Pinnacle Systems Pro Tools - 10.0 User's Guide
Audio Plug-Ins Guide
Version 10.0
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Contents
Part I Introduction to Pro Tools Plug-Ins
Chapter 1. Audio Plug-Ins Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Avid Audio Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Plug-In Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using Plug-Ins in Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Conventions Used in Pro Tools Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Requirements and Compatibility for Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Contents of the Boxed Version of Your Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About www.avid.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2. Installing Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Free Pro Tools Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Free VENUE Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Updating Older Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using Pro Tools Plug-Ins with Avid Media Composer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installing Plug-Ins for VENUE Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Authorizing Paid Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Removing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Removing Plug-Ins for VENUE Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Part II EQ Plug-Ins
Chapter 3. AIR Kill EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Kill EQ Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 4. EQ III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
EQ III Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjusting EQ III Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EQ III I/O Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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EQ III EQ Band Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
EQ III Frequency Graph Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
7 Band EQ III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2–4 Band EQ III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1 Band EQ III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 5. JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
JOEMEEK Meequalizer Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 6. Pultec Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Pultec EQP-1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Pultec EQH-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pultec MEQ-5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Part III Dynamics Plug-Ins
Chapter 7. BF-2A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
BF-2A Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
BF-2A Tips and Tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 8. BF-3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
BF-3A Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
BF-3A Tips and Tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 9. BF76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
BF76 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
BF76 Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 10. Channel Strip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sections and Panes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
FX Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
EQ/Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Chapter 11. Dynamics III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Dynamics III Shared Features and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Compressor/Limiter III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Expander/Gate III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
De-Esser III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Dynamics III Side-Chain Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 12. Fairchild Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Fairchild 660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Fairchild 670 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter 13. Impact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Impact Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Using the Impact Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chapter 14. JOEMEEK SC2 Compresso r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
JOEMEEK Compressor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
JOEMEEK Compressor Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 15. Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
About Peak Limiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Maxim Controls and Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using Maxim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Maxim and Mastering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 16. Purple Audio MC77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 17. Slightly Rude Compressor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Slightly Rude Compressor Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Slightly Rude Compressor Tips and Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Chapter 18. Smack! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Smack! Controls and Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Using the Smack! Compressor/Limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Chapter 19. TL Aggro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
TL Aggro Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
TL Aggro Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using the TL Aggro Side-Chain Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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Part IV Pitch Shift Plug-Ins
Chapter 20. AIR Frequency Shifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Frequency Shifter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Chapter 21. Pitch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Pitch Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Relative Pitch Entry (Musical Staff) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Chapter 22. Pitch Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pitch Shift Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Chapter 23. Time Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Time Shift Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
AudioSuite Input Modes and Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
AudioSuite Preview and Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Time Shift as AudioSuite TCE Plug-In Preference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Processing Audio Using Time Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Post Production Pull Up and Pull Down Tasks with Time Shift. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Chapter 24. Vari-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter 25. X-Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
X-Form Displays and Controls Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
X-Form AudioSuite Input Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
AudioSuite TCE Plug-In Preference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Processing Audio Using X-Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using X-Form for Post Production Pull Up and Pull Down Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Part V Reverb Plug-Ins
Chapter 26. AIR Non-Linear Reverb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 27. AIR Reverb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Reverb Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chapter 28. AIR Spring Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Spring Reverb Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
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Chapter 29. D-Verb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
D-Verb Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Chapter 30. Reverb One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
A Reverb Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Reverb One Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Reverb One Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Other Reverb One Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Chapter 31. ReVibe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reverberation Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Using ReVibe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Adjusting ReVibe Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
ReVibe Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ReVibe Decay Color & EQ Section Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
ReVibe Contour Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
ReVibe Input/Output Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
ReVibe Online Help Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
ReVibe Room Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Chapter 32. TL Space TDM and TL Space Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
TL Space Feature Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
TL Space Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
TL Space and System Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Impulse Response (IR) and TL Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
TL Space Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
TL Space Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
TL Space Controls and Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
TL Space Display Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
TL Space IR Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
TL Space Primary Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
TL Space Group Selectors and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
TL Space Info Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Using TL Space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
TL Space IR Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
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Part VI Delay Plug-Ins
