Newbie: Oxygen 8 + Metro 5 + Koblo, help Options

[jeb52]

Sorry to be a newbie-nightmare, but I have exhausted my patience for finding these answers online or in manuals. I have an ibook.

Can I get Koblo (the free, excellent softsynth) to work with Metro 5? Simultaneously???

Will I get nowhere using the original ibook soundcard? If not, can I find a suitable one for free?

Any recommendations for a free drum program?

(It gets worse:) Is Oxygen 8 using 'General MIDI'?
What in tarnation is VST?

Thank you.

[kaboombahchuck]

I have never used a soft synth in metro 5, but try this. With the mero open, look at the track window. There should be a collum labeled instrument, Hold your mouse over that and hold down. this should open a window with all sorts of stuff. Click on edit port. Choose your soft synth. If it is not there, then the answer to your question may be no. Also go to setup, then choose digital audio, then click on recording options, and make shure that the play through is checked.

The sound card should be fine, you of course are kidding about a free one.

I don't know what oxigen 8 is.

click here for a good drumming program

I don't remember what VST stamds for, but it is basically a plugin protocall. In the metro 5 goto options click on effects and them click on plugins. These are your VST plugins. They are mostly effects (reverb, EQ ect.).