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A {long} word about Clipped-MAX and The Condiments (Phat Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo, & Sriracha)
I get many questions about when Clipped-MAX will be updated and natively support the M1/M2 Apple chips. The answer is: it is complicated. I have been working on it for a long, long, long time. Thanks to Oli and the other coders that have been working on IPlug2 (the SDK I use to develop cross-platform plugins), the framework is there for a native M1/M2 version of Clipped-MAX.
The problem is that all of my code needs updated. When I say all, I mean everything. The new version of IPlug2 that is compatible with M1/M2 includes a totally new way for communication between the controls of the plugin and the audio processing. Most everything you see in Clipped-MAX (and other plugins like Preamp-MAX, Limited-MAX, and Toned-MAX) are elements that I coded from scratch. Using the new IPlug2, I have had to rewrite about 75% of the code.
For me, coding has gotten to the point that it is no longer fun. Opening a 1000-line file of code to update, and then seeing that about 75% of the lines have errors (because of the new SDK) is crushing. It has slowed me down, gotten under my skin, and made LVC-Audio a chore. I am not a trained programmer. Anyone that does this day-in and day-out has my admiration.
So this is the basis for "The Condiments" (i.e., Phat Ketchup, Phat Mustard, Phat Mayo, and Phat Sriracha). The plugins use a simple and silly interface, nothing like the controls (and code) found on Clipped-MAX. The audio processing includes some of the elements that I have been working with for years such as dynamic EQ, mid/side EQ, vintage compression, multiband stereo widening, and multiband transient shaping. The underlying DSP of "The Condiments" is actually more complicated than Clipped-MAX, but the process of coding the new plugins was relatively quick, fun, and exciting. Basically, coding "The Condiments" has rejuvenated my audio-coding-mojo.
Clipped-MAX will still be updated, as will Limited-MAX and Preamp-MAX; however, the overall style of the plugins may need to be reconsidered. For example, is it better to have one Clipped-MAX plugin or four separate clipping plugins (i.e., ClipShifter, Clip-Multiband, Clip-Stereo, and Clip-Master). I don't know the answer right now, but I know I want to keep making plugins that are fun to code, fun/useful to use, and inspire you to create more music.
Thanks - and happy holidays to you, your family, your pets, your synths, your guitars, your basses, and your drums.
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Thanks for insight. I had a feeling about this. I see lots of end users complain about plugins they paid for not being updated or usable because of unsupported tech. I try to explain the nature of software dev to them hoping they will understand. People think software should be like hardware just because for both they have to pay for it. Ultimately software becomes useless.
I would love to get on that gui style somehow
"The Condiments" plugins are RELEASED -> lvcaudio.com/plugins/the-condiments/
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I am not responsible for that user interface. LOL In some ways, I wish I was!
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Last one is done. Some more testing and a manual to write. That will make 4 new (and fun) plugins ready for the LVC-Audio Black Friday-and-beyond Holiday Sale!
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