I'm just a noob so I've been exporting my midi tracks straight to mp3s without doing much mixing. To use the mixers do I have to export to wav, or is there a way to use them on midi projects without first converting to audio?

I don't entirely understand what you mean. Do you only use your computers wavetable midi or do you mean you only use soft synths? If you use midi via for example TTS1 or the other synths you can mix and add effects and mix right away. If you don't use soft synths but only the microsoft wavetable, start using soft synths emidiatly Check out the tutorials in your manual, I think they are pretty good for begginers.

Yeah, I'm using soft synths, but the mixing plugins don't show up in the FX list for midi tracks; they only show up for audio tracks.

Shawn, you better ask these questions on the dedicated forum of the Cakewalk software you're using. And do start a thread of your own for your question. This thread is about those free plugins. No harm done, though

Sorry about that. These are the only plugins I've downloaded that don't show up in my midi FX list so I figured it was an issue specific to them. (They show up on audio tracks though so I guess I'll just convert the midi data to audio first to use them.)

Bump

Bootsy has some new plugs out and a reverb on the way, his other stuff is excelent so I have high hopes. Downloaded but haven't had the time to try yet. There's a new version of the awesome Rescue (with 4x oversampling and more...) plus a virtual analogue summing device and a new eq wich seems to be based on pultec (boost/cut) for low end, 1081 for midrange and 1073 for high shelf. If the new plugs are anything they claim and as good as his other stuff we will have some new great plugs to ad to the list.

Off to check 'em out now

Here's a link: http://rekkerd.org/bootsy-plug-ins/

B U M P

Have you tried the new Bootsie plugs yet? I tried them a little and really liked the sound but haven't had the time to work with music that much at all lately. To much going on around me right now...