You guys need to see what just dropped because Isadora finally gets audio and VST3 support! This is huge for the interactive display crowd — earlier versions had no native audio at all, so this transforms it from a visual presentation tool into a full interactive canvas. CDM's latest update adds a sampler panel with up to 16 tracks (each holding up to eight 8MB samples) and you can map MIDI note events directly to any of the sixteen sliders in the Sound-to-Visual pane. They also added VST3 support so you can run synth effects on the master bus, which is wild because Isadora doesn't do multi-track routing yet — it forces you to consolidate your audio chain into one track and keep your setup lean. Plus there’s a dedicated MIDI input mode with an OSC converter built in, so live instrument data now drives visual parameters natively instead of through some workaround!

Even better — the whole thing is free, open source under CC BY SA, and it runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux without any cost barrier. You can export SVG or PNG frames for still output from anything that renders out, which makes it a legit installation tool rather than just something you show off in demos. The new version is branded as v4.5 and the CDM platform itself is this awesome independent open-source lab — definitely keep an eye on what they produce next. Go grab it at cdm.make if you want to start building your own interactive install; I'm already planning how many note events I can map before my mind breaks!

Source: https://cdm.link/isadora-4-5-audio-support-plugins/