[HN Gopher] Clap: The New Audio Plug-In Standard ___________________________________________________________________ Clap: The New Audio Plug-In Standard Author : omnibrain Score : 35 points Date : 2022-06-15 20:36 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (u-he.com) (TXT) w3m dump (u-he.com) | toma_caliente wrote: | I'm not big in the audio community but I thought LV2 was the open | standard for plugins that people are pushing for? That being said | if Cockos adopts it into Reaper I'm absolutely willing to try it. | ushakov wrote: | what's the point of a new standard when no DAW besides Bitwig | supports it? | happyhardcore wrote: | Looking at Ableton 11's feature set it seems they're running | out of ideas; CLAP support would definitely be the kinda thing | that could compel people to upgrade to a future version. | | It being MIT licensed also gives it a much better chance of | getting integrated into all sorts of smaller DAWs and cheaper | ones too that might not have wanted to deal with all the | nonsense that comes with VST. | smoldesu wrote: | Old standards suck. VST is owned by Steinberg, and has caused | all sorts of trouble in the quest for the "perfect" plugin | format. Apple had a couple different solutions to this, but all | of them were obviously proprietary to their ecosystem (and only | a sidegrade to being shacked to Steinberg). It would be nice to | see "one standard to rule them all" for Windows, MacOS and | Linux, and u-he has enough weight behind their name to | influence a change. | | There's a lot of hope behind this, and unless Apple decides to | open-source their plugin format, there's nobody to compete. | VSTs are so bad that most DAWs would adopt an alternative with | zero additional features, simply because Steinberg's | positioning is a pain for the community. I reckon this little | format has a chance, but it remains to be seen whether it's | successful or not. | [deleted] | adamrezich wrote: | oidar wrote: | I am hoping for a plugin standard that will take advantage of | unused GPU cycles. Haven't see that yet. | digitalslr wrote: | GPU Audio is doing it with VST 3. And it's probably possible | with CLAP too? | | Processing audio on a GPU is a lower level issue than a plugin | standard which describes the interface between the DAW and the | plugin (how audio, parameters, notes, modulation data, etc. are | exchanged). ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-06-15 23:00 UTC)