Getting AAX signed, AVID test etc.

[gorangrooves]

@orange Thanks a lot for all the info and for clarifying the "exam" portion. Yeah, I am not interested in selling at Avid graveyard, I mean, marketplace. :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:

So, to recap: I need to sign up with Avid for a developer account, which will enable me to code-sign the compiled AAX plugins, that I can then sell on my own. Correct?

[Christoph Hart]

@gorangrooves You also need an iLok USB dongle to code sign it and a valid code certificate on each platform (on macOS you can use the one that comes with your Apple Developer account and on Windows you can port the one you have from macOS as self signed certificate (using the .p12 file format). It's not as "secure" as a real code signing certificate but I couldn't care less about this...

Oh and if you only do this because of the troll in your YouTube video, don't bother that's an idiot :)

[d.healey]

@Christoph-Hart said in Getting AAX signed, AVID test etc.:

Oh and if you only do this because of the troll in your YouTube video, don't bother that's an idiot :)

I saw that too and thought the same thing.

[orange]

@gorangrooves said in Getting AAX signed, AVID test etc.:

So, to recap: I need to sign up with Avid for a developer account, which will enable me to code-sign the compiled AAX plugins, that I can then sell on my own. Correct?

Yes correct. Like Christoph said, you need to buy the iLok usb stick and then just follow the PACE support guide that they will give to you.

Pro Tools is one of the most used professional major DAWs in the World, so IMO supporting AAX is very important. That will make your brand look more reliable (especially for a new company) and more accessible to the professional users around the World. More platforms you support means more potential customers.

Just FYI, sharing info or code about AAX code-signing is under Avid's NDA and it is forbidden to share the info public. So just contact to PACE for code signing topics.

[Christoph Hart]

Pro Tools is one of the most used professional major DAWs in the World, so IMO supporting AAX is very important. That will make your brand look more reliable (especially for a new company) and more accessible to the professional users around the World.

At least now we know @orange's secret second YouTube account :)

[orange]

“I treat every problem that I hear about from a customer as an opportunity to improve,” - Jeff Bezos

:P

[orange]

@Christoph-Hart said in Getting AAX signed, AVID test etc.:

Pro Tools is one of the most used professional major DAWs in the World, so IMO supporting AAX is very important. That will make your brand look more reliable (especially for a new company) and more accessible to the professional users around the World.

At least now we know @orange's secret second YouTube account :)

Ahahah, nah that's not my way

[gorangrooves]

Thanks a lot, guys. I have an iLok and also a 3rd party certificate that I use to sign my Win installers. I assume I should be able to use it.

The reason for AAX is not because of the frustrated dude on YouTube :) One of the main reasons I opted for HISE and not Kontakt, for example, is that I didn't want to limit the reach of my products. Not supporting AAX locks me out of most high-end studios and producers.

We had a few sales after Pro Tools Experts reviewed the plugins, but I am sure that is only a fraction of the potential since most of their users are ProTools users, for example. I would have gone for the AAX support right from the get-go had I better understood what was involved.

Once we introduce the AAX format, it will make for a nice news update and other tweaks I am preparing.

[DanH]

What's the email people have written to to get a dev account with Avid (in order to sign AAX plugins for Pro Tools). I keep emailing devauth@avid.com but get nothingback :grinning_squinting_face:

[Matt_SF]

@DanH that's the correct email I believe. I wrote to this address last August and got an answer in a coiple of days...

[gorangrooves]

@DanH That's the correct email. Give them a few more days to respond.

[DanH]

@gorangrooves they've had 4 months

[gorangrooves]

@DanH Oh, that's not good. Did you provide them with all of the info they request?

[DanH]

@gorangrooves no I just asked them how to apply. Where is the list?

[Matt_SF]

@DanH take a look here : HOW DO I GET STARTED WITH AAX PLUG-IN DEVELOPMENT?

Now for the next step I'm stuck because I want to reach out to PACE to move on to codesigning but the contact form on their website doesn't work...

Edit : Post : contact email for PACE codesigning

[DanH]

@Matt_SF Thanks, seems I need the developer account to access those links!

[DanH]

@Matt_SF don't worry @gorangrooves has sorted me out on PM :thumbs_up:

[Matt_SF]

@DanH ok great :thumbs_up: