This is weird, as they (all VoS) run under my Linux Bitwig 5.0.11 via Wine and yabridge, so I’d imagine they should work fine under native Windows.

so well put !

You can contact Herbert (the dev) here:

varietyofsound.wordpress.com/support-contact/

com.bitwig.flt.library.metadata.reader.exception.CouldNotReadMetadataException: could not read metadata:

If someomne know how to get them working I wouold appreciate a hint.

It is reasonable, I agree! Thank you. I think a operating system tag under the article headline would be a nice unobtrusive solution.

You’re welcome for the dissertation :) I wish my master’s thesis had been as quick to write! I should go for a doctorate.

I’m not a plugin developer yet, but I did make mobile games before, and the busywork imposed by Apple made publishing for iPhone an impossibility for me as a solo developer, with limited time and no extra thousands to buy the Apple computer required for said busywork.

Judging by the amount of tormented wailing from developers over “signed”, “rosetta”, “M2”, “silicon”, “native”, “big sur” and other derangement, I suspect that supporting Apple in plugin development will require the same overhead of a minimum of 20% extra work, doubled hardware investment, etc. Only this time it would be recurring and unforeseeable, unlike in mobile games (or Windows plugins) where you finalise, publish, and go on peacefully developing the next product, only needing bug fixes if that. The saved time and effort can go towards making another plugin.

As for Apple being used by professionals, I think that’s only partially true nowadays. I also believe Variety of Sound to be very highly regarded despite their lack of Apple support.

I say this in no hostility. Blessed be Apple developers and having choice in operating systems!

Maybe use a small emoji for OSes? I’m pretty sure there’s a window, x and penguin emojis somewhere in that ever-growing insane list of chocolate ice cream…

Thank you, JOHN! Thank you, Michael!
Thank all the people and the entire community!
God bless all of us!

Added, thank you!

Big fan of Klanghelm here. :)

Thank you, added to our news section! :)

The vast majority of plugin offerings highlighted on BPB are released in multiple formats including AU, because developers wisely recognize that a major segment of music creators (especially in the professional realm) use Macs. Therefore they know that to be taken seriously, they’ll need to create versions for this sizable audience.

I suspect you’re not a plugin developer. It’s my understanding that most modern plugin libraries support multi-format builds for a single plugin codebase (VST, VST3, AU, AAX, etc.). So if you “spend the rest of your life rewriting it over and over for Apple”, you’re doing something very, very wrong.

Finally, understand that I am not asking for EVERY article to include the supported platforms in the headline; only the infrequent cases where a plugin supports only Windows (or Mac, for that matter) to prevent wasting time reading about something you can’t use. This is a very reasonable request, and Tomislav has agreed to do this recently for his own posts.

I hope that clears things up!

I know this isn’t a reverb topic. But, just want to inform that Klanghelm just released a new free reverb plugin named Tens Jr.
We love Klanghelm :-)

https://klanghelm.com/contents/products/TENSjr