I am a complete beginner

[Abraham]

Just installed Cakewalk and know nothing about it.      

I would  also like to install several free VSTs.  Can anyone recommend a particular VST that works well with Cakewalk?  

Do I need to install the VSTs into a specific folder in order for Cakewalk to see them?

Can Cakewalk record MIDI and audio at the same time?     Can Cakewalk read xml files?

Thank you in advance for your help.  

Abraham

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Nigel Mackay]

Have a look at this about installing VSTs.

Here is a list of beginner tutorials.

Play around with Cakewalk's built in instruments (SI drums, piano, strings, bass) to get an idea before you look for VSTs to download and install. That being said, this is a list of free effects and this is a list of free instruments.

Good luck.

 

[scook]

1 hour ago, Abraham said:

Can Cakewalk record MIDI and audio at the same time?    

Can Cakewalk read xml files?

Yes

No, CbB cannot read musicXML. Tools that create musicXML usually can create regular MIDI files too.

[JoeGBradford]

As well as the excellent tutorials listed by Nigel above I find the Creative Sauce tutorials very informative and unusually enjoyable - Mike is a great presenter and has loads of Cakewalk based tutorials 

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCESNxzJHzDnCIuRO0RhQLeA