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The development of digital music technology was increasing rapidly in recent years. This is due to resource / power that increasingly powerful computers that enable the creation of music software with new technology.
One is the 'Virtual Studio' is a music studio in the form of software where the hardware functions can be replaced by software.
In the past, to build a recording studio with professional quality hardware needed is quite expensive. Slowly though the hardware is needed,
now available substitutes in the form of software. There are two important components in a 'Virtual Studio' that is 'FX Plug-ins' and 'Virtual Instrument'.
FX Plug-ins.
The definition of FX is an audio FX such as Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Compressor, Limiter and others. Today many manufacturers of FX hardware issue as well as enterprise software version of the Lexicon and BBE, or many
software developer specializing to create audio effects in the form of software commonly known as 'FX plug-ins'.
Called plug-in for FX software is not able to walk alone (stand alone) but must be run on the master software or music software such as Cubase SX key, NUENDO, Cakewalk Sonar, Logic or Pro Tools.
Virtual Instrument
In addition to the FX plug-ins, keyboard synthesizer or sampler keyboard that was formerly only in the form of hardware, such as Roland, Korg, and Yamaha, is now also made in the form of software and is usually referred to as 'Virtual Instrument' or
'Software-Synthesizer' (abbreviated as 'Soft-Synth').
An example is the Korg Legacy, Roland TTS-1. Various kinds of acoustic instruments like Piano, Violin / String, Guitar is also made in the form of virtual instruments such as 'The Grand' is an acoustic piano virtual instrument. Even alloys
Voice (choir) had already been made in the form of 'Virtual Instrument'. With virtual instruments / choirs Symphonic, you can type the words that will be sung by the choir. You also can determine what the tone or harmony
sung and the singers sound character, such as alto, tenor, baritone, or bass.
File Format
Both the FX plug-ins and virtual instruments have a variety of formats, including formats 'VST' ('Virtual Studio Technology') and 'VSTi' (i = instrument) is created and used by software that is output Steinberg Cubase SX and NUENDO. There is a format 'DX' ('DirectX') or 'DXi' (i = instrument) which is the format of cooperation between Microsoft and used in software Cakewalk Cakewalk Sonar, Cakewalk Project5 and others. There are many other formats. For the most popular PC VST and DX formats.
If you want to use an FX plug-ins or virtual instruments, take note because the FX-format plug-ins or virtual instruments will work fine on the software that supports it.
FXpansion BFD
One of the unique virtual instrument is a virtual instrument from FXpansion BFD (www.fxpansion.com) VSTi and DXi format. BFD is a sound module that contains the results of sampling drumkit famous, such as Pearl, Ludwig, DW and others. With the stock drum MIDI data that you create, the quality sound from your drum tracks can be a very nice and close to the original drumkit. In addition, BFD has a function as a 'Virtual Drummer' or to play the drums without you having to program it first. It could happen, a drummer will be fooled by this BFD sound and regard it as a result of recording the original drummer.
