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Originally Posted by radiospace

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.

Thanks man.

Yeah I already know what VST is and were it came from the "i" is really what I am wondering about. I believe that Samplitude specifically states that they offer VST and VSTi plug in support. They make it sound like different things but I could be wrong, hence the question. You may be right, it might be a home-brew kind of term.

Thanks.