Clap support in a Linux App

[j_e_f_f_g]

Is there a Linux native app that has working support for Clap plugins? I'm getting close to starting the No Budget plugins move to clap format. I'll need a host to test the plugins, and it can't be a Windows app because my development system doesn't have WINE installed (and I'm not going to install it there).

[Largos]

Carla, Qtractor, Reaper, Bitwig

[mcord]

For me, CLAP support is only available if I install carla-git from the AUR, rather than carla from the official Arch repos. So I assume it is disabled in the released version and Carla needs to be compiled from source to have it enabled.

[Impostor]

Is clap os-independent? Or do we have windows-clap and linux-clap like vst?

[nils]

Is clap os-independent? Or do we have windows-clap and linux-clap like vst?

Audio plugins are never os-independent.
There is always Win-VST, Mac-VST, Linux-VST , Win-Clap, Mac-Clap, Linux-Clap and Win-LV2, Mac-LV2 and Linux-LV2.
Plugins are compiled programs like everything else, your browser, games etc.

[Impostor]

Is clap os-independent? Or do we have windows-clap and linux-clap like vst?

Audio plugins are never os-independent.
There is always Win-VST, Mac-VST, Linux-VST , Win-Clap, Mac-Clap, Linux-Clap and Win-LV2, Mac-LV2 and Linux-LV2.
Plugins are compiled programs like everything else, your browser, games etc.

Yeah, but I was thinking, maybe the DAW could be the go-between..

[j_e_f_f_g]

Oh hell. I currently use QTractor and MUSE to test my LV2 plugs. I was just finishing up testing the latest batch in QTractor thinking "Now I need to get a clap host to test", and never even noticed the clap entry in Q. Damn that Rui is sneaky. I thought he was doing Pipewire stuff. He has hand in every cookie jar. I wouldn't be surprised if he was the guy who blew up the Nord Stream pipeline (says the innocent american, because we all know Russia did it)

[nils]

Is clap os-independent? Or do we have windows-clap and linux-clap like vst?

Audio plugins are never os-independent.
There is always Win-VST, Mac-VST, Linux-VST , Win-Clap, Mac-Clap, Linux-Clap and Win-LV2, Mac-LV2 and Linux-LV2.
Plugins are compiled programs like everything else, your browser, games etc.

Yeah, but I was thinking, maybe the DAW could be the go-between..

That would be like WINE or actual Emulation, which is faulty or slow or both.

[miuzik]

Ildaeil. It's a plugin, but Ardour is a solid host (or your preferred DAW), so load it from Ardour and use all CLAP plugins you want.

From Ildail repository info:

And it can load the following plugin formats:

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Internal (from Carla)
LADSPA
DSSI
LV2
VST2
VST3
CLAP
JSFX