Audio Plug-in Architectures: DirectX, RTAS, TDM, VST, MAS, Audio Units, PowerCore, AAX, LADSPA, LV2, DSSI, VAMP
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Name

Developer

License

GUI support

Supported types

Supported platforms

Virtual Studio Technology

Steinberg

Proprietary

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Mac OS X and Windows

Audio Units

Apple

Proprietary

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Mac OS X

Real Time AudioSuite

Avid

Proprietary

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Mac OS X and Windows

Avid Audio eXtension

Avid

Proprietary

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Mac OS X and Windows

TDM

Avid

Proprietary

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Mac OS X and Windows

LADSPA

ladspa.org

LGPL

No

Transformation

Mac OS X, Windows and Linux

DSSI

dssi.sourceforge.net

LGPL, BSD

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Mac OS X, Windows and Linux

LV2

lv2plug.in

LGPL

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Linux

DirectX plugin

Microsoft

Proprietary

Yes

Transformation and synthesis

Windows

VAMP

vamp-plugins.org

BSD-style

No

Analysis

Mac OS X, Windows and Linux

 

Direct X Plug-Ins Direct X is a real-time plug-in (i.e., Direct X plug-ins can process or alter the sound without creating a new file). VST (Virtual Studio Technology) is a real-time native plug-in format created by Steinberg. AU -Audio Units is the plug-in format developed by Apple to coincide with their new audio and MIDI technologies in OS X. RTAS (Real Time Audio Suite) is a new plug-in format created by Digidesign for Pro Tools LE. RTAS is the next generation of AudioSuite plug-ins. RTAS uses host based processing, your CPU, to run. RTAS is only limited by the available CPU processing power. RTAS offers similar performance to TDM in that each plug-in is fully automatable. AAX (Avid Audio eXtension). For Pro Tools|HDX and host-based systems running Pro Tools 10, Pro Tools HD 10, or Pro Tools Express 

TDM (Time Domain Multiplex) is a plug-in format created by Digidesign for Pro Tools systems. TDM can only function with Digidesign Farm cards. The number of plug-ins that you use depends on how many Farm cards you have and the type of plug-in. LADSPA is an acronym for Linux Audio Developers Simple Plugin API. It is a standard for handling filters and effects, licensed under the GNU LGPL. Vamp is an audio processing plugin system for plugins that extract descriptive information from audio data, typically referred to as audio analysis plugins or audio feature extraction plugins.

The Powercore format is a hardware-supported plugin that can be used in VST and Audio Unit compatible applications. MAS (MOTU Audio System) is a real-time native plug-in format created by Mark of the Unicorn. MAS was created as a proprietary plug-in format for Performer and Digital Performer. LV2 (LADSPA version 2) is an open standard for plugins and matching host applications, mainly targeted at audio processing and generation. LV2 is a simple but extensible successor of LADSPA, intended to address the limitations of LADSPA which many applications have outgrown.

 

 

 

 

VST - AU - DX - RTAS - TDM - HTDM  - AAX - MAS

PowerCore - LADSPA - LV2 - DSSI- VAMP

 

  

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