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As for Live, I wouldn't know, I can look into it... But I don't know how functional they might be for a discussion related to latency.

Thanks for the answer, anyway I meant studio plugins, unfortunately I don't have money to buy digital material, I get by with a makeshift fast track (m-audio), and so I was asking you if you could help me, so that in some way I can try to make do with what I have.

I hope there are valid programs for what I am looking for, to repeat an example it could be guitar rig, but I am interested in vocal effects and a program that emulates the synthesizer.

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If you have to do post-production, then there is no problem. As for synths, there are tons of them; in Logic, there's the 88 which is great, better than that one!! As for vocal post-production, the absolute best is Melodyne; I use it very often in the studio and people create monsters with it.

I am attaching a track that I sang, reworked specifically using Melodyne. Keep in mind that I don't reach those very high falsettos, so I used Melodyne to shift the voice some notes higher. Furthermore, it allows you to modify the vocal formants—meaning the harmonics—to make it possible to recolor the timbre if one moves too far from the original note, in addition to having countless other functions. Obviously, it is not a simple software to use, or at least it isn't as immediate and intuitive as many other software programs. However, there are many tutorials on YouTube about its use, some even official ones.

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I thank you again for the answer, and I compliment you on the quality of your production; as I already said in my introduction, I am a novice with just an audio interface and that's it, and I try to do what I can, above all I am trying to understand and learn how to record well and which are the essential elements that I can purchase with greater priority in the future!

The plugins you recommended to me are good, but perhaps I misunderstood the meaning of 'live' before, and I think that is exactly what I need them for, so I am reposing the question to ask if there are other plugins like "Guitar Rig" but regarding synthesizers and especially vocals, or if it was possible with the ones you listed to make a complete sound recording (sorry if I don't express myself well); for example, if with the '88 I move the phase, for instance, the piano recording remains unique keeping the final tone that you chose for the entire track, well, I would like something to play and modify while I am recording. Thanks again and compliments!!!

If we are talking about studio post-production, I can tell you whatever you want; for live performance, I don't deal with live, so I wouldn't know how to advise you on specific machinery. I know some hardware-level machines for live use, but keep in mind that software is used very little in a live setting due to various issues. More than anything, FPGA-based machines have recently been released that can be reprogrammable. You should search Google to see if you find something that suits your needs using this technology, so that with a single hardware component you can load different dedicated machines at your discretion and according to your needs.

As far as synthesizers are concerned, there are quite a few.

Free ones we have:

http://www.u-he.com/cms/tyrelln6

http://www.u-he.com/cms/zebralette

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/synth1-by-ichiro-toda/details

But then there are still millions more, write 'free soft synth' on Google and look for the one you like best

But how do I play using the 88, with a MIDI keyboard and above all how can I record the variations of effects dictated by the EVP88?

You must use it within Logic as an audio unit or as a stand-alone if possible. With a MIDI keyboard, you either connect it to the PC via USB or use a MIDI cable from the keyboard (MIDI out) to the audio interface (MIDI in) and voilà. Does the question about variations refer to the possibility of recording the movement of a fader or a knob and modifying the filter cutoff or something else? In that case, you must use Logic in order to record the data

So let me explain the situation properly; let's start from the assumption that I am really struggling with Logic and everything else. As equipment, I only have an M-Audio Fast Track audio interface and a keyboard that I connect via the out jack to the input jack of the audio interface. Now, when I create an Audio track in Logic and go to the insert or where the (I/O) is—I assume it's input/output—I cannot find the EVP88 and Absynth that I would like to use. How can I interface them so I can manage to use these programs? Can you give me a simple guide, something that will allow me to use these programs to start doing something? Thank you truly from the bottom of my heart for the help.

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No, you must connect the keyboard to the PC via USB and have Logic recognize it, although I believe it does so automatically. Otherwise, as I told you before, use a MIDI cable: plug it into the Midi out on the keyboard and into the Midi in on the audio interface. Why can't you find that synth? Because you don't need to create an audio channel, because the sounds you are interested in are those inside Logic, not those of your keyboard (assuming it even has any)!

Do this: open Logic, new file, empty project. After that, select Software instrument and type "create".

Once done, go down and click on mixer; it will open its page and there you will see the channel you created. At the bottom, right above the fader, it says I/O; click on the empty box immediately below the I/O text and select EVP88. That way you have the instrument Simon was telling you about. As far as Absynth is concerned, as far as I know, it is not part of the Logic package, it's separate!

Regarding a guide, Simon himself created a section: http://www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/pages/apple-logic-base

and if that's not enough, search on YouTube among the various tutorials!

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As I was telling you on the phone yesterday, you need to identify the sound source. If for you the sound source is the keyboard, meaning the keyboard provides the audio signal via audio-out through a jack which you then insert into a channel of your audio interface, then the plugins that must process the signal can only be placed in an insert or on a bus, depending on your needs. The difference between an insert and a bus lies in the fact that putting a plugin in an insert is like imagining having a water source (your audio source) that flows out through a pipe connected to a box (the plugin in insert); at the output, you will find colored water (the audio output of the Digital Audio Workstation). In the case of a bus, the pipe coming from the source splits into two parts: the first goes straight to the DAW's audio output, and the second is colored by the bus which has a plugin in insert. The strength of buses lies in the fact that you can choose how much water should be "sent" to be colored inside the box belonging to the bus's insert, to then be recombined with the first direct output pipe. It is no coincidence that when using a bus in a channel strip, we have the possibility to manipulate a trimmer called "send."

If you are talking about the EVP88, you are talking about synthesizers that are not plugins; therefore, they cannot be put in an insert but in "audio input"! The synthesizer is a sound source, so you cannot control one sound source through another sound source. You must use your keyboard as a MIDI control surface or master keyboard by connecting it via MIDI using various MIDI cables (if you intend to use your audio interface as a MIDI interface) or via MIDI-to-USB interfaces, which I find easier to use because you don't have to declare incoming MIDI channels; the software for such interfaces already normalizes the MIDI data flow on predefined channels. At this point, your keyboard will no longer be a sound source—meaning a water source, returning to the previous analogy—but will be a remote control to operate the solenoid valve of another sound source (for example, the EVP88) that you have inserted into an audio input within Logic, Pro Tools, or any other DAW of your choice.

If you still encounter difficulties, you can rewrite here or, in case of urgency, contact me again on my mobile number.

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Thank you guys truly from the bottom of my heart, thank goodness I found you !!!!!! Simo, you are truly great, I assume you are overloaded with commitments and work, and yet you manage to find time for everyone! An example for everyone!!! Thanks again, I will ask you another 1000 things without a doubt, I have such a desire to grow and to learn!

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Thank you guys truly from the bottom of my heart, I'm so lucky I found you !!!!!! Simo, you are truly great; I assume you are overloaded with commitments and work, and yet you manage to find time for everyone! An example for all!!! Thanks again, I will certainly ask you 1000 more things because I have such a strong desire to grow and learn!

You're welcome, don't mention it. I thank you for the compliments, but many people don't feel that way about me, because there are people who, instead of going out or making love with their wives, are repressed and have to be a pain in the ass even if you didn't even know they existed. In any case, the important thing is not to let them take away our smiles, because there is no worse defeat for those who wish you ill than seeing you laugh happily; so continue your intent with positivity and a smile plastered on your face, even if things won't always go as you would like, but above all, laugh when they try to throw a wrench in your works... You'll see that in the end, results will come! It just takes a little time, a little consistency, and lots and lots of patience and willingness to act.