Did you ever get a reply about this?
I got a full refund, finally.
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Me too, I feel sorry for the developers who get shifted from one company to the next and have dedicated a lot of their life to this product.
I like the product but itās lack of VST3 plugin for my DAW is going to force me to dump, Thatās down to management committing the required resources but it looks like from a customer view that InMusic have no track record in that regards.
David
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Just to play devils advocate, isnāt it naive and foolish of DAW makers to drop support for VST2 when so much software doesnāt yet have a VST3 version?
Cakewalkās bandlab has happily supported both VST2 and VST3 for quite a few years now so why are Cubase and other companies abandoning it?
Steve
Well, first off, Steinberg has announced the drop of VST2 support with more than a yearās warning, and even so, I would doubt the next Cubase will come out without VST2āalthough I for one certainly hope so!
In that sense, thereās plenty of time to either simply move your plugin to VST3 āas isā or actually take the opportunity to develop a meaningful upgrade to it.(obviously depending on funds).
That said, just like 32-bit, so will VST2 surely live on beyond the cutoff point via plugin ābridgesā and/or loaders like BlueCatās, metaplugin etc. Not to mention that thereās no reason you canāt have several Cubase versions installed, as many do for backwards compatibility.
But you canāt expect your software to be both moving forwards and constantly looking backwards. At some point you need to bounce your channels and move on (I mean, even VST3 plugins from a few years ago are now obsolete or have new versions).
In the sense that a move to a pure VST3 environment means a more stable DAW, better workflow and new features, I say the sooner the better. Thereās not a single plugin that I canāt live without or canāt find an equivalent, but even if there was I would trade it in a heartbeat for a faster, more robust DAW.
Re Steveās ādevils advocate viewā I would say by way of response VST 1 is not in general use anymore because operating systems and daws move on.
Vst2 has reached the end of the support cycle. Of course people can still use it if they want to stick with specific DAWs and Operating systems on older hardware, but time is not going to stand still. It BFD is to continue in development for use on latest hardware then VST3 support is essential at this time. If not the writing is on the wall and if I worked there as a developer I would be looking to move on.
As a user I want to keep moving forward as I donāt want to keep with old hardware and software.
Cheers
David
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Steinberg discontinued the VST2 SDK in 2012/13, they gave developers many years to adopt VST3.
I donāt think thereās any functional reason to drop VST2, but Iām not gonna say itās a surprise or unexpected (frankly Iām surprised it held on as long as it did).
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Obviously if including VST2 compatibility causes issues and holds back development then thatās a different story. Itās such a shame as thereās still a lot of software out there that doesnāt have a VST3 version and perhaps never will.
Steve
Here goes, backed up everything set up inMusic account with same email.
BFD2 and presets for a decade of songs in logic , praying the replacement packs to mess with that!
Downloading LMā¦
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