Glossary

Unfortunately, audio development is full of technical jargon. If you find a word in our documentation that you don't think a general developer would know, please open an issue so we can add it below.

Term	Description
Plugin	A program that runs within another audio program. It can perform many functions such as audio synthesis, effects, and MIDI modulation.
VST, AU, LV2	Common standards for implementing audio plugins. For a comparison, see the Plugin Standards page.
DAW	Stands for "digital audio workstation". Examples include FL Studio, Ableton Live, and LMMS.
GUI	Stands for "graphics user interface".
rust-vst	rust-vst refers to the crate library in this repository.