release that also brings 2 new plugin modules.

https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/24.05

We now have an old-style music tracker in Cardinal 😮 🎉
Checkout a very small demo patch in https://cardinal.kx.studio/live?patchurl=https://kx.studio/Paste/raw/eMJXf

PS: I updated the online version already with the RCM modules coming for the release after this one, so you get both a music tracker and piano roll in your browser now 😘

Just posted another patreon update
https://www.patreon.com/posts/developer-log-104045608

TL;DR: announcing the https://github.com/falkTX/lv2-gtk-ui-bridge project, carla forcibly needs to update to Qt6, web views in DPF will become a thing and Cardinal will soon be put in maintenance mode.

Have a nice day! 🌈

Anyone recently updated Ardour and got a bit sad that some plugins lost their custom GUI?
I have a solution for that, I hope to make a release for it soon.

https://github.com/falkTX/lv2-gtk-ui-bridge

Testing and feedback would be very much appreciated if you use any these LV2 plugins:
- Calf
- EQ10Q
- Invada

Ubuntu Summit 2023 videos are live now, here is mine for "Making a Standalone Effects Pedal System Based on Embed Linux"

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpBKwD5PSFs

PS: The slides/presentation file can be downloaded from https://github.com/falkTX/mapus23

Now doing preparations for #ubuntusummit #ubuntusummit2023

Going to give a little talk on the first day, about the work done to make the https://mod.audio/dwarf/ happen.

"Making a standalone effects pedal system based on embed Linux"

Going to bring 2 Dwarf units with me, and a MIDI keyboard too for fun. Come find me in the conference if you want to play with them a bit!

Your favorite virtual modular synth has a new release.
https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/23.10

Nothing fancy or special this time, mostly bugfixes and some framework updates.

Enjoy!

I have setup a personal portfolio page at https://falktx.berlin/portfolio/ in the hopes of finding work (possibly including a full-time position).

If you know of someone or some company looking to hire a embed + full-stack developer with years of experience dealing with real-time audio systems, please DM me and/or share that page with them, thanks!

Boosts appreciated!

Getting out of youtube is proving to me trickier than expected.

Nebula works quite well, sadly no way for users to post comments yet.
Just tried seeing how the nice folks at corridor digital would fare, and I am now seriously disappointed they make use of DRM on their website, making all videos unplayable :(

I wrote to them about the issue, but don't expect anything to change really.
This is not a media conglomerate, but regular artists/creators. I expected them to do better...

Preparing a nice little feature for Cardinal - OSC remote control.

Can send a full patch or simple parameter changes.

See initial documentation/instructions at https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/blob/main/docs/OSC-REMOTE-CONTROL.md

Thanks to @dreamer for recording a demo video, showing off it working through TouchOSC on an iPad. Neat 📷

Slowly preparing for the new releases, all main blockers are done and even managed to handle the new Cardinal module coming for next release in 7 days - reintroducing AIDA-X, now on your modular! :D

Assuming AIDA-DSP folks are ok with the design that is, but the DSP side already fully works.

It is basically the very recent https://github.com/AidaDSP/AIDA-X inside Cardinal.

Cardinal on the web randomly got some attention via
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35794758

So I wonder how many people out there still do not know this is a thing...
The full Cardinal (basically a more free version of VCV Rack, with all modules built-in) running directly on a web browser at https://cardinal.kx.studio/

I recently updated it so that on browsers that dont support wasm-simd (webkit-based ones like Safari) will load a slower but still compatible variant.
So in theory it works under iOS, didnt test.

In case you didn't know, I am integrating my carla plugin host into OBS, so we can load all sorts of audio plugins directly in it.

my intention is to reuse Carla components as much as possible, both improving Carla and getting a very welcome feature into OBS at the same time.

it is progressing going quite well, with already stuff to show.
still a fair bit of things to do too but I am hopeful to get it into shape very soon! 🐎

see https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/discussions/5074 for more details

The teased plugin has its first release, AIDA-X 0.1.0 is out! 🎉

See https://github.com/AidaDSP/AIDA-X

This is an "Amp Model Player leveraging AI", basically a loader for AI trained models that simulate any combination of amp, cab, dist, drive, fuzz, boost and eq,

It is a joint effort between me, MOD and Aida DSP folks.

You can find related resources in https://forum.mod.audio/c/neural/62 where we hope to create a hub for discussing, sharing and everything related to AIDA-X and AI models.

A slightly better showcase.. picking and loading plugins works now 😎

ignore the requests for a new name, the plan has changed and instead of doing a whole new thing it is now a merge of effort.

I am setting up all the desktop plugin bits at the moment.
Hopefully later in the week I have early builds ready for testing and enjoyment.

So literally coming soon... 🚀

New Cardinal release out, introducing the "Mini" variant, a few updated modules and a few bugfixes.
https://kx.studio/News/?action=view&url=cardinal-2302-released

Enjoy!

Wolf-Shaper new release!
It is the v1.0 🎉

See more details at https://wolf-plugins.github.io/wolf-shaper/

It is not my own plugin, but I helped bring it up to speed to latest DPF stuff.
Grateful for the plugin, somehow I get mentioned 3 times in the release notes 😊
https://github.com/wolf-plugins/wolf-shaper/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Now with VST3 and CLAP 👏
#clap

Cardinal 22.12 is out!
The specially interesting and highly anticipated Surge-XT modules are in!
Also Stoermelder Pack-one was added, as its license recently changed and become compatible with Cardinal.

https://kx.studio/News/?action=view&url=cardinal-2212-released

You can try it out on the online version too!
See https://cardinal.kx.studio/ which on this release got a nice set of fixes too.

Enjoy and happy holidays!

oh I forgot to give the magic link! 🤦♂️
Try it out in https://cardinal.kx.studio/ 🚋 🚋 🚋