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DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:16 pm

OK, so VST3 is a new improved (and still improving?) plug-in specification.

For VST3 to be of any benefit to users:
(a) the DAW host must support its functionality,
(b) the plug-ins must make use of that functionality.

So my questions are:

Q1: what aspects of the VST3 new / changed functionality does (<insert name here> DAW support?
Q2: what aspects of the VST3 new / changed functionality does (<insert name here> plug-in implement?

After all, a developer could take a VST2 plug-in, build it into the VST3 format, without adding any support for the new /changed functions, but it would still be a VST3 plug-in.

Or, have I missed the point?

Please reply only with specific answer to Q1 or Q2 or both, to avoid clutter.
(Also posted in "Hosts & Applications" viewtopic.php?f=7&t=527113).

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:36 pm

Its 1 better. Im particularly excited about VST11.

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:52 pm

Me too - there's even a hardware version:

adl · Post by **adl** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:21 pm

Read here:
https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/vst-2 ... es-you-do/

I actually still use vst2 all the way and to me it doesn't seem that I am missing anything.

mixtur.se · Post by **mixtur.se** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:11 pm

DarkStar wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:16 pm OK, so VST3 is a new improved (and still improving?) plug-in specification.

For VST3 to be of any benefit to users:
(a) the DAW host must support its functionality,
(b) the plug-ins must make use of that functionality.

So my questions are:
Q1: what aspects of the VST3 new / changed functionality does (<insert name here> DAW support?

Q2: what aspects of the VST3 new / changed functionality does (<insert name here> plug-in implement?
After all, a developer could take a VST2 plug-in, build it into the VST3 format, without adding any support for the new /changed functions, but it would still be a VST3 plug-in.

Or, have I missed the point?

Please reply only with specific answer to Q1 or Q2 or both, to avoid clutter.
(Also posted in "Hosts & Applications").

The main benefits for me are

1) sidechain support
2) no cpu when silent
3) per note expression

There are benefits even if the plugin is simply aligned with VST3 specification, like more flexible routing and improved output count etc. if the host supports it. I’m not an audio developer though.

https://www.steinberg.net/en/company/te ... /vst3.html

pixel85 · Post by **pixel85** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:13 pm

whyterabbyt wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:36 pm Its 1 better. Im particularly excited about VST11.

I may contact you with my friend who had access to MS DirectX12 in 2001

He surely work with VST12 already.

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:53 pm

DirectX ftw!!!

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:56 pm

Halonmusic wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:53 pm DirectX ftw!!!

free the weed?

sweet!

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:57 pm

vurt wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:56 pm
Halonmusic wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:53 pm DirectX ftw!!!
free the weed?

sweet!

Dirtgrain · Post by **Dirtgrain** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:00 pm

whyterabbyt wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:36 pm Its 1 better. Im particularly excited about VST11.

More like it's in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.

Is VST3 worth it?