[LAD] VST 2.4 v. 3.0

Jeff McClintock jef at synthedit.com
Sat Jun 13 23:01:12 UTC 2009


> does anyone have any idea on the uptake of VST 3 ?

Seems only VST3 works well on 64-bit systems. (VST 2 is supported, but runs
in a high-latency 32-bit emulation environment).
 My hunch is VST3 uptake will track 64-bit Windows uptake.

Jeff


> Is this becoming the standard and 2.* being quickly
> deprecated?
> Comparing the two, there is a lot of stuff in VST3, it
> seems quite heavy, which seems to be a change
> from the relative simplicity of 2.*.  Also 3 does not look
> backwards compatible (so older plugins would not
> work with it).
> On the FOSS front then, with 3 we are stuck again
> with Steinberg's terms. So my question is: are
> developers in general sticking with 2.* or has everyone
> moved to 3. Again, my question has an educational
> slant, should we be teaching 3 or 2 (or both, if we
> are teaching VST at all, that is) ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Victor





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