[HN Gopher] Clap: The New Audio Plug-In Standard
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       Clap: The New Audio Plug-In Standard
        
       Author : omnibrain
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2022-06-15 20:36 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
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         | 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.
        
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       | 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).
        
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