Once clicked, the Edit Window will now show the Instrument view as: In order to show the “Instruments view” of the Edit Window, click on the top menu bar: View -> Edit Window -> Instruments: This can be done from the “Instruments view” of the Edit Window, which is hidden by default, therefore we must show this view.ħ. The next step of the process is to setup the MIDI input and output of the track. This graphical interface lets the user tweak the sound of the piano.
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The picture above shows the graphic interface of Pro Tools “Mini Grand” virtual instrument. Once “Mini Grand” has been selected, it will appear as the first insert of our Instrument track and open the instrument’s graphical interface as: Once clicked navigate through the list as: Multichannel Plugin -> Instrument -> Mini Grand: Click on the first Insert slot of the track to add a new Virtual Instrument. For the purpose of this tutorial we will add the basic Pro Tools piano “Mini Grand” at the very first insert slot at the top.Ħ. It is easy to see how the Edit Window shows a list of Inserts that appears to be black by default. This can be done from the insert list at the Edit Window: Now that we have created our track, we must assign the virtual instrument to it. This is the default name Pro Tools will give to the instrument tracks, but they can be changed by double-clicking on the names. It is easy to see how we have one track at the left of the screen labeled as “Inst 1”. As soon as this button is pressed, the window will close and the program will take us back to the Edit window: Our New Tracks window should look like this:ĥ. The parameters of the New Tracks window will be set as: Samples/Ticks: This drop-down list, lets the user select between sample-based tracks (normally used for audio content) or tick-based tracks (normally used for MIDI information).įor the purpose of this tutorial we will create a single instrument track, ticks-based.Track type: This drop-down list, lets the user select the type of tracks that will be created, the available options are: Audio track, Aux Input, Master Fader, VCA Master, MIDI Track, Instrument Track.Mono/Stereo: This drop-down list lets the user select if the created tracks will be mono (single audio channel) or stereo (two audio channels, left and right).Create: It lets the user type the number of tracks that wants to be created.In order to do this, we must evaluate all the possibly options this window presents, these are: Set the New Tracks window to create a new instrument track: At the top menu bar click on: Track -> New.Ĥ. The picture above shows the Edit window in Pro Tools.Ģ. Open or create a new Pro Tools session and make sure you can see the Edit window: This tutorial assumes the user has already configured a MIDI keyboard/controller for use in Pro Tools.ġ.
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#RECORD IN PRO TOOLS HOW TO#
This tutorial will present a step-by-step guide on how to create and setup an instrument track for proper use in Pro Tools. In other words, the input to an Instrument track is MIDI information, while the output is digital audio that comes from the Virtual Instrument applied.Īn Instrument track gives the user the possibility of adding inserts to modify the audio signal that it creates, in fact, the very first insert must be the virtual instrument selected so that it can be triggered by the MIDI information received by the track. These instrument tracks are capable of receiving MIDI information coming from a MIDI controller, and sending it to a Virtual Instrument that will output digital audio information. This can be done by using an “Instrument Track” in Pro Tools. Just as any other Digital Audio Workstation, Pro Tools has the ability to record and edit MIDI information that can be used to trigger Virtual Instruments.
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