Chapter 33. AIR Dynamic Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Dynamic Delay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Chapter 34. AIR Multi-Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Multi-Delay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Chapter 35. Mod Delay II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Mod Delay II Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Multichannel Mod Delay II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Selecting Audio for ModDelay II AudioSuite Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Chapter 36. Mod Delay III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Mod Delay III Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Selections for Mod Delay III AudioSuite Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter 37. Moogerfooger Analog Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Moogerfooger Analog Delay Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Chapter 38. Multi-Tap Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Multi-Tap Delay Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Chapter 39. Ping-Pong Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Ping-Pong Delay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Chapter 40. Reel Tape Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Reel Tape Common Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Reel Tape Delay Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Chapter 41. Tel-Ray Variable Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tel-Ray Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tel-Ray Tips and Tricks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Chapter 42. TimeAdjuster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
TimeAdjuster Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Using TimeAdjuster for Manual Delay Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
When to Compensate for Delays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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Part VII Modulation Plug-Ins
Chapter 43. AIR Chorus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
AIR Chorus Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Chapter 44. AIR Ensemble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Ensemble Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Chapter 45. AIR Filter Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Filter Gate Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Chapter 46. AIR Flanger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
AIR Flanger Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Chapter 47. AIR Fuzz-Wah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Fuzz-Wah Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Chapter 48. AIR Multi-Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Multi-Chorus Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Chapter 49. AIR Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Phaser Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Chapter 50. AIR Talkbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Talkbox Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Chapter 51. AIR Vintage Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Vintage Filter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Chapter 52. Cosmonaut Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Cosmonaut Voice Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Chapter 53. Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Chorus Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Chapter 54. Flanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Flanger Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Chapter 55. Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Chapter 56. Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Chapter 57. Moogerfooger Ring Modulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
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Chapter 58. Reel Tape Flanger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Reel Tape Common Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Reel Tape Flanger Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Chapter 59. Sci-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Sci-Fi Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Chapter 60. TL EveryPhase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
TL EveryPhase Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
TL EveryPhase Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Using TL EveryPhase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Chapter 61. Voce Plug-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Voce Chorus/Vibrato. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Voce Spin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Part VIII Harmonic Plug-Ins
Chapter 62. AIR Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Distortion Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Chapter 63. AIR Enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Enhancer Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Chapter 64. AIR Lo Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
AIR Lo Fi Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Chapter 65. Lo-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Lo-Fi Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Chapter 66. Recti-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Recti-Fi Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Chapter 67. Reel Tape Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Reel Tape Common Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Reel Tape Saturation Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Chapter 68. SansAmp PSA-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Audio Plug-Ins Guidex
Part IX Noise Reduction Plug-Ins
Chapter 69. DINR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
How Broadband Noise Reduction Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
BNR Spectral Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Broadband Noise Reduction Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Using Broadband Noise Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Using BNR AudioSuite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Part X Dither Plug-Ins
Chapter 70. Dither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Dither Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Chapter 71. POW-r Dither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
POW-r Dither Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Part XI Sound Field Plug-Ins
Chapter 72. AIR Stereo Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Stereo Width Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Chapter 73. Down Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Chapter 74. SignalTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
SignalTools SurroundScope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
SignalTools PhaseScope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
SignalTools Display Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
SignalTools Level Meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Chapter 75. TL AutoPan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
TL AutoPan Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Using TL AutoPan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Part XII Instrument Plug-Ins
Chapter 76. Boom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Boom Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Inserting Boom on a Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
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Creating a Drum Pattern Using Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Saving a Boom Pattern as a Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Playing with Patterns in Boom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Controlling Boom with MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Playing Boom Patterns Using MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Creating Boom Pattern Chains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Using the MIDI Learn Function on Avid Virtual Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Chapter 77. Bruno and Reso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Bruno/Reso Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Bruno/Reso DSP Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Inserting Bruno/Reso onto an Audio Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Playing Bruno/Reso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Using an External Key Input with Bruno/Reso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Bruno Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Reso Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Chapter 78. Click . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Click Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Creating a Click Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Chapter 79. DB-33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
DB-33 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Inserting DB-33 on a Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Using the MIDI Learn Function on Avid Virtual Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Chapter 80. Mini Grand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Mini Grand Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Inserting Mini Grand on a Track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Using the MIDI Learn Function on Avid Virtual Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Chapter 81. Structure Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Structure Free Keyboard Section Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Structure Free Patch List Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Structure Free Main Page Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Structure Free Browser Page Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Using Structure Free. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
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Chapter 82. TL Drum Rehab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
TL Drum Rehab Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
TL Drum Rehab Controls and Displays Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
TL Drum Rehab Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
TL Drum Trigger Panel Display and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
TL Drum Rehab Expert Panel Display and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Samples Panel Display and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
