Steinberg Discontinuing VST2 Support in its products
- KVRAF
- 3192 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from People's Republic of Minnesota
It all eventually gets affected by marketing. I can’t imagine many large companies openly embracing a format with a name commonly associated with venereal disease. Very unfortunate naming.
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- KVRian
- 886 posts since 13 Oct, 2006
this is affecting my gas :s
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- KVRian
- 690 posts since 5 Oct, 2021
I'll HAND you that! A plausible argument.masterhiggins wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:00 pm It all eventually gets affected by marketing. I can’t imagine many large companies openly embracing a format with a name commonly associated with venereal disease. Very unfortunate naming.
Just like purchasing ”Applaws” in a plaza…
Standing ovation!
<———- the name of that smiley is…?
Just look at him ———> His whole appearance is that of disease…
Fusion
- KVRAF
- 3897 posts since 28 Jan, 2011 from MEXICO
Under these train of thought about Ableton they would be more interested in CLAP, if the argument "they hold onto VST2 to to trip up Steinberg" holds true, what will trip up more Steinberg than Ableton, which is the DAW with the biggest market share, adopting another plug in standard.jamcat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:59 pm I find it odd that so many people who don’t even use Cubase are so incensed by Steinberg’s decision to stop supporting VST2 plugins in Cubase. IT DOESN’T AFFECT YOU.
Maybe Steinberg’s decision to drop VST2 versions of their plugins might affect you. But that’s only if you’re on an old DAW that doesn’t support VST3 plugins. At that point, whose fault is that? (Hint: Not Steinberg’s.)
If you really want to find someone to blame for the slow adoption of VST3, you might want to start by looking at Ableton. They are the real reason so many developers went to long. A lot of developers looked at as a financial decision: Why invest development resources (time and money) into supporting VST3 when everyone supports VST2, but not everyone (mainly Ableton) doesn’t support VST3?
It took Steinberg ending the issuance of new VST2 licenses as of October 2018 to force Ableton to finally support VST3, since users wouldn’t be able to run plugins from new developers (and they’d have to change their name to Unableton.)
Steinberg is really only to blame for playing softball for so long.
So it was really Ableton that was holding up VST3 adoption, which they did just to trip up a competitor. Same reason why everyone wants to create their own format to rule over.
And that brings us to CLAP. Maybe Bitwig will support it, and the KVR cult can have a jizzfest playing with their u-he plugins in Bitwig. But outside of that, who is going to invest the development resources (time and money) into supporting CLAP in their host? Certainly not Ableton.
So then Bitwig and u-he and Tone2 will have to drop VST support completely to try to force the industry to adopt CLAP in an “us or them” move (that’s why I asked if they are going to.) But that’s a power play that only Steinberg or Apple can afford to make. So in the end, the CLAP ends up becoming yet another proprietary plugin format, and VST3 remains the one and only universal format.
So maybe Ableton has some kind of feud with Steinberg? who knows but if true maybe of they adopt CLAP it will be a very big incentive for plugin developers to follow suit, and steinberg will become isolated with their VST3 standard. I think they didn't think about who has the bigger market share now when they wen ahead with dropping VST2 support.
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- KVRAF
- 5678 posts since 25 Dec, 2004
this just in...
"Ableton gets the CLAP"
yeah, might be time to think of a new acronymn.
CLAP might go the way of Gearslutz...
CLOP maybe ?
"Ableton gets the CLAP"
yeah, might be time to think of a new acronymn.
CLAP might go the way of Gearslutz...
CLOP maybe ?
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- KVRAF
- 3192 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from People's Republic of Minnesota
- KVRAF
- 18565 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
I'm afraid I have to agree. It should be early enough in the game to change the name of the new format.masterhiggins wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:00 pm It all eventually gets affected by marketing. I can’t imagine many large companies openly embracing a format with a name commonly associated with venereal disease. Very unfortunate naming.
If for nothing else to avoid the snickering and bad jokes.
Such as....we have the VST format so why not the STD format....you know stupid stuff like that.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- KVRAF
- 5678 posts since 25 Dec, 2004
perfect!masterhiggins wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:54 amHow about Audio Instrument Digital System, or AIDS for short?
sketches... http://soundcloud.com/onesnzeros
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
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- KVRAF
- 2642 posts since 23 Jun, 2006 from Hungary
RTFM would be a better name, just to remind users : )
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- KVRian
- 823 posts since 27 Aug, 2020
Any publicity is good publicity, so it only ensures the success of clap.Teksonik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:10 amI'm afraid I have to agree. It should be early enough in the game to change the name of the new format.masterhiggins wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 6:00 pm It all eventually gets affected by marketing. I can’t imagine many large companies openly embracing a format with a name commonly associated with venereal disease. Very unfortunate naming.
If for nothing else to avoid the snickering and bad jokes.
Such as....we have the VST format so why not the STD format....you know stupid stuff like that.
- KVRian
- 823 posts since 27 Aug, 2020
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- KVRAF
- 10310 posts since 2 Sep, 2003 from Surrey, UK
^^^^
"Busted leadership
for a
wronger America" ?
PS, I've looked but could not find the answer: what does CLAP stand for?
"Busted leadership
for a
wronger America" ?
PS, I've looked but could not find the answer: what does CLAP stand for?
- KVRAF
- 18565 posts since 16 Sep, 2001 from Las Vegas,USA
Nah negative publicity is always bad. Sure someone once said it's better to have people speak ill of you than not speak of you at all but it wouldn't hurt to find a better name for the new format....while it's still new.
CLAP is rather crude and unsophisticated given it's double entendre.
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- KVRAF
- 4828 posts since 25 Jan, 2014 from The End of The World as We Knowit
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