VSTi Plugins

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

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

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

VST Instruments look like VST Plugins. They have an additional Channel Selector. In playback mode, the MIDI channel used usually does not matter, as most VST 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. VST 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 VSTi) instead.