scook Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 For those interested in a free taste of the plug-in version of VCV Rack. From the Readme.md in https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/ Quote Cardinal is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin, available as JACK standalone and AU, LV2, VST2 and VST3 audio plugin for FreeBSD, Linux, macOS and Windows. It contains over 900 of the free VCV Rack 2 modules. Compiled binaries for all OSes are here. On Windows, the installer exe is required. The zip contains plug-in binaries and redundant resource files. I skipped VST3 for now. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubdisciple Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 I keep saying I will try this, but the way my laziness is setup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Potential tip for people who get higher than wanted CPU usage with Cardinal due to "legacy" PCs: ---> On my 2011-era PC 4x slows the refresh [draw] rate, and lowers CPU draw. Closing/Minimizing the window also helps. Based on the File > Demo / Example Projects, the audio quality doesn't seem to be compromised by the lower visual refresh rate. (YMMV) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 FYI, a lot of the modules are polyphonic. For example, to change the initial demo synth from mono to poly, right-click on the Cardinal Host MIDI module and increase the Polyphony channels setting. The connecting cables increase in thickness to indicate polyphonic connections. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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