Avid's Pro Tools is even worse in that respect as you say FLstudio is, but that's because Avid seems to be a bit like Apple is in that if it's not "officially tested by Avid it is usually not supported by Avid", which is play of words that if Avid cannot make crap-load of money off of something, it more than likely will not be supported by them and if you try to ask Avid for support regarding something like that they simply will not.
That's why I thought it was really kind of great how Izotope Iris did things when first released in that they firstly made it so it can be used as a stand alone and secondly listed it fully supported by Reaper, but at least last year, RTAS format was not supported (that could have changed by now).
I know these companies are in business to make money and reason I remember back a few years ago was starting to learn Pro Tools MP9 remember reading OFTEN on Avid Forums all kinds of hate towards Reaper AND Reaper Users there and one person whom had been one of the forum's many moderators and was a working studio musician had "defected to Reaper" and when his last post on forum stated all the haters on here have only just a big case of terminal sour grapes because of fact there's other DAW's out there that are not as old that have many features pro Tools users still did not have or just recently partially had. He had also enough of the superiority complex that abounded in talking down to users of FLstudio and the like as if those DAW's were only "toys". He was then BANISHED from the forum!!
All this kind of stuff as well as like you said with Novation stating there may be partial Automap support but do not include in download notes or on their website exactly WHAT IS supported and not, a tad confusing and very reason I will read about something from various sources to find the consistency amongst all the salt.
It also does not exactly help when the likes of Novation seem to keep releasing a brand new controller as if they were yearly subscriptions to magazines and perhaps add Automap features that for instance work best on their now Impulse rather than on the Remote Series. It's maddening all the consumerism and marketing at the expense of just making something really excellent and keep supporting it instead of reinventing the same round wheel each year!!!
Rant over...they should make tranquilizers the shape to fit in PEZ Dispensers!!!!
