Chapter 3VST3 Programming Guide
VST3 is the current version of Steinberg’s mature VST plugin specification. The venerable VST2 API, which has arguably produced more commercial and free plugins than any other API in the history of audio plugins, was officially made obsolete in October 2018 with its removal from the VST SDK and the inability for new plugin authors to legally write for it, though there is a grandfather clause for older plugin developers who have already signed license agreements with Steinberg. VST3 was redesigned from the ground up and has almost nothing in common with VST2 except some naming conventions and other very minor details. VST3 specifically addressed some of the shortcomings of the VST2 API, including a somewhat vague ...
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