Pros/Cons? What's the difference?

Hello. I'd like to get a quick opinion from all of you. Which do you like better, and more importantly, WHY?

VST?

RTAS?

I'm new to the digital recording world, and as you know, I'm lost in a sea of information about plugins. I never realized how MANY of them there are.

My question is simple. If you were stuck with a basic DAW, and a hand full of plugins, which ones would you take with you?

Hey,
Im looking to buy a drum plugin (ideal VST as I use cubase). I currently use EZDrummer but ive been told several times that the drum sounds are letting me down.

I really want whatever I buy to last me a while so I'm willing to spend quite a bit, id rather spend a bit on a good package to last me a while.

Hi
Ive been recording my own stuff at home for a few years now and I'm just starting to get a bit more serious with it. I use Adobe Audition 3.0 and I have just began using the Antares Auto Tune 4 plug in. My question is, is this an effect i should apply pre recording or can it be applied post very well?

Thanks

I use Cubase LE and I was wondering if I can use just my regular computer keyboard as a MIDI channel 1 for VSTs. Especially in using Absynth 4. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

So Im brand new to the home recording world. Im playing though an older 12 channel Mackie mixer into a Tascam US-224 interface. I thought I was golden when someone showed me guitar rig 3 and all of its amp modeling capabilities, but turns out your guitar doesn't sound good when its plugged directly into your computer.

Hi there

I am currently operating Cubase SX3. It comes with a horde of plugins, plus I just downloaded the Fish Fillets plugin (compression tools etc.).

All the above plugins are sitting in the Vst plugins folder in the Cubase directory and appear in the Plug-in sub-menu under the Audio menu in Cubase. However, they seem to be grayed out.

First and foremost.. I go by the name, Caj. Would just like to introduce myself since this is my first post... I'd like to thank you all in advance for sharing your knowledge with me.

Anyhow.. I need some help...

I just got the UAD card that comes Nigel. So I plugged my GTR in via DI and test drove it. Maybe I haven't given it enough of a chance yet, but it really sucked at this application. Am I using it incorrectly?

What VST's are there out there that actually mimic a real mic'd amp?