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Casually checking an old game music site I used to visit, see the latest news about "Regarding Recent Technology Advancements"

https://ocremix.org/community/topic/53443-regarding-recent-technology-advancements

hmmmm hope it is what I think it is...

> Starting today, the sharing of music generated by feeding a prompt into AI-software is prohibited on OC ReMix

👏 👏 👏

They explain their reasons, I am glad to see such takes.

Imagine the scenario:
- Windows 11 system without internet access
- Linux VM running inside with internet access (maybe some usb wifi stick that Windows has no drivers for)
- web/internet browsing is only done through the Linux VM
- any downloaded files are placed in a shared folder, so the Windows side can install programs and also "send" files to the Linux side to be uploaded

How stupid of a setup is this?

Why is it so hot in Finland right now? I thought being so high up north would mean I would get to enjoy cold weather for a bit, errrrr

@sampo and other nice folks in Helsinki, anyone got plans for this Friday?

Being able to use full desktop plugin GUIs on a web platform is never going to stop being amazing.

master_me coming to https://github.com/moddevices/mod-desktop next release 🚀 🎉

that makes it 3 plugins made with DPF that can use their desktop GUI as the "modgui" interface inside mod-ui:
- Cardinal Mini
- master_me
- Wolf Shaper

such a treat 🍰

Cardinal 24.05 is released!
This is a quick bug-fix release that also brings 2 new plugin modules.

https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal/releases/tag/24.05

We now have an old-style music tracker in Cardinal 😮 🎉
Checkout a very small demo patch in https://cardinal.kx.studio/live?patchurl=https://kx.studio/Paste/raw/eMJXf

PS: I updated the online version already with the RCM modules coming for the release after this one, so you get both a music tracker and piano roll in your browser now 😘

the more I look into the mobile application ecosystem the more depressed I get...

it is quite tough to find a simple tool without ads or user data tracking, damn so frustrating
I just wanted a nice way to play offline files... 😠❗

This is on iOS because someone offered me an iPhone a while back, but these sorta things make me not want to use it.
I might just buy an old style "mp3" player again, dedicated physical buttons are a plus.

A little origami is always nice for keeping mind occupied while also relaxing at the same time.
Can 100% recommend.

These ones were made following https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mKRKSCn3qg

web views verified to work on windows too (previously I just used wine under linux)

somehow ends up feeling very natural hah 🌷

Web view progress, well basically it is working... 🚀

Now just a matter of cleaning up and documenting the process.

For now it only handles loading local files, no embedding html/css/js in the binary. But I think that is ok, these resources are shared across different plugin formats so they are better off not stored inside the binary.
Exception would be if trying to hide those? but it would be so trivial to bypass that doesnt feel worth it.

Patching #Befaco #CV modules at #superbooth

After so long playing with them in Cardinal, I got to try the physical version.
I really miss the "connect a source to multiple targets" thing from the software side.

Also using purely Befaco modules is a bit of a challenge.
Definitely a nice experience though.

Just posted another patreon update
https://www.patreon.com/posts/developer-log-104045608

TL;DR: announcing the https://github.com/falkTX/lv2-gtk-ui-bridge project, carla forcibly needs to update to Qt6, web views in DPF will become a thing and Cardinal will soon be put in maintenance mode.

Have a nice day! 🌈

oh hey it is a little plugin web UI 😊

Did you know you can use C/C++ ternary operators without having to repeat the 1st value?

This:
```
int x = 1;
int y = x ?: 2;
printf("y is %d\n", y);
```

is valid code and prints "y is 1".

Basically makes it work alike the Javascript "let a = b || c" syntax.

Neat 🌅

Anyone recently updated Ardour and got a bit sad that some plugins lost their custom GUI?
I have a solution for that, I hope to make a release for it soon.

https://github.com/falkTX/lv2-gtk-ui-bridge

Testing and feedback would be very much appreciated if you use any these LV2 plugins:
- Calf
- EQ10Q
- Invada