Learn to say popular audio plugin format names correctly.
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How is VST (Virtual Studio Technology, a widely used audio plugin format) correctly pronounced?
VST is pronounced 'VEE-ES-TEE' — every letter spoken individually, V-S-T. In a technical interview: "VST let the synthesizer plug directly into the same session as every other track."
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How is AU (Audio Units, Apple's native audio plugin format for macOS) correctly pronounced?
AU is pronounced 'AY-YOO' — every letter spoken individually, A-U. In a technical interview: "AU integrated more smoothly with Logic Pro than the equivalent VST build did."
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How is AAX (Avid Audio eXtension, the plugin format used by Pro Tools) correctly pronounced?
AAX is pronounced 'AY-AY-EKS' — every letter spoken individually, A-A-X. In a technical interview: "AAX was the only format Pro Tools would load, so we had to ship a separate build just for it."
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How is LV2 (open-standard audio plugin format widely used on Linux) correctly pronounced?
LV2 is pronounced 'EL-VEE-TOO' — 'L' and 'V' spoken as letters, plus the number 'two'. In a technical interview: "LV2 gave our Linux DAW a plugin format with no licensing fees attached."
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How is CLAP (CLever Audio Plugin, a modern open-source audio plugin standard) correctly pronounced?
CLAP (the plugin format) is pronounced 'KLAP' — exactly like the everyday word for applauding, one syllable. In a technical interview: "CLAP supported polyphonic modulation natively, which VST3 could only approximate with workarounds."