Anyone know if this recent development from Steinberg RE: VST3 going open source would allow for hardware manuf. to start implementing 3rd party guitar plugin compatibility. (think NDSP/ToneX/AmpliTube//etc built in support) Perhaps setting up a license portal for the VSTs and then having access to your presets from said plugins. Pipe dreams or possible?
I think something like that exists, although I can’t remember which device specifically it is.
It definitely should be technically possible, although I suspect that it’s not such an attractive idea to actually do that for a hardware manufacturer because how exactly do you make money on it? How do you support it all? Plugins are often buggy but the users will complain about your device most probably, and you can’t control that. So a lot of hassle, thin margins, and no fame.
Native Instruments kinda do it with Maschine+, and NDSP, but of course that’s not open to using any third party plugins - that’s a race to the bottom.
If anybody does it, I’d expect it would be some Chinese Amazon type no name manufacturers first and foremost.
To me personally, it’s like the last thing I want, I can already run plugins, why would I pay for a dedicated hardware host, not sure.
The opposite of this would be nice - either Fractal as a plugin or at least Edit apps as plugins, so I can have proper automation in a DAW when using fractal hardware.
