John,

The demonstration is showing the VST instrument at its best when played by a talented musician that is very familiar with the instrument and using VSTs. But, it does sound good, doesn't it!

The Melody channel uses midi channel 4 by default. You can change that by going to Ctrl + E and selecting the Channels button.

You add a VST instrument. One way is to click on the "Plugins" tab of the mixer and click on the 2nd plugin slot on the Melody channel to open the "VST/DXi Plugins" window. Navigate all the way to the bottom of the list and select "Add VST Plugin ...". This opens a file explorer window so you can navigate and select the VST file.

Then you'll need to open the VST instrument settings and set it up to respond to midi channel 4.

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Ctrl + E > Channels MIDI Channels
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Using Mixer "Plugins" to select a VST.
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