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Dennis Gunn wrote:
> As we all know, just because the label says VST does not
> mean that you can use a Mac one on a PC or vice versa.  Same with
> TDMs and RTAS and every other plugin format out there.  Plugins on
> the various platforms all need some rewriting before they can work on
> other platforms.  So what if a PC VST ends up getting called an AU
> when it is in OSX?    The code that makes the sound will be the same.

You defenitely have a point here, Dennis - but as usual that's not all there
is about it.
So far quite a lot of developers seem to go the "VST/Win/MacOS9 > VST/OSX >
perhaps AU" route.
That doesn't make the AU format look like a very prominent thing, regarding
public perception.
In the end, no matter how you put it, the programmers have to a) accept AU
as being the best "standard" to develop for on OSX (no matter whether
they'll be doing OSX/OS9/Win -VST versions at the same time) and b) convince
people those new AUs are a good thing to have/buy - instead of still buying
VST versions.
And then, Erik has a point as well, what if VST3 simply superceeds the specs
of AU? I don't know whether that'd be possible at all, but hey, in the end
all these discussions are rather speculative anyways.

The only point IMO is: It's just silly to force someone into a new
"standard", no matter if it'd be WAY better than anything that was existing
before. Thing is, LA6 IS VST compatible (as the OS9 version will prove) and
VST-support for OSX is possible as well.

To me it just looks stupid making a program LESS compatible just to force
people to believe in (or develop for) a new standard.

If AU is so much better, people will just buy AU versions and developers
will just do AU versions instead of VST/OSX versions.

As said before, EASI was said to be a WAY better protocol than ASIO too.
It's almost unknown these days though because ASIO allready was good enough.
Whether that is a good thing or not I'm not able to decide, but it clearly
shows that once you established something for a wide amount of people it's
hard to make the folks believe there's something better - no matter if it is
or not.

Sascha