Yes, because Ableton invented XML.....pottering wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:04 pm
ALS is a gzipped XML file.
In fact, if you want to know how ALS works just read that "dawproject" page and change the words ".dawproject" to ".als" and "zip" to "gzip" (arguably gzip is zip already).
Or just use 7-zip in any Live Set and see how the XML works.
That also provides a REAL-LIFE example of how a XML file like "dawproject" would work with real plugins, real sample files, etc.
People that really want to push that "dawproject" thing gotta admit it is Live where people will find numerous actual examples of how to implement that "dawproject" thing in the real world, since Ableton already did it, years ago, with millions of users not even noticing it is a gzipped XML.
By the way, Live's ADG, ADV and ALC are also gzipped XML. In case Bitwig comes with "dawpreset" and "dawclips" too ("wow such a innovative company").
Again this is just weird flexing. Personally I would like to see a universal porting format, this isn't directly being done by Bitwig in the first place, and if it is in fact using the same formats at Live then it's going to de facto offer Ableton more compatibility than other DAWs that adopt it with less work.
You're literally complaining that you think Bitwig are adopting Lives project format as a universal format like that's a bad thing? I have 6 DAWs loaded on this computer, I actively use at least three. I see no problem with a universal format, and I really would be surprised if Ableton had any problem with it at all. Plus you're reading a whole hell of a lot into adopting a universal format like XML, but whatever, I forgot that people online treat their preferences for DAWs etc. like europeans fight about football teams.