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Originally Posted by not_so_new Also this is going to be a stupid question but what exacly is VSTi? I know the "i" is instrument but what is the deal with it and what does it have to do with soft synths anything? |
VST, which stands for "Virtual Studio Technology", is a standard for developing software plug-ins for DAWs developed by Steinberg (now a division of Yamaha) in conjunction with their sequencer Cubase. A 'VSTi', which may just be a homemade abbreviation rather than an offical Steinberg designation, would simply be a VST plug-in that is meant to be used primarily as an instrument rather than as an effect.
If you don't use Cubase you might not use plug-ins in VST format but it has become, like "Coke" or "Xerox" in their respective fields, shorthand for the general category of DAW plug-ins, so that when someone says VSTi, if you are using a host that supports a different standard (such as Apple's Logic), you understand to not necessarily take it literally, depending on the context.