A pretty straightforward Sampler lets you record any sound, even your own voice, and play it back as a virtual instrument.

There is a virtual game area, where children can play music using virtual instruments.

Horner took advice from his assistant, and they put an unusual amount of virtual instruments in this project.

All this being said, there are still a range of options for virtual instruments, both open source and professional.

The work focused on proving the technical feasibility of 3D virtual musical instruments.

Another type of virtual instrument is a software sampler.

Each virtual instrument or audio recording represents a single track.

Performance isn't quite as smooth, but you can still record and edit up to eight tracks of virtual or real instruments.

Want to sample sounds and use them as a virtual instrument?

Mixcraft 6 includes 11 virtual instruments and 22 audio effects.