I was just searching through some of my old posts and I found this little gem. How prophetic this was from me, late last year. Even if I do say so myself.As a regular on the Image-Line forums, I know that both myself and other forum members have been gently nudging Image-Line along (i.e. friendly naggingWell, yes, there's no pressure. While I am a bit more optimistic, people have estimated that it'll take 5+ years to establish. If in the next 1-2 years there's support by one more major DAW and commitment from one more major development framework, that would be a great leap forward.), to include CLAP support in one of their upcoming minor 'point' updates.
Their senior staff members and even IL's COO, have previously commented and committed to the inclusion thereof, but (wisely) have never as yet provided a concrete date. Simply, that they will add support "when they can."
I know that the recently introduced 'FL Cloud' subscription services were a high priority for Image-Line, as it obviously brings with it, an important new revenue stream for the company. Which, nobody can begrudge them. And parts of that online service were originally intended to have been introduced with the initial v21 launch, but had to be postponed. So I think, along with the other new features introduced, these have been foremost in the development priority, since the DAW's last major update.
But now that Image-Line have major feature ticked that off their list with v21.2, I feel we may be getting closer to the time, for CLAP inclusion. If not in the next 21.3 update, then not too long thereafter. I personally would be surprised, if it has not been included by at least this time next year, at the latest (and hopefully, much sooner). In the meanwhile, I'll be sure to remind them during each subsequent beta cycle.![:wink:]( "Wink")
[ fingers crossed ]
), to include CLAP support in one of their upcoming minor 'point' updates.
I was predicting that FL Studio would sooner, rather than later support CLAP (this was before Image-Line had publicly announced its inclusion) ... and in literally the next 21.3 update (aka FL Studio 2024), they did. Apparently, this was largely facilitated by some "Hevy-lobbying" from every FL Studio user's best friend (thanks Hevy!)
Now, I wonder if Ableton Live will indeed be the next big DAW to follow suit? Although, I'm not an active Ableton user, so I won't jinx them, with regards to a timeline.
But what I can say, is that CLAP is a great non-proprietary alternative. I've been using CLAP versions of all the FabFilter, AudioThing and all the available u-he CLAP plugins for several months now and I don't miss the VST/VST3 format one bit.
Long live the CLAP!
Statistics: Posted by MrJubbly — Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:35 pm