TL Drum Rehab Preferences Panel Display and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
TL Drum Rehab Library Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Chapter 83. TL Metro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Configuring Pro Tools for Use with TL Metro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
TL Metro Controls and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Synchronizing TL Metro to Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Customizing TL Metro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Chapter 84. Vacuum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Vacuum Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Inserting Vacuum on a Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Using the MIDI Learn Function on Avid Virtual Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Chapter 85. Xpand!2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Xpand!2 Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Xpand!2 Patch Edit Controls Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Xpand!2 Play Patch Edit Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Xpand!2 Arp Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Xpand!2 Mod Patch Edit Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Inserting Xpand!2 on a Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Using the MIDI Learn Function on Avid Virtual Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Chapter 86. ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
ReWire Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Using ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
MIDI Automation with ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Quitting ReWire Client Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Session Tempo and Meter Changes and ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Looping Playback with ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Automating Input Switching with ReWire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
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Part XIII Other Plug-Ins
Chapter 87. BF Essentials Plug-Ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
BF Essential Clip Remover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
BF Essential Correlation Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
BF Essential Meter Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
BF Essential Noise Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Chapter 88. Signal Generator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Signal Generator Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
AudioSuite Processing with Signal Generator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Chapter 89. SoundReplacer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Audio Replacement Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
SoundReplacer Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Using SoundReplacer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Getting Optimum Results with SoundReplacer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Using the Audio Files Folder for Frequently Used SoundReplacer Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Chapter 90. Time Compression/Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Time Compression/ Expansion Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Chapter 91. TL InTune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
TL InTune Controls and Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
TL InTune Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Using TL InTune. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
Chapter 92. TL MasterMeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
TL Master Meter Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Using TL MasterMeter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
TL MasterMeter Controls and Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Chapter 93. TL Metro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Configuring Pro Tools for Use with TL Metro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
TL Metro Controls and Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Synchronizing TL Metro to Pro Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519
Customizing TL Metro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Chapter 94. Trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Trim Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
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Chapter 95. Other AudioSuite Plug-In Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
DC Offset Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
Duplicate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Invert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Normalize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Part XIV Eleven
Chapter 96. Eleven and Eleven Free. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Chapter 97. Eleven Input Calibration and QuickStart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
1: Connect your Guitar and Configure Source Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
2: Set Hardware and Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
3: Set Up a Pro Tools Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
4. Set Up Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
5. Getting Started Playing Music with Eleven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
Chapter 98. Using Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Inserting Eleven on Tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Adjusting Eleven’s Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Using a Pro Tools Worksurface with Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Using MIDI and MIDI Learn with Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Eleven Settings (Presets). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Master Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Amp Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Eleven Amp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Eleven Cabinet Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Eleven Cabinet Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Tracks and Signal Routing for Guitar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Blending Eleven Cabinets and Amps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Eleven Tips and Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Eleven Signal Flow Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
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Part XV Synchronic
Chapter 99. Synchronic Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Chapter 100. Synchronic Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Synchronic Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Playing Synchronic RTAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Performance and Edit Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Synchronic Performance Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Synchronic Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Chapter 101. Using Synchronic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Adjusting Synchronic Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Synchronic Sound Module Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Synchronic Sound Performance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Synchronic Sound Edit Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Synchronic Playback Module Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Synchronic Playback Performance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Synchronic Playback Edit Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
Synchronic Effect Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Synchronic Effect Performance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Synchronic Effect Edit Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Synchronic XFade Module Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Synchronic MIDI Module Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
Synchronic MIDI Performance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
Synchronic MIDI Edit Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
Synchronic Keyboard Focus Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Chapter 102. Using Synchronic as an AudioSuite Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Synchronic AudioSuite Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Synchronic AudioSuite Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Chapter 103. Automating Synchronic RTAS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Using Automation Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Using MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
Chapter 104. Synchronic Plug-In Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Imported Audio Stored with Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
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Part I: Introduction to
Pro Tools Plug-Ins
Chapter 1: Audio Plug-Ins Overview
Plug-Ins are special-purpose software components that provide additional signal processing
®
and other functionality to Pro Tools
. These include plug-ins that come with your Pro Tools
system, as well as many other plug-ins that can
be added to your system.
Additional plug-ins are available both from
Avid and our third-party developers. See
the documentation that came with the
plug-in for operational information.
Avid Audio Plug-Ins
Avid® provides a comprehensive set of digital
signal processing tools for professional audio
production. A set of free virtual instrument and
sound processing, effects, and utility plug-ins
are included with Pro Tools. Other Avid plugins are available for purchase or rental from the
Avid store (http://shop.avid.com, or choose
Marketplace > Plug-Ins in Pro Tools).
Free Avid Plug-Ins
A selection of free Avid plug-ins are included
with Pro Tools. These basic plug-ins provide a
comprehensive suite of digital signal processing
effects that include EQ, dynamics, delay, and
other essential audio processing tools.
All of these plug-ins are installed when you
select the “Avid Effects” option when installing Pro Tools. For more information, see the
Pro Tools Installation Guide.
