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by drmr 27d ago
And this transition is nowhere near done. Just look at Kicad and pretty much any DAW that loads audio plugins (to name two major usecases where Wayland simply doesn't cut it). Sure Xwayland exists and mostly (not entirely) works, but t
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by drmr 3mo ago
Being critical is not the same as being anti. If you're not allowed to be critical of a subject, then one should question if the subject has any true merit.
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by drmr 2y ago
If you think that this project makes any money you are completely clueless.
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by drmr 2y ago
Disingenuous how? it's a factual comparison list. You say it's pointless to compare to VCV Rack Pro where the whole point of the Cardinal project is to create a plugin version. I think your commentary is disingenuous.
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by drmr 2y ago
The core differences are documented here: https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/blob/main/docs/DIFFERENC...
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by drmr 2y ago
You can host Cardinal inside of Cardinal inside of ..
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by drmr 2y ago
Exactly, you said "little set of features" but this is anything but little. You can also use any VST plugin inside of Cardinal using the Carla and Ildaeil modules.
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by drmr 2y ago
Any proprietary or GPL3.0-only modules would of course not be able to be built into the binary (also bit cheeky to consider those as "missing" since they are fundamentally incompatble). And this gives VCV Rack a better value propo
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by drmr 2y ago
You can read about all the main differences in this document: https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/blob/main/docs/DIFFERENC... One could argue that a plugin version is more than a minor feature. Card
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by drmr 2y ago
Cardinal does not load any external module binaries, the entire plugin is a single static binary. This is done on purpose for stability and resolving symbol conflicts within a single namespace. We believe this is the best way to operate an
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by drmr 2y ago
They are not necessarily "virtual analog", they can also just be "digital". Think the Mutable Instruments modules, many of these are based around STM32 microcontrollers. The firmware is MIT licensed and has simply been p
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by drmr 2y ago
These are proprietary so how would you include these? Cardinal is based on open-source modules (compatible with GPL3.0-or-later license) that are all compiled into a single static binary. This is not possible with proprietary binaries.
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by drmr 2y ago
You think over 1200 modules is small? Definitely enough for endless hours of modular patching.
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by drmr 2y ago
What do you mean `trying to GPL VCV`? The Rack 2.0 project was always licensed `GPL3.0-or-later` so we are using it exactly as intended. Cardinal also contains MIT, BSD and CC0 modules. As long as all the code is compatible to GPL3.0-or-lat
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by drmr 2y ago
We are using it to create a self-contained opensource plugin. How does this "undercut" VCV? Their main model is based around having a "limitless" store where users can buy "premium" modules. And having a plugin
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by drmr 3y ago
He is currently employed by MOD Audio (and is the lead developer for the MOD software stack). For the rest he gets some donations via github/patreon/etc, but not nearly enough to make a living.
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by drmr 5y ago
Re 1: Why not create a DPF wrapper for this and have DPF create the ladspa/dssi/vst2/vst3/lv2 for you? -> https://github.com/DISTRHO/DPF
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by drmr 5y ago
Oh, no. That's just the NON meta repository mirror (because Jonathan removed his repos from the internet). The New-SM repo is hosted here: https://github.com/jackaudio/new-session-manager
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by drmr 5y ago
Maybe rasengan can pull some funds out of his ass to host the server.
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by drmr 5y ago
NSM is an API to launch and manage JACK audio applications to store connections and program state. NON is the "groupware" DAW project of Jonathan Moore Liles from which NSM originated.
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by drmr 5y ago
Because I use Linux Pro Audio tools in my studio and daily life and am involved with testing builds, helping with ports, generally messing around (, break stuff), and occasionally make a tune or two. I am very happy with the free and open t
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by drmr 5y ago
Rebranding a fork is absolutely normal. not "filing the serial number off". You realize that all git commit history is kept? They are not "scrubbing" Jonathan's work. Do you even know what NSM is?
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by drmr 5y ago
Jonathan Moore Liles removed all NON repositories from the internet. Only backups and forks exist.
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by drmr 5y ago
NSM can potentially be used with JACK on win and macos. It also works with JACK implementation of PipeWire for Linux. I expect Linux audio to converge on PW (unifying alsa, jack, and pulse in the process). Linux video has this split with Wa
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by drmr 5y ago
NSM is an API to launch and manage JACK audio applications to store connections and program state. NON is the "groupware" DAW project of Jonathan Moore Liles from which NSM originated.
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by drmr 5y ago
I find RaySession very reliable in my experience so far. And we have an awesome patchbay with grouped ports (stereo patching!)
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by drmr 5y ago
The API is NSM, there is no difference between the two. 'New' is a fork of 'Non' implementation, but they are compatible. Heck, now that Jonathan removed _all_ Non project repositories basically no longer exists. Only in
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by drmr 5y ago
Or maybe there is just a varied group of enthusiastic geeks that just want to collaborate on common tooling like APIs, libraries, frameworks, packaging, and distribution. It may "seem" that there's some sort of "take-ove
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by drmr 5y ago
NSM is a decent session management API. Currently recommended for any kind of session management in PipeWire. Unfortunate that JML imploded like this, his work is legendary and software elegant. All smear campaigns aside it's really cr
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by drmr 5y ago
I'd call it `FreeCV`.

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