Simple Vst Questions With Deck Bias, Do real time VST comp/lmtr VST exist? Options

[Mixolidean]

Hello,

I am a Music teacher that finds himself solving mac problems for other teachers at school. So, now I have some hopefully simple questions: VST Related. I posted this question in SOFTWARE, but realize I should've posted in this forum......

I see these VST apps in magazines, are they mostly Post Audio import effects? I run DECK BIAS 3.5 on a 600 MHZ 768 RAM G3 Graphite iMac. Deck says it's VST compatible and I have tried downloading some Free VST's, but can't get them to appear in the pluggins.

One last question please: if VST's can be operated on incoming signals, is there a VST that will act as a compressor limiter. I have a Roland compressor for Vocals, but I don't want to have to change the settings for the Keys, Guitar, bass .......etc. If there is such a VST, I imagine it would be processor intensive.

Thanks for your time. Oh, what what does VST stand for?

Thanks again,

Mixolidean

[fictionmusic]

Gentlemen,

Thank you for your responces. I still am at a standstill. I really like the FishFilet. And having gone to the website, a VST download was available.

Again, being new to VST's, I am unable to get the VST to show up in my DECK windows.

I put them in every available Plug-Ins folder, USER, SYSTEM, even the VST plug ins in the Deck App.

Is this because it's not a CARBON MDA VST?

Thanks for your patients. I hope this helps other readers.

Mixolidean

If Deck can use VSTs, and you down loaded the Fish Fillets VSTs for Mac osx, and they are still not working, something is weird.
The VSTs for OSX should work. Otherwise you may want to try the Audio Units (AUs) and put them in your components folder ie

~/library/audio/plug-ins/components.

or make sure the vsts are in

~/library/audio/plug-ins/vst

I believe all vsts for OSX are carbon VSTs.

The format itself was designed by Steinberg and means
Virtual Studio Technology


go to
http://www.steinberg.de/Steinberg/VST.asp?...=7&loc=lMen1424

for more info.


cheers