new-session-manager vs Cardinal

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new-session-manager		Cardinal
	Project
8	Mentions	73
77	Stars	1,978
-	Growth	3.6%
0.0	Activity	9.1
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	12 days ago
C++	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU 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.

new-session-manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of new-session-manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-02.

Whats the difference between a patchbay and a session manager?
1 project | /r/linuxaudio | 5 Jun 2023

From https://new-session-manager.jackaudio.org/
JACK refuses to see non-timeline
1 project | /r/linuxaudio | 2 Feb 2023

Hey, a little update, found this little issue at jackpatch's github, definitely think this is the problem
New Session Manager Documentation
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Sep 2022
want to improve my Linux based Super Synth" and looking for ideas
2 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 2 Aug 2022

I'd also recommend using a session manager. That way you can patch your programs/hardware and save as a file to be recalled later. You can use New Session Manager (no gui) and create scripts, or Agordejo for a GUI. This way you can have one session to function as a fancy guitar pedal, one for sampling, one for connecting to hardware synths or mics, etc..
Looking for Help/Recommendations with Audio Mixer Setup Similar to Voicemeeter (Garuda Linux w/ Pipewire)
3 projects | /r/linuxaudio | 14 Aug 2021

New Session Manager () — fork of Non Session Manager, audio session manager, which can save connections between audio nodes/clients
Linux Audio Is Dead
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Jul 2021

> Seems the fork was years ago.
The article says this all started in "early 2020"; about a year and a half ago. Indeed, looking at the new-session-manager commit history, the fork was started in April 2020[1], and first announced in June 2020[2].
[1]: https://github.com/jackaudio/new-session-manager/commit/6352... (the first commit after the last commit from Jonathan Moore Liles)
Non Session Manager vs New Session Manager
1 project | /r/linuxaudio | 15 Feb 2021

https://github.com/linuxaudio/new-session-manager/commit/a144f6abc5f359690d746d972a38f473ca752cd3#diff-b335630551682c19a781afebcf4d07bf978fb1f8ac04c6bf87428ed5106870f5

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing new-session-manager and Cardinal you can also consider the following projects:

RaySession - Session manager for linux musical programs

Rack - The virtual Eurorack studio

NoiseTorch - Real-time microphone noise suppression on Linux.

VeeSeeVSTRack - Open-source virtual modular synthesizer

patchmatrix - A Simple JACK Patch Bay

faust - Functional programming language for signal processing and sound synthesis

zynaddsubfx - ZynAddSubFX open source synthesizer

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

jack-matchmaker - Auto-connect new JACK ports matching the patterns given on the command line.

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.

libremidi - A modern C++ MIDI 1 / MIDI 2 real-time & file I/O library. Supports Windows, macOS, Linux and WebMIDI.

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