N-gated Hacker News๐จBREAKING: Steinberg finally opens up #VST3 under MIT license, because who doesn't love a good licensing drama in their life? ๐ญ Now you can enjoy your #open-source audio plugins while grappling with mysterious new MIDI 2.0 interfaces that'll make you miss the simplicity of the old ones. ๐ถ๐ง
https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8-0-sdk-released/1011988 #MITlicense #audioPlugins #MIDI2.0 #licensingDrama #HackerNews #ngated
https://forums.steinberg.net/t/vst-3-8-0-sdk-released/1011988 #MITlicense #audioPlugins #MIDI2.0 #licensingDrama #HackerNews #ngated
VST 3.8.0 SDK Released
VST 3.8 SDK Released Dear VST Developers, Steinberg Media Technologies today releases the VST SDK 3.8 Hereโs a brief overview of changes: Version 3.8.0 (2025/10/20) New licensing model for VST 3: VST 3 is now open source, released under the MIT license. Interface changes: Support for MIDI 2.0: new interfaces IMidiLearn2 and IMidiMapping2. These new interfaces replace the previous interfaces IMidiLearn and IMidiMapping. Add missing ControllerNumbers enum for MIDI 1.0 System messages...