• Map physical audio inputs on your audio hardware to inputs in VST, and name each input.
This is convenient when you integrate your VST system with other recording equipment.
This is done by selecting a VST Input for a channel, prior to recording.
• Route the output of audio channels or Groups to one of the stereo Buses, in any combination.
The number of stereo Buses depends on the number of physical output pairs on your audio hardware. Any channel in the Monitor window can be routed to any Bus.
• Map the Buses to physical Outputs on your audio hardware, and name the Buses. This allows you to use VST as a true bus mixer, for example when using the program in conjunction with a digital tape deck such as an ADAT, Tascam DA-88 or similar.
• Route effect sends to any of the Buses, so that they now can be used for external effects as well as the internal VST effects.
In fact, theoretically, all sends on all channels or Groups can be routed to different destinations, which means VST provides several hundreds of sends, all switchable between pre- and post operation.
• Do all of this at the same time, so that you for example use a Send to add an external effect and record the result back on any audio channel.
An example of this is described on page 511.