VST is an additional function to a DAW, see it as an app you can install on your phone. There are free VST plugins available and paid VST plugins, if they are free they are named as freeware.
In the world, there are thousands of plugins with a function such as needed effects for a guitar and others are more experimental or without a function at all (just for fun, like Fruity Dancer). VST can be seen as audio plug-in software that functions as digital synths or effects in a DAW (digital audio workstation). In this article, we’re mainly focussing on VST plugins, since it’s the same as AU but then for a different computer system and a different programming langue. VST = the format for Windows/Linux computers VST stands for virtual studio technology and AU for audio units. So, to start off we have a closer look at the meaning of VST and AU plugins.
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