I think CLAP is about 5 years too late, when Steinberg first started really pushing VST3 and no one wanted to deal with it. I still think that over time it might win out, mostly for all the right reasons. AU is a PITA that will probably never go away like AAX tied to one DAW or one OS, VST 2 became a standard, then Steinberg basically changed the spec in ways that nearly every developer hated.James Steele wrote: ↑Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:04 pm I can't remember which company was pushing CLAP and put a lot of time into it, but hate to say, I just don't see it catching on. Not too many DAWs support it and I don't see MOTU building in support. It's tough reaching critical mass, which is what CLAP needs to do to become practical.
I had been using Altiverb 7 as an AU all along so I'm fortunate. I haven't double-checked this, but pretty sure Altiverb 8 will automatically replace instances of Altiverb 7 in old projects.
CLAP is done by independent developers, the two big early adopters are Bitwig and U-He who I believe contributed to the spec? My guess is it doesn't go away but takes another decade to get roundly adopted. The advantage is they've done their work in that it's already being designed to be the first thing you code for, with hooks for AU, VST3 and maybe even AAX. Basically it's easier to code it first then for the other bigger names, than to code only for AU and VST3. That's the selling point, if it actually works like that, then it could get adopted quickly by plugin developers and DAWs would follow.
Hopefully things work out for you AU wise, I read on Audio Eases web page that they recommended making patches for all your old songs before migrating to 8, and they would provide an old license if you had older songs that needed converting.
