Thanks a lot Nutty and starsailor.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nutty
I hate to sound real stupid here, but what at VSTi's?
|
VSTi is a VST Instrument. It is a plugin which you load just like you would load any VST effect (EQ, reverb, compressor, ect) to an audio track, but VSTi's are for MIDI tracks. The VSTi it is what you use to actually play MIDI sounds (kind of like sound fonts on your sound card but in VST format).
MIDI contains no actual audio, it is only instructions contain which note you pressed, how hard you pressed it, how long you held it, whether or not the sustain pedal was pressed, etc. My MIDI keyboard has no sounds built into it, so it won't make any sounds unless it is connected to something else that has sounds built into it. VSTi's are software plugins that have sounds built into them for playing MIDI data.
For instance, if you play a middle C, then D, and finally E on the MIDI keyboard you can load different VSTi's and have different instruments play those notes. For example, the cellofan VSTi I mentioned above will make it sound like a cello, or you could use something else and make it sound like a completely different instrument (piano, synth, etc). The VSTi's can be changed without having to re-record your MIDI track. So once you record the MIDI data, you can make it sound like whatever you want by swapping out the VSTi for a different one.
-tkr