VST vs RTAS vs TDM vs AU?

[sincethefailing]

Hi,

does anyone here really know what the big difference between all these plugin formats is? OTHER that that they run on different DAW's. Do they all sound the same or similar?

I'm working with VST's at the moment and RTAS(when in PT LE), But how big a difference does TDM make?

 

[JeffTD]

They should be identical, aside from price and which DAW they run on.

 

[James Murphy]

no, they aren't identical at all.... TDM and RTAS both run in Pro Tools.. TDM versions usually have a higher processing resolution than most other plug in formats and run off dedicated DSP cards (HD and HD Accel cards) with virtually no hit to the host processor. so the AU version of let's say... Oxford EQ.. is not "buff" as the TDM version.

DSS3 is right though when it comes to host based versions i believe....i.e., the VST and AU versions of a given plug are likely running at the same internal resolution... generally.

 

[sincethefailing]

how audible is this?

 

[Fox Mulder]

The resolution of the plugins would vary depending on the developer and the host.

 

[egan.]

WTF dude.

 

[Trevoire520]

I wouldn't worry about it. Changing from one format to another will not make or break your mixes.

 

[Fox Mulder]

I might have been stoned.

 

[DigitalMetal]

In the whole AAX DSP development debarcle (the fact that Avid have bullshitted about AAX DSP being just as easy to develop as AAX native) I read that TDM and RTAS plugins do not actually sound the same once coded and that they have to be tweaked so that the RTAS version and TDM version of the same plugin sound the same for release.
One sounding better than the other, who knows but Avid now claim that AAX sounds better than RTAS and TDM of course - why wouldn't they lol
Avid have also claimed that VST does not posses enough versatility for them to move to using it (whatever that means - besides not being able to sell their own brand of DSP).

 

[Fox Mulder]

WTF dude.

Yes?

 

[006]

He said that because you resurrected a thread with a last post date of August 20th, 2007, and didn't really add any useful information to warrant the necrothread bump.

 

[AudioGeekZine]

give him a break, he was in Led Zeppelin.

He must be, it's in his signature.

Why else would he have that picture there?

 

[Fox Mulder]

I'm a fan! And the AAX info was useful, thanks.

 

[Fox Mulder]

give him a break, he was in Led Zeppelin.

He must be, it's in his signature.

Why else would he have that picture there?

Forgive me for mentioning this but you've truly got an "Americanized IQ". It's pretty f***ing obvious why I'd use such a sig