Thanks everyone for their input and suggestions. I'm going to have to do some research, learning . . . and have fun . . . to get to where I want to be.

Basically - at the moment I want to "stay within the pc," as all my other gear is in storage.

Previously I've created the song I want in BIAB (or sometimes in other apps such as Jammer Pro), exported to a MIDI file, manipulated the sounds (often in Bandstand), and then mixed in Acoustica's Mixcraft.

So, I don't have any experience in setting up BIAB in using Vsti and PAT files.

I feel my first area to investigate and learn will be correctly setting up my inputs and outputs. And that will include using Vsti and PAT files?

Does that sound the correct route to take first? Or have you any other suggestions?