And if there were any lingering doubts, Sinofsky told AllThingsD that indeed, the ARM desktop browser would have no plugins. Plugin users will therefore have few options when Windows 8 ships.

Windows users who’ve long coveted Sinevibes’ excellent range of Mac plugins can now rejoice, as every single one of them now runs on the PC, too. These come in AAX and VST3 formats and require a ...

The plug-ins included with the subscription, while include compressors, reverbs and delays, as well as preamps and several instruments, will run natively on a Windows computer.