<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
+ <dt><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr></dt>
+ <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard but compiled
+ specifically for the same platform as Ardour is running on
+ (i.e. Linux VST for Ardour users on Linux, Windows VST for Ardour
+ users on Windows). (Note: Ardour does not support VST plugins on OS
+ X, just like Apple's Logic DAW). </dd>
+
+ <dt>Windows VST Plugins on Linux</dt>
+ <dd>Plugins using Steinberg's VST plugin standard and compiled for
+ Windows, but being used on Linux. <em>Support for this plugin format is not available in
regular builds of
Ardour. <a href="/working-with-plugins/windows-vst-support">Read
more...</a></em>