<dt><abbr title="Audio Unit">AU</abbr></dt>
<dd>OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI</dd>
- <dt>Linux <abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></dt>
- <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled specifically for Linux</dd>
-
- <dt>Windows VST</dt>
- <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled for
- Windows. <em>Support for this plugin format is not available in
- regular builds of
- Ardour. <a href="/working-with-plugins/windows-vst-support">Read
+ <dt><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></dt>
+ <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard. Varies by platform:
+ <dl>
+ <dt>on Linux</dt><dd>(native) Linux VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</dd>
+ <dt>on Windows</dt><dd>(native) Windows VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4)</dd>
+ <dt>on OS X</dt><dd>Not supported, unless you use a VST<>AU
+ bridge plugin. Similar to Apple's Logic DAW.</dd>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>Windows VST Plugins on Linux</dt>
+ <dd>VST plugins for Windows, but being used on Linux. <em>Not
+ supported by normal builds of Ardour. <a href="/working-with-plugins/windows-vst-support">Read
more...</a></em>
</dd>
</dl>