Cardinal vs lsp-plugins

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Cardinal		lsp-plugins
	Project
73	Mentions	15
1,978	Stars	467
3.6%	Growth	4.7%
9.1	Activity	8.5
11 days ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
C++	Language	Makefile
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Cardinal

Posts with mentions or reviews of Cardinal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-06.

Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Nov 2023

> It’s haven’t bought any Modular’s yet but I’m really looking forward to getting into other on the new year.
http://cardinal.kx.studio
https://vcvrack.com/
The former is libre and gratis, runs as a standalone or plugin and in the browser!! and is based on the latter.
Ther former has a libre and gratis standalone version, the plugin version is non-gratis.
Ask HN: Whats the modern day equivalent of 80s computer for kids to explore?
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Oct 2023
VCV rack reliability for live use
1 project | /r/modular | 16 Aug 2023

I would look at Cardinal in preference to VCV Rack.
A couple of questions - VCV Rack 2 & Cardinal
2 projects | /r/vcvrack | 1 Jul 2023

Looked here? You can also download the tar, its like the zip. Follow the instructions how to open it and then install.
Generative Emotion-Responsive Music Patch with VCV Rack
1 project | /r/vcvrack | 7 Jun 2023

I am trying to use rather https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal than VCV and I wonder if I could do a similar thing.
Should I pull the trigger?
2 projects | /r/synthesizercirclejerk | 4 Jun 2023
Long time Cubase user who is leaving a more traditional electronic workflow to modular hardware... Bitwig seems to be the DAW more for this style possibly? Any opinions first hand?
2 projects | /r/Bitwig | 4 Jun 2023

There’s also Cardinal, a free plug-in version of VCV which is very good: https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal
How do I use my computer keyboard (qwerty) to input/play notes on Cardinal (VCV Rack fork)?
1 project | /r/vcvrack | 25 May 2023

https://cardinal.kx.studio/ https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/
Cardinal/WASM: In-Browser Modular Synth Based on VCV Rack
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 May 2023
Fart into Clouds
1 project | /r/synthesizercirclejerk | 28 Apr 2023

lsp-plugins

Posts with mentions or reviews of lsp-plugins. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-12.

Looking for a drum plugin for a friend of mine
1 project | /r/linuxaudio | 3 Sep 2023
VST Host for Pulse/Alsa without Delay?
1 project | /r/linuxaudio | 23 Apr 2023
r/mildlyinfuriating worthy: I wanted only FreeCAD; not 8 new icons on my app list
1 project | /r/linux | 14 Mar 2023
Open-Source Reverb Plugins?
2 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 12 Feb 2023

I very much like the Impulse-Response, Room Builder and other plugins from the Linux Studio Plugins project
Save your hearing with sound compression (on Linux)
2 projects | /r/GlobalOffensive | 11 Feb 2023

Install EasyEffects with the Linux Studio Plugins (for the compressor plugin).
LV2 "Strings" Plugin?
5 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 28 Jan 2023
Found a really good video for mic quality improvement in obs (it works for me). How would I apply these settings to my mic system wide? Using Linux Mint
5 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 13 Jan 2023
foobar-like linux audio mixer for 5.1 Setup?
3 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 1 Jan 2023

For the delay and everything, you'll probably want to use something like easyeffects if you're on pipewire, https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects. You'll also need to make sure you have the linux studio plugins installed, https://lsp-plug.in/ .
LINUX PLUGINS THREAD (2022)
15 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 13 Aug 2022
do you have any good lv2 plugins that i could use for dreamcore music.
2 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 19 Jun 2022

LSP

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Cardinal and lsp-plugins you can also consider the following projects:

Rack - The virtual Eurorack studio

easyeffects - Limiter, compressor, convolver, equalizer and auto volume and many other plugins for PipeWire applications

VeeSeeVSTRack - Open-source virtual modular synthesizer

kuriborosu - Audio and MIDI file render through Carla

faust - Functional programming language for signal processing and sound synthesis

ninjas2 - Rewrite of Ninjas sample slicer

helm - Helm - a free polyphonic synth with lots of modulation

x42-plugins - collection of LV2 plugins (submodules) for packaging

wam-openstudio - Multitrack Web Audio Modules DAW Open source, using C++ (Emscriten-WebAssembly) for the audio processing and the plugins automations, in the audio-thread.

geonkick - A free software percussion synthesizer for GNU/Linux

sfizz - SFZ parser and synth c++ library, providing a JACK standalone client

DelayArchitect - A visual, musical editor for delay effects