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VST3 audio plugin format is now MIT


VST 3.8 SDK Released Dear VST Developers, Steinberg Media Technologies today releases the VST SDK 3.8 Here’s 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...

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