Free Sound-Processing, Effects, and Utility
Plug-Ins:
•AIR Chorus
• AIR Distortion
•AIR Dynamic Delay
•AIR Enhancer
•AIR Ensemble
•AIR Filter Gate
•AIR Flanger
•AIR Frequency Shifter
• AIR Fuzz-Wah
• AIR Kill EQ
•AIR Lo-Fi
•AIR MultiChorus
•AIR Multi-Delay
• AIR Nonlinear Reverb
•AIR Phaser
•AIR Reverb
•AIR Spring Reverb
•AIR Stereo Width
•AIR Talkbox
•AIR Vintage Filter
• Avid Channel Strip
•Avid Down Mixer
• BF 76
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• BF Essentials utility plug-ins
•Essential Clip Remover
• Essential Correlation Meter
•Essential Meter Bridge
• Essential Noise Meter
•Click
• D-Fi plug-ins
•Lo-Fi
•Recti-Fi
•Sci-Fi
•Vari-Fi
™
™
™
™
• D-fx plug-ins
•Chorus
•Flanger
•Multi-Tap Delay
•Ping-Pong Delay
•Dither
•D-Verb
• Dynamics III
• Compressor/Limiter
•Expander/Gate
•De-Esser
™
•Eleven Free
guitar amp modeling plug-in
• EQ III
•7Band
•2–4Band
•1Band
•Maxim
™
•Mod Delay II
• Mod Delay III
•Pitch
•Pitch Shift
•POW-r Dither
•ReWire
•SansAmp PSA-1
• Signal Generator
• SignalTools
• SurroundScope
•PhaseScope
•TimeAdjuster
• Time Compression/Expansion
• Time Shift
•TLAutoPan
•TL InTune
•TL MasterMeter
•TL Metro
™
™
™
™
•Trim
•Other AudioSuite Plug-In Utilities
•DC Offset Removal
•Duplicate
•Gain
•Invert
•Normalize
•Reverse
Free Avid Vi rtual Instruments Plug-Ins
The following virtual instrument plug-ins are
included with Pro Tools, but require separate
installation using the Avid Virtual Instruments
installer (available on the Pro Tools DVD and
online).
• Boom drum machine and sequencer
• DB-33 tonewheel organ emulator with
rotating speaker simulation
• Mini Grand acoustic grand piano
•Structure Free sample player
• Vacuum mono vacuum tube synthesizer
2
•Xpand!
multitimbral synth and sample
workstation
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Avid Plug-Ins for Purchase
The following plug-ins are available separately
for purchase or rental:
• Bomb Factory BF-3A
• Bomb Factory BF-2A
•Bruno
•Cosmonaut Voice
•DINR
•Eleven
• Fairchild 660 and 670
•Impact
•JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor
•JOEMEEK VC5 Meequalizer
• Moogerfooger plug-ins
•Purple Audio MC77
•Reel Tape™ plug-ins:
• Reverb One
•ReVibe
•Slightly Rude Compressor
•Smack!
•SoundReplacer™ drum and sound replacement
•Synchronic
• Tel-Ray Variable Delay
• TL Aggro
•TLDrumRehab
™
& Reso™ cross-synthesis plug-ins
™
intelligent noise reduction
™
guitar amplifier modeling plug-in
®
• Moogerfooger Analog Delay
• Moogerfooger Ring Modulator
• Moogerfooger 12-Stage Phaser
• Moogerfooger Lowpass Filter
•Reel Tape Saturation
•Reel Tape Delay
• Reel Tape Flanger
™
®
™
plug-in
™
beat slicing and processing
plug-in
™
™
• TL EveryPhase
™
•TL Space™ TDM and TL Space Native
•Voce Spin
•Voce Chorus/Vibrato
•X-Form
™
high-quality time compression and
expansion plug-in
Plug-In Formats
There are three plug-in formats used in
Pro Tools:
™
•AudioSuite
file-based processing)
• Native, real-time, host-based plug-ins:
•AAX Native plug-ins
•RTAS
• DSP, real-time, TDM plug-ins (Pro Tools|HD
and VENUE only)
AudioSuite Plug-Ins
AudioSuite plug-ins are used to process and
write (“render”) audio files on disk, rather than
nondestructively in real time. Depending on
how you configure a non-real-time AudioSuite
plug-in, it either creates an entirely new audio
file, or alters the original source audio file.
AudioSuite plug-ins can be used on all Pro Tools
systems and Avid software, as well as any thirdparty software that supports AudioSuite.
