Properly, to us, means:
- VST plugins are fully accessible including native UI, regardless of system configuration
- The UI is always accessed through Roon Remote, like everything else in our world.
- All VST plugins are supported, regardless of system configuration
- In practice, VST plugins actually work
A very typical system for us these days is Nucleus/ROCK+iPad. There is no “log into the core” in this configuration.
We are opposed to requiring a Windows or Mac computer on the network to make this work. The limited configuration parameter UI is uninteresting because it’s not what people expect–user interface is very important to many VSTs.
We’re not stupid about technology–we know that schemes like what you proposed are possible. We just don’t agree with the limitations/compromises, or that the expense of building that product with those limitations would be worth it.