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By "highly removed" I meant "highly reviewed." I don't know how I switched those two words, honestly. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for clearing that up. I think I'm making the distinction between VSTs (effects) and VSTis (instruments).

Yoozer, thank you for the quick reply. Those links were very helpful. You suggested using something more up-to-date - since I'm just starting out, I'm not married to any software yet. What would you recommend? I checked out the Gear Guide for Multiple Budgets thread http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11586&page=2 where Reaper was pretty highly reviewed. Is that a good one for beginners?

Thanks for the reply. Can you explain how to implement a VST within ModPlug? I downloaded Synth1 and added it to my "Plugins" folder in my ModPlug directory (per the Synth1 instructions), but I can't get farther than this. I can bring up Synth1 within Modplug, play around with the knobs, but there's no difference in the sound of the simple test pattern I wrote in ModPlug.

This is a basic question, and I'm sorry to insult your intelligence by asking it, but I am truly a beginner. How do I tweak samples? I have a few .wav files I downloaded, but I'd like to modify them slightly to get a little bit of a harsher sound. I have Noteworthy, ModPlug, and Audacity, but I don't think any of these have the capabilities I need. I've read some of the other threads and I've seen this technique mentioned, but it's always very casually and without further explanation. Any suggestions here?

Analoq, I really enjoyed this thread, I found myself quite interested in the video you posted to youtube showing your custom workspace. I've got a lot of interest in music and in programming, and your thread has inspired me to want to combine the two of them, much like you did. Could you post some kind of tutorial, or at the very least, a rough description of the whole process of creating that application? I imagine there might be some other people interested in how to set this kind of thing up. I'm not looking to build my own advanced suite of editing tools (there are plenty of software packages out there already), but I think it would be really satisfying to code something basic like what you did to gain a deeper understanding of how this all is done.