DXi Plugins

A DXi (DirectX Instrument) is a DX Plugin that can convert MIDI events to audio. After dragging 'DXi Plugin' from the Shelf to a Synth Slot a window listing all available DX Plugins will appear, allowing you to pick one.

Note: all available DX Plugins are listed, not only DX Instruments!

If you select a plugin that is not an instrument a message will appear, and the plugin will not be loaded.

DX Instruments look like DX Plugins. They have an additional Channel Selector. In playback mode, the MIDI channel used usually does not matter, as most DX Instruments respond to all 16 MIDI channels. For recording however the channel used does matter, as only messages received on this channel will be recognized. DX Instruments respond to all the streams that are in the track's MIDI file. However, in most cases it will be easier to use multiple tracks (each using an instance of the DX Instrument) instead.

If a plugin is available in both VSTi and DXi format it is recommended to use the VST plugin as they have less overhead and better timing accuracy.