Specifications

Audio Plug-Ins Guide464
Inserting Vacuum on a Track
To use one of the Avid Virtual Instruments to its
best advantage, insert it on a stereo Instrument
track in your Pro Tools session.
To insert an instrument plug-in on an Instrument
track:
1 Create a new stereo Instrument track (recom-
mended) in your Pro Tools session:
•Choose
Track > New.
• Select 1 new
Stereo Instrument track in
Ticks.
•Click
Create.
2 Click the Pro Tools Track Insert selector and
select an Avid Virtual Instruments.
3 If needed, you can now record-enable the in-
strument track to enable the use of a MIDI con-
troller to play the instrument and/or help in
creating MIDI sequences within the sequencer
in Pro Tools.
Using the MIDI Learn
Function on Avid Virtual
Instruments
In addition to pre-assigned MIDI controllers
(such as Sustain Pedal and Volume), you can as-
sign MIDI controllers to parameters within
Pro Tools Creative Collection’s instrument
plug-ins for automation or real-time control
from a MIDI keyboard or control surface. MIDI
assignments are saved with the session.
To assign a Pro Tools Creative Collection
Instrument parameter to a MIDI controller:
 Control-click or Right-click (Mac) or Right-
click (Windows) the control, select
Assign and
choose a controller number from the pop-up
MIDI CC list.
-or-
 Control-click or Right-click (Mac) or Right-
click (Windows) the control, select
Learn from
the menu and move the desired knob or control-
ler on your MIDI keyboard or sequencer. The in-
strument plug-in will set this MIDI controller to
the parameter you have chosen.
Some MIDI continuous controllers are pre-as-
signed and cannot be learned, as follows:
See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for in-
structions on how to use the MIDI sequencer
in Pro Tools.
MIDI CC Function
120 All Sound Off
121 Reset Controllers
123 All Notes Off
124 Omni Off (Not used in Plug-Ins)
125 Omni On (Not used in Plug-Ins)
126 Mono On (Not used in Plug-Ins)
127 Mono Off (Not used in Plug-Ins)