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Virtual modular synthesizer plugin

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winget install --id DISTRHO.Cardinal
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winget upgrade --id DISTRHO.Cardinal
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id DISTRHO.Cardinal

About Cardinal

Cardinal, the Rack! Cardinal is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin, available in AudioUnit/CLAP/LV2/VST2/VST3 plugin formats and as a standalone app for FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows and the Web. It is based on the popular VCV Rack but with a focus on being a fully self-contained plugin version. More specifically, this is a DPF-based plugin wrapper around VCV Rack, using its code directly instead of forking the project, with the target of having a self-contained, fully free and open-source p...

What's new in 26.02

Bugfixes: - Fix fully black UI in some AU hosts - Fix load previous state/patches in some systems - Fix wrong colors in a few modules Module updates: - Update Autinn - Update ZZC

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Version history

Version Updated Notes
26.02 Unknown Bugfixes: - Fix fully black UI in some AU hosts - Fix load previous state/patches in some systems - Fix wrong colors in a few modules Module updates: - Update Autinn - Update ZZC
26.01 Unknown - Add 3 new example patches by @nooneknowspeter and 1 by @SpotlightKid - Fix crash when connecting to OSC remote - Fix wasm audio input quality - Rework and improve finding documents and config dir - Sign and Notarize ma...
25.06 Unknown - Fix build with cmake 4 - Replace SVModular DrumKit with WSTD-Drums fork - Support triggering bar phase/clock every 4/8 bars - Update Carla and DPF dependencies - Update libraries used in release builds (flac, libsndfil...
24.12 Unknown This release focuses on macOS/AU bug-fixing and updating included modules. Changelog: - Add a small example using pianoroll sequencer - Fix AU midi input for channels != 0 - Fix AU midi output - Fix AU missing time posit...
24.09 Unknown This release brings a few critical bug-fixes and a few modules updates, notably voxglitch which was stuck on older versions due to heavy graphic resource usage. Changelog: - Consistent mouse scroll behaviour for all OSes...
24.05 Unknown This is a quick bug-fix release that also brings 2 new plugin modules. - Fix crash loading StarlingVia modules - Fix showing AU GUI - General build improvements, allow plugins to use host MIDI (used in Biset modules) - U...
24.04 Unknown This is a feature release that updates to VCV Rack 2.4 and adds quite a few new modules, bringing the module count to 1193 - HostMIDI: Add option to force gaps between MIDI input notes - Fix build with latest liblo - Fix...
23.10 Unknown Release notes