robert_e_bone
 
 
. . . I think it is easier to get simple instrument tracks up and going in a project, but I think you can do more by using dedicated separate audio and midi tracks.  . . .
 
 

Hey Bob . . . I was just trying to keep it simple for the OP, since he seemed to need basic help just getting the midi tracks to actually sound through the VST's . . . I usually start with "simple instrument track" and if I need to do something more complex to the track, one can always "right click" - "split instrument track" to create the audio and midi separate tracks if needed.
 
As always, I do appreciate your in depth analysis, and hope that GBO323 will see the value in both methods.

There was nothing wrong with your post whatsoever, about using simple instrument tracks, and you are correct - they are pretty easy to implement.  :)
 
I just couldn't speak to using them, because of that, so I created the example using split audio/midi tracks - simply to give some sort of walk through that would try to teach him about connecting the dots.
 
I could have had some of the steps from my example done through simply checking some of the options in the Insert Soft Synth Options dialog box, but I wanted him to fully grasp it, rather than just having it all done for him.  (that was my thinking, at the time)
 
Bob Bone

GBO323...how do I change it from a MIDI sound to a VST sound?...

Great threads.  You've gotten expert tutoring from some regulars here GBO, and Lots of it - Go through this thread and you'll emerge with those old .wrk projects living once again, I'm sure of it.
 
So, referring to the quote I pulled out from you above - You should have the answer to that question clear now.  "VST sound" IS "MIDI sound" - though we prefer to say software Instrument - we're using instruments, not just sounds.  But the point is, whatever the sound source is - a VST instrument, or the tinky tink sounds on your computer's sound card, they're all driven by MIDI.  What you asked about, and what was explained to you, was how to re-direct your old MIDI tracks so they drive some newer, hipper instruments.
 
Have fun!
 
Randy B.

Thanks everyone! I'm starting to hear the sounds come out of this computer I hadn't heard in a long time. Thanks for the assist...now I need to get working on them. :)
 
These responses and this post below pieced it all together. Sure appreciate the help!