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Title: From Hamburg, With Love: The History of VST
Post by: Protools5LEGuy on August 11, 2026, 08:28:08 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3fpyfWR40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3fpyfWR40)

The origin + history.

A couple of pictures are wrong (HD cards talking about MIX and 24) but in general is right. Maybe DieHard, IIO or Mactron (Cubit users) can say more deep info as we know, but as a summary is OK. Smilesdavis and Nova have given us more deep info about the Cubase TDM info.

Good news is that the classic plugs have been VST3 compiled at last.

Was Karlette anytime a TDM plug, as TUNA or Red Valve?
Title: Re: From Hamburg, With Love: The History of VST
Post by: DieHard on August 11, 2026, 08:56:10 AM
With Cubase, VSTs were a game changer back in the day, especially on Windows, BECAUSE ...

All VST plugin parameters could be auto-mated, DirectX plugin parameters could NOT !

May seem like a small side-note these days, but back then it could make or break the quality of the project when mixing in the box... need a cool reverb or delay to slowly swell up in the mix on just the chorus, no problem.  This saved tons of CPU usage, since you did not have to create a separate track with the same effects at different settings.
Title: Re: From Hamburg, With Love: The History of VST
Post by: smilesdavis on August 11, 2026, 11:48:38 AM
thanks for the link!