Last week u-he and Bitwig announced their new open format CLAP plug-in (CLever Audio Plug-in API) which is a new standard aimed at cleaning up the somewhat variable standards found in many plug-in formats and introducing new, modern standards to take advantage of more current computing power and automation requirements. Its a bold move but have been in development for almost 8 years through an initial idea from coder Alexandre Bique. Standards are hard to make stick but Bitwig and u-he have implemented CLAP within Bitwig 4.3 (coming imminently) and with u-he's range of plug-ins - also coming imminently. They've done the legwork to show the way forward. We had a chat with Urs Heckmann (u-he), Placidus Schelbert (Bitwig) and Alexandre Bique (Bitwiig) about the why and wherefore of such a massive undertaking. We also get an insight into what kind of capabilities CLAP will bring: preset interchange, collect and and save (excellent for samples). microtuning support, common browser, polyphonic modulation/automation, 50% increase in efficiency (Apple Silicon) and lots more besides. For more information on the plug-in format: https://github.com/free-audio/clap Bitwig Public 4.3 Beta (CLAP support) - You need an account https://www.bitwig.com/ The SURGE open source- CLAP ready instrument https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/ A few videos demoing CLAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqiQyg1uOWc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UktuhuADRuA Exclusive extra content on Patreon https://patreon.com/sonicstate #sonictalk #clap #plugin Frozen Reverbs Racks for Live: http://bit.ly/freezemachines Subscribe to Sonicstate on YouTube for new content! http://bit.ly/SonicYTSub Watch Sonicstate's Exclusive Series: Sonic LAB: http://bit.ly/SonicLab Meet The Makers: http://bit.ly/SonicMakers Sonicstate Performances: http://bit.ly/SonicPerformances Sonic TALK Podcast: http://bit.ly/SonicTalk NAMM 2020: http://bit.ly/NAMM20 Website: http://www.sonicstate.com/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/#!/sonicstate Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wwwsonicstate Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sonicstateuk Podcast/iTunes: https://goo.gl/4uOFA5