That is really unfortunate. Hopefully Clap will begin to take off, then.

Thanks for the response, although I was curious about the technical side.

But yes, if the userbase isn’t there and the cost is prohibitive then plugin devs will likely just support windows and mac.

As others mentioned in this thread, yabridge running in a native Linux DAW is a great setup. I personally use Reaper with yabridge, Serum, and a few other vsts here and there.

For others who are more knowledgeable than me: is there any reason (engineering-wise) why these plugins are made for Windows? Are there not cross platform and open source frameworks that let you compile audio plugins for Windows + Mac + Linux with minimal effort?

I genuinely don’t know anything about audio programming, I’m just curious.

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