Windows Plug-ins
Three plug-in types run on Windows: VST, LADSPA, and Nyquist.
Steinberg’s Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is a plug-in standard invented by Steinberg for its Cubase line of MIDI and audio recording and production software. Steinberg licenses VST to third-party developers so they can create VST plug-ins for any host; consequently, VST is the most widely used plug-in standard. Audacity comes with a basic set such as Gverb, Tremolo, and Vocal Remover.
VST plug-ins have a .dll extension. The Audacity download page (http://www.audacity.sourceforge.net/download/plugins) has links to more, plus a directory of VST plug-ins known to work well with Audacity. Installing these means simply copying them to \Program Files\Audacity\Plug-ins.
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