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vst and such

knosound911	Date: March 24, 2008 @ 1:21 PM hey. some people have suggested that i should vst's to make my music sound better. i've been researching vst's and how they work, but i just dont get it. the way i make songs now is by making them on finale notepad, save the files as midi's, and then converting them into mp3's. could someone please tell me how to use vst's?
DeadraveN	Date: March 24, 2008 @ 1:39 PM First off, you need a program that hosts vst's, such as Fruity Loops. (I'm not familiar with finale notepad, so I don't know if it hosts them or not) but a "vst" is basically a third party effect (such as reverb, compressor, eq, etc) that you load into your program and use on your tracks. There are some excellent ones you that you can get for a moderate price, and there are tons of good, free vst's on the net if you just do a bit of searching... this is a good place to start: http://www.kvraudio.com/
leedsquietman	Date: March 24, 2008 @ 2:00 PM What kind of vsts specifically? Finale notepad does not host vsts to my knowledge. Are you on PC or Mac? Mac tends to uses AU (audio units) as it's plugin standard (especially Logic). Most paid software programs allow hosting of VST plugins. Anything from (budget end) Reaper, Cubase 4 Essential, FL, Sonar Home edition etc (PC) and Logic Express or Tracktion (Mac). Or the higher end programs such as Sonar Producer, Cubase 4, ABleton Live 7, Samplitude, or for Mac Digital Performer or Logic Studio. ProTools LE/M-Powered uses a plugin format called RTAS which is similar to VST but check that the plugins you want are available as RTAS (more limited choice).
zedsalt	Date: March 25, 2008 @ 3:39 AM I got a free, simple VST host from tweakbench.com that's named "VSTHost- Simple VST Host". It works well with every program that I've tried it with so far. I installed it because while I could plug VST effects into the programs I was using, I lacked a way of using VSTIs.
knosound911	Date: March 25, 2008 @ 11:09 AM well, i have no clue what works or what doesn't work. its too confusing
NosmoKing	Date: March 25, 2008 @ 12:08 PM On 25th Mar 2008, knosound911 said: well, i have no clue what works or what doesn't work. its too confusing It isnt that confusing..really ..there are some suggestions here.. similar to what we spoke about last night! A bit of reading and you should be ok but your going to have to read at some point or you will be destined to use only your current midi sounds!
knosound911	Date: March 26, 2008 @ 1:44 PM i must be computer retarded. i think i need to find a step by step instruction somewhere that tells me the exact programs to download and each step to add instruments
Alstroph	Date: March 26, 2008 @ 4:30 PM I was so surprised to see the name of this thread. It's the exact name I gave a folder on my computer.
knosound911	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 8:48 AM figured it out
knosound911	Date: March 30, 2008 @ 11:35 AM just uploaded a new verson of my song using fruity loops. i posted three, each with different vocals so tell me which one sounds better. come check them out. Thanks for the help everyone!!!