Pro Tools: Virtual Instruments

2h 16mIntermediate2017-10-13

Authors

Evan Sutton

Music Producer, Engineer, Composer, and Sound Programmer

Course details

Pro Tools is an industry-leading software for professional-grade music creation, and the virtual instruments inside Pro Tools are some of the main tools used for creating that music. In this course, instructor Evan Sutton explores the virtual instruments in Pro Tools. He starts with the Boom drum machine, and then covers vintage keyboards, explaining how to work with the DB-33 Tonewheel Organ and the Mini Grand virtual piano instrument. Next, he dives into the sampler, Structure Free. Evan also covers XPand!2 and Vacuum, an analog modeled synth.

Learning objectives
Drum machine basics and loading presets
Tweaking sounds to build a custom kit
Using pattern select for performance
Tonewheel Organ and Mini Grand basics
Browsing and loading with Structure Free
Resampling and slicing
MIDI routing, arp, and mod
Working with Vacuum

Skills covered

Virtual InstrumentsPro ToolsAvidAudio and MusicDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you need to know

1. Boom

03 - Drum machine basics and loading presets
04 - Building patterns with the sequencers
05 - Customizing a kit
06 - Using pattern select for performance
07 - Spicing up your drum mix

2. Vintage Keys

08 - Tonewheel Organ basics
09 - Organ cabinet customization
10 - Mini Grand basics
11 - Piano and organ processing

3. Structure Free

12 - Browsing and loading with Structure Free
13 - Basic sonic modification
14 - Resampling and slicing
15 - Structure Free processing

4. Xpand 2

16 - Basic navigation and browsing
17 - MIDI routing, arp, and mod
18 - Building with FX

5. Vacuum

19 - Exploring Vacuum
20 - Customizations using basic modules
21 - Modulators and arpeggiators
22 - Arpeggiators and performance

Conclusion

23 - Next steps