If we get multiple outs from the grid, like I proposed in this thread
https://bitwish.top/t/output-to-new-chain-module-in-the-grid/ , then we would effectively have vst’s in the grid, because signals could be routed to and from vst’s, by putting them in a chain.
There is also currently a workaround that somebody posted a video for on that thread. The way it works is that you can send the signal you want to route out, or process by a vst, to a modultor. Then create a chain with a dc offset module, and modulate the dc offset from the modulator that the audio was routed to. If it is stereo signal, then you need to use a stereo split in the grid, and 2 dc offsets. Then that signal can be routed back into the Grid, from the “audio sidechain” module.
This is obviously a very inconvenient workaround though.
If we do get the “output to new chain” module, or some other implementation of multiple outs from The Grid, then we would definitely be able to use vst’s in our Grid patches, more that just putting them at the end of the patch, like we can now.
It would probably be convenient to also just have a vst module in The Grid, just to simplify things, and not have to route the signal back in from the vst.