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Originally Posted by TweakHead
Still think there should be a new software standard, similar to what's been done with MIDI back in the day - like "namnibor" pointed out.
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I was a little confused about this, we already have software standards. For example VST, created by Steinberg (now owned by Yamaha) and still the most widely used. It is designed for exactly the kinds of things being discussed here (even if it is not used for all of them)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology
But, even though as far as I can tell, Steinberg has never required royalty payments to utilize VST technology, anyone can adhere to the standard that wants to, but nobody is twisting their arm to do so. Perhaps that's the problem.
I could talk a lot about the reasons (from a software development company's standpoint) why a company like Apple, Propellerhead, AVID, etc would decide to be defiant and utilize their own proprietary plug-in technology. If anyone is really interested in the hows and whys it makes sense for Apple to create AU plugins, etc., then maybe I will talk a little about that in another post. Short version of the story it is in their best interest (toward the goal of gaining market share for their DAW host, which is the key to remaining competitive in the audio software market). It is not in their interest to make their platform dependent on a competitior's product (Logic being dependent on technology invented for Cubase? Not Invented Here! Must Create Own).
This might be sort of a tangential leg of this thread, and I'm not sure how exactly it relates to new hardware from Access but I just wanted to raise the point that there's no lack of a standard. What there is a lack of is motivation for every company to line up and use one of them.
There's an interesting recent article here about so many software companies getting beaten up in this market. Strong Musikmesse showings from only two companies (Steinberg-Yamaha and Cakewalk-Roland). See where that's headed? Strategic DAW position very important to makers of hardware instruments.
http://www.kvraudio.com/focus/frankf...ies-gone-22161