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''Virtual Instruments'' or ''VSTi''s (Virtual Studio Technology Instruments) are software algorithms that act as synthesizers or samplers. They usually take MIDI information as input and require an independent track in the workspace.
The most clear-cut application is to provide similar snythesizer features as popular act standalone synthssynthesizers, with selectable/editable waveforms, cutoff filters, resonance, and envelopes. However, their use in studios also created some strong incentives to develop complex yet simple -to -use samplers. Multi-sampling instruments at a number of different pitches and volume points and interpolating allows samplers to successfully emulate real instruments. Piano, orchestra, drum, and bass virtual instruments are exceedingly common. Orchestra VSTi's are particularly welcome, as the cost/space necessary to record an entire orchestra is far beyond the budget of most productions.
== MIDI ==
