Hello,
I only found out about VST instruments recently. I'm wondering, since Audacity is compatible with so many VST plug-ins already, whether a future release will be compatible with VST Instrument plug-ins? I'm interested because I hope to one day create my own music for a game I intend to build, and these plug-ins would be extremely useful to me. The only other editor I know of that uses them requires me to pay to use the product in a commercial production, however, so that's not on the cards at the present time.
If this is not possible, is there a reason? Are the VSTs commercial? I admit I haven't looked them up specifically yet, so don't know for certain. If there is some other plug-in I could use to create instrumental sounds that Audacity is compatible with, please let me know.
Will VST Instruments ever be compatible? If not, why? Just c
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Re: Will VST Instruments ever be compatible? If not, why? Ju
Probably not in the near future.The Imaginatrix wrote: I'm wondering, since Audacity is compatible with so many VST plug-ins already, whether a future release will be compatible with VST Instrument plug-ins?
Most VST instruments are controlled by MIDI messages, and Audacity does not support playing or recording MIDI, so there would be a lot of infrastructure development required before VSTi support can be considered.
Just about any standalone instrument, or VST instruments playing in a separate host program can be recorded using the WASAPI loopback method described here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ndows.htmlThe Imaginatrix wrote:If there is some other plug-in I could use to create instrumental sounds that Audacity is compatible with, please let me know.
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