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This covers the basic functionality of most professional '''DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)''' software. It's probably nothing new to anyone already producing music, although some sections might be interesting. This is a quick overview for the noobs.
Many plugins come with their own graphical user interface (GUI), which often resembles their real life counter-part. For example a plugin simulating a specific distortion pedal may use a visual mock-up of the pedal with virtually knobs and switches that rotate and switch via click dragging.
The term '''VST''' is often synonymous with plugin. VST stands for Virtual Studio Technology{{TM}}by Steinberg, which is one of the most popular API's for programming plugins. However, there are other types of plugins, such as '''Audio Units (AU)'''{{TM}}(Apple), '''Real-time Audio Suite (RTAS)'''{{TM}}(Digidesign), and '''Rack Extension (RE)'''{{TM}}(Propellerhead). For a complete list of plugin format compability with DAWs, see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_multitrack_recording_software#Plugin_support here]. Also, a piece of VST software may be a synthesizer/sampler rather than a plugin, although these are technically called VSTi's, a type of [[#Virtual Instruments|virtual instrument]].
== Virtual Instruments ==
Automation events can be manually edited or recorded like MIDI. Single automation events can control multiple parameters, or multiple envelopes can control the same parameter. The sky is the limit. Just be sure to stop tinkering at some point and finalize that track before you die!
For more, see [[Automation]].
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