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Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology and its acronym VST refer to an interface standard for connecting audio synthesizer and effect plugins to audio editors and hard-disk recording systems and also giving the plugins a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for easy manipulation. VST and similar technologies allow the replacement of traditional recording studio hardware with software counterparts. Thousands of plugins exist, making VST the most widespread audio plugin architecture. The technology can be licensed from its creator, Steinberg.
Overview
VST provides a visual interface, allowing users to use the mouse to turn virtual dials and switches, similar to the physical switches and knobs on audio hardware. Some software allows users to enter exact values for parameters using the keyboard. MIDI controllers can also be used to control the software.
Some VST instruments (VSTi) are software emulations of well-known hardware synthesizer devices and sampler devices, emulating the look and feel of the original equipment in addition to its sonic characteristics. This enables VSTi users to work with virtual versions of gear that may be difficult to obtain in its original form. There's also a wide range of new VST plugins, which don't have the purpose of emulating vintage gear. VST plugins which emulate vintage gear are only a subset of all VST plugins on the market.
All VST software can run inside a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW, basically a computer with a professional sound card). VST software provides this host with additional functionality. Some hosts, but not all, can record the movements of dials and switches by the user.
VST plug-ins
With appropriate hardware and drivers, such as a sound card that supports ASIO, VST plug-ins can be used in real-time. ASIO bypasses Windows' slower audio engine, offering much lower latency. There are 3 types of VST plug-ins:
VST instruments
A VST plug-in that generates audio. They are generally either virtual synthesizers or samplers. One of the first VST instruments was the Neon VSTi which was included in Steinberg's Cubase. There are now many other instruments, both free and for purchase available. Some, such as Native Instruments' Pro-53, specifically recreate the look and sound of famous synthesizers from years past (in this case, the Prophet-5).
VST effects
A VST plug-in that is used to process an audio input, such as reverb and phaser effects. Other monitoring effects provide visual feedback of the input signal without processing the audio. Most hosts allow multiple effects to be chained. Many such effects are available as free downloads or for purchase.
VST MIDI effects
A VST plug-in that is used to process MIDI messages prior to routing the MIDI data to other VST instruments or hardware devices, for example, to transpose or create arpeggios.
VST hosts
Software
A VST host is a software application or hardware device that allows VST plug-ins to be used in a logical context, interacting with digital audio and MIDI elements. There are a wide range of VST-compatible hosts available, some of the most popular include REAPER, Cubase, Ableton Live, Sonar and FL Studio.
Others include Wavosaur (FREE) and Sony's Sound Forge.
Savihost is a stand-alone executable that allows running exactly one VST instrument.
VST plug-ins can be hosted in incompatible environments through the use of a translation layer, or shim. For example, FXpansion offers a VST to RTAS (Real Time AudioSuite) wrapper, which allows VST plug-ins to be used in the popular Pro Tools Digital Audio Workstation, and a VST to Audio Units wrapper, which allows VST plug-ins to be used in Apple Logic Pro Digital Audio Workstation.
Hardware
Some hardware hosts (e.g. Muse Receptor) can load special versions of VST plug-ins. These units are portable and usable without a computer, although all editing is done on a computer.
Other hardware options include PCI/PCIe cards designed for audio processing, which take over audio processing from the computer's CPU and free up RAM.
Software also exists allowing audio data to be transported between computers over a network, allowing the main host to run on one computer and VST plug-ins to run on peripheral computers.
VST plug-in standard
The VST plug-in standard is the audio plugin standard created by Steinberg to allow any third party developers to create VST plug-ins for use within VST host applications. VST requires separate installations for Windows/Mac/Linux. The majority of VST plug-ins are available for Windows.
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