Bitwig Announces CLAP

[cclarry]

Hello, it's great to see you, as we have an exciting announcement. Together with u‑he, we're happy to introduce CLAP, an open, modern, and free plug-in standard.

Audio plug-ins and host applications like DAWs share a vital mission: to help creators produce audio and make music. CLAP (Clever Audio Plug-in API) brings performance leaps and new possibilities, clarity and support to simplify developer effort, and an open source model that is a safe investment for all.

https://www.bitwig.com/stories/201/

[Lee D]

Kiss VST3 goodbye in 5 years

[CoveCamper]

They could of picked a better name!!!

" Hey Bud, you got the newest CLAP from Black Rooster or UJAM yet."

[satya]

https://u-he.com/community/clap/

Here's one from uhe

[Fleer]

Great to see u-he and Bitwig in it together. 

[Wibbles]

A course of antibiotics should sort it out.

[Hidden Symmetry]

2 minutes ago, Wibbles said:

A course of antibiotics should sort it out.

VSTD

[Sander Verstraten]

They show Vital in the video too. I assume Matt will upload a new beta soon too then.

 

[Niky Serrano]

5 minutes ago, Sander Verstraten said:

They show Vital in the video too. I assume Matt will upload a new beta soon too then.

 

Matt did that with Vital five days ago

[abacab]

From the u-he announcement. A list of industry players currently eveluating the CLAP standard. Buh-bye Steinberg!!! ?

 

An Invitation to Collaborate and Explore

CLAP does not only exist on paper; there are several ways you can try it out now. See the links below for projects from u-he, Bitwig, and others. Several other industry players are currently evaluating the CLAP standard.

Available From Bitwig, u-he and Others Today:

• Bitwig Studio 4.3 latest beta: https://www.bitwig.com/whats-new/
• u-he CLAP beta versions: https://u-he.com/fwd/clap-downloads
• Chowdhury DSP: https://chowdsp.com/
• MultitrackStudio: https://www.multitrackstudio.com/
• Surge Synth Team: https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

Open Source Projects Using CLAP:

• Avendish project: https://github.com/celtera/avendish/
• CLAP JUCE Extensions project: https://github.com/free-audio/clap-juce-extensions/
• Dexed: https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/
• MIP2 framework: https://github.com/skei/MIP2/
• nih-plug framework: https://github.com/robbert-vdh/nih-plug/
• TheWaveWarden (Odin2): https://www.thewavewarden.com/

Companies and Projects to Watch Out For

Following companies and projects are already evaluating CLAP for their host and plug-in software:

• Arturia: https://www.arturia.com/
• Avid: https://www.avid.com/
• BespokeSynth: https://www.bespokesynth.com/
• cableguys: https://cableguys.com/
• Cockos: https://www.reaper.fm/
• Cytomic: https://cytomic.com/
• DMGAudio: https://dmgaudio.com/
• Epic Games (Unreal Engine): https://www.unrealengine.com/
• Expressive E: https://www.expressivee.com/
• FabFilter: https://www.fabfilter.com/
• Image-Line: https://www.image-line.com/
• iPlug2 framework: https://iplug2.github.io/
• LHI Audio: https://lhiaudio.com/
• Node Audio (Etonal Studio): https://www.node-audio.com/
• Oddsound: https://oddsound.com/
• Presonus: https://www.presonus.com/
• Plogue: https://plogue.com/
• Qtractor: https://qtractor.org/
• Togu Audioline: https://tal-software.com/
• ValhallaDSP: https://valhalladsp.com/
• VCV: https://vcvrack.com/
• Vital Audio: https://vital.audio/
• Xfer Records: https://xferrecords.com/

[abacab]

 

[Sander Verstraten]

So the adaption is clearly not Soundwide ....

[Sander Verstraten]

6 minutes ago, Niky Serrano said:

Matt did that with Vital five days ago

I still see just the 1.5.1 beta from April. Is there another one?

[Sergio]

Hey bakers... how about supporting CLAP in Cakewalk ?  ?

[Niky Serrano]

Just now, Sander Verstraten said:

I still see just the 1.5.1 beta from April. Is there another one?

I have that beta version installed on my computer too, but I have not news about a new beta
I know that the last compilation was five days ago, but I have not news about other binary
Waiting... ?

[Niky Serrano]

Imagine waves with dozens of plugins...
They have a lot of work...

It will be funny for some companies and developers ?

[abacab]

5 minutes ago, Sergio said:

Hey bakers... how about supporting CLAP in Cakewalk ?  ?

Great idea, but unlikely that the Bakers are reading this thread.

Maybe post it here? https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/8-feedback-loop/

[Jim Roseberry]

Terrible name...  (What were they thinking?)

While I have no doubt about the benefits, it's hard to bump an industry standard plugin format.

Bitwig and U-he are the only "major" software/plugin vendors currently onboard.

Bigger companies are going to be reluctant to make a change.

Unless the entire industry adopts "CLAP" (that just sounds wrong), it's over before it's begun.

 

[abacab]

You should consider that many developers have struggled with implementing the VST3 "standard" in a 100% stable and compatible fashion. They are the ones pushing for this change, not end users or management.

This standard appears to be more MIDI 2.0 and MPE friendly. There are no license fees, and if the development costs to write plugins with this method is the same or cheaper, it's a no-brainer for the business. Stay tuned...

[Technostica]

Looking forward to being able to search KnobCloud for plugins with Clap.

But not in the office or HR will send you on a course for delinquents.