Audacity capabilities

[Speed Demon]

Can anyone tell me if Audacity is capable of using VST plugins?

[64Guitars]

Only on Windows and Mac:

http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Effect_Menu#VST_Effects

[maxit]

as an audacity user, I find it amazing good for recording and cut-paste editing, but not as a mixer even if it has a basic support for VST effects (don't have a real time consolle). If you're looking for a free (limit to 4 tracks at a time) and very good tool to add VST effects (and instruments to midi tracks) and mix it all you could try MULAB. Let me know!

http://www.mutools.com/mulab-intro-movie.html

[Speed Demon]

Maxit, 64,000 Guitars, thank you for the information on Audacity. I shall acquire a copy and give it a test drive.

[phantasm777]

even if you cant hear real time effects on audacity, still you can have many tracks and thats better than 4. i've gotten past 32 tracks on a song of mine on audacity, and often go into 20 tracks in many of my songs, so obviously i need many track capability. as much as i prefer real time effects and not adding the to an instrument after its recorded, i will take that over being limited as to how many tracks i can make in one song. for me, its a fair trade off. im still new at mixing and audacity, but, seems to me it could be a good mixer once i know more of what the hell im doing with it.