I love the IK Multimedia Hammond Bk3 VST plug in which doesn’t work in Audacity but I have discovered that I can open it in Studio One 5, Artist edition (probably any DAW), and also open Audacity at the same time to record the Hammond sounds. I have two keyboards, one of them a double manual which mimics the configuration of a real Hammond, plus a Roland VR09b, which I like to use for it’s various other real sounding instruments. By playing in the DAW, Audacity hears whatever I’m hearing so it can record it. I was really thrilled to discover this workaround.
Just FYI, Audacity doesn’t support virtual instruments (it has very limited MIDI capabilities). And, VST effect support depends on the plug-in developer.
Also, Studio One (or any other full DAW) can render to WAV (or other audio file) so you shouldn’t have to “record it”.
A workaround is a stand-alone VST host which can play VSTi instruments. Some are free.
True, but I’m using 2 different keyboards. I might play parts of the song on one keyboard and other parts on the Hammond sound. I don’t really care about recording separate tracks and would just like a recording that picks up the sounds from both keyboards and records them.
I know Audacity doesn’t support virtual instruments or midi and it doesn’t support the IK Multimedia Hammond VST. But I like using Audacity to record. I have two separate keyboards I use for the songs I play and only one of them will be playing Hammond sounds. The other might be playing a Sax solo or whatever. But, I want to just record the whole song at once, not on separate tracks or anything. I thought this method might be helpful to others who are also just learning.and don’t have much experience in equipment setups, DAW’s and the like.