updates to add version feature added for OSX VST, and OSC

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@@ -14,14 +14,22 @@ title: Working With Plugins
 </ul>
 
 <p>Ardour does not come with any built-in signal processors of its own
-(other than volume faders) and it also generally doesn't ship with any
-plugins. They are written by 3rd parties, though we do provide <a href="/working-with-plugins/getting-plugins/">some
+  (other than volume faders) but does ship with a small group of
+  plugins starting at Ardour 5.0. The shipped plugins are listed as authored by "Ardour Team"
+  and named with "a-" as the start of the name (Like a-EQ) or Authored by
+  "Ardour LUA Task Force" in which case they are example (but still useful)
+  LUA scripts. The included plugins are LV2 or LUA scripts and use
+  Ardour's generic GUI. They work on all supported platforms so that
+  projects started on one platform will sound the same on another platform
+  if they use just these plugins or other plugins that
+  are cross platform.
+  They are written by 3rd parties, though we do provide <a href="/working-with-plugins/getting-plugins/">some
   information on how to get them</a>.
 </p>
 
-<p>
+<h4>
 Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
-</p>
+</h4>
 <dl class="narrower-table">
 
   <dt><abbr title="Linux Audio Developers' Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</abbr></dt>
@@ -31,7 +39,8 @@ Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
   <dt><abbr title="LADSPA Version 2">LV2</abbr></dt>
   <dd>An extensible, full-featured plugin API, audio and <abbr
   title="Musical Instrument Digital Interface">MIDI</abbr>, plugins can provide their
-  own  <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>s</dd>
+  own  <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>s but may use the
+  one Ardour provides instead.</dd>
   <dt><abbr title="Audio Unit">AU</abbr></dt>
   <dd>OS X only, full featured, audio and MIDI, plugins can provide their own GUI</dd>
 
@@ -40,8 +49,7 @@ Ardour supports a variety of different plugin standards:
     <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&lt;&gt;AU
-    bridge plugin. Similar to Apple's Logic DAW.</dd>
+    <dt>on OS X</dt><dd>(native) macOS VST plugins fully supported (VST2.4) since Ardour 5.5</dd>
   </dl>
   </dd>