AudioSuite plug-in files may use either the
“.aax” or “.dpm” file suffix.
plug-ins (non-real-time,
®
plug-ins
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AAX Plug-Ins
AAX (Avid Audio Extension) plug-ins provide
real-time plug-in processing using host-based
(“Native”) processing. The AAX plug-in format
also supports AudioSuite non-real-time, filebased rendered processing.
TDM Plug-Ins
(Pro Tools|HD and VENUE Systems Only)
TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) plug-ins
provide real-time DSP-based (“DSP”) processing with Pro Tools HD software on
Pro Tools|HD hardware.
AAX plug-in files use the “.aax” file suffix.
RTAS Plug-Ins
RTAS (Real-Time AudioSuite) plug-ins provide
real-time plug-in processing using host-based
(“Native”) processing. They function as track
inserts, are applied to audio during playback,
and process audio non-destructively in real
time. Processing power for RTAS plug-ins comes
from your computer. The more powerful your
computer, the greater the number and variety of
RTAS plug-ins that you can use simultaneously.
Because of this dependence on the CPU or host
processing, the more RTAS plug-ins you use concurrently in a session, the greater the impact it
will have on other aspects of your system’s performance, such as maximum track count, number of available voices, the density of edits possible, and latency in automation and recording.
RTAS plug-ins can be used with all Pro Tools
systems, as well as third-party software that
supports RTAS.
RTAS plug-in files use the “.dpm” file suffix.
TDM plug-in files use the “.dpm” file suffix.
The number and variety of TDM plug-ins that
can be used simultaneously in a session are limited only by the amount of DSP available. You
can increase available DSP by installing addi-
™
tional cards (such as HD Accel_Core
™
HD Accel
, HD Core™, or HD Process™ cards) in
,
your computer.
TDM plug-ins can also be used with VENUE live
console systems. DSP Mix Engine cards can be
added to a VENUE FOH Rack or Mix Rack for increased TDM plug-in capability.
Using Plug-Ins in Pro Tools
Refer to the Pro Tools Reference Guide for infor-
mation on working with plug-ins, including:
• Inserting plug-ins on tracks
• Plug-In Window controls
•Adjusting plug-in controls
•Automating plug-ins
•Using side-chain inputs
•Using plug-in presets
•Clip indicators
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Conventions Used in Pro Tools Documentation
System Requirements and Compatibility for Plug-Ins
Pro Tools documentation uses the following
conventions to indicate menu choices, keyboard
commands, and mouse commands:
Convention Action
File > Save Choose Save from the
Control+N Hold down the Control
Control-click Hold down the Control
Right-click Click with the right
The names of
Commands, Options, and Settings
File menu
key and press the N key
key and click the mouse
button
mouse button
that appear on-screen are in a different font.
The following symbols are used to highlight
important information:
User Tips are helpful hints for getting the
most from your Pro Tools system.
Important Notices include information that
could affect your Pro Tools session data or
the performance of your Pro Tools system.
Shortcuts show you useful keyboard or
mouse shortcuts.
To use Pro Tools plug-ins, you need the following:
•Any of the following systems:
• An Avid-qualified system running
Pro Tools or Pro Tools HD
• A qualified Avid VENUE system
(TDM only)
®
• A qualified Avid Media Composer
system
(AudioSuite and RTAS only)
• An Avid-qualified system and a third-party
software application that supports the
RTAS, TDM, or AudioSuite plug-in standards
• USB Smart Key (iLok), for plug-ins that can be
purchased or rented
The iLok USB Smart Key is not supplied
with plug-ins or software options. You can
use the one included with certain Pro Tools
systems (such as Pro Tools|HD-series systems), or purchase one separately.
Avid can only assure compatibility and provide
support for hardware and software it has tested
and approved.
For complete system requirements and a list of
Avid-qualified computers, operating systems,
hard drives, and third-party devices, visit:
www.avid.com/compatibility
Cross References point to related sections in
this guide and other Avid documentation.
Third-Party Plug-In Support
For information on third-party plug-ins for
Pro Tools and VENUE systems, please refer to
the documentation that came with your plug-in.
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Contents of the Boxed Version of Your Plug-In
If you bought your plug-in as a boxed version, it
includes the following:
• Installation disc (for selected plug-ins)
• Activation Card with an Activation Code
for authorizing plug-ins with an iLok USB
Smart Key
About www.avid.com
The Avid website (www.avid.com) is your best
online source for information to help you get the
most out of your Pro Tools system. The following are just a few of the services and features
available.
Product Registration
online.
Register your purchase
Support and Downloads
Success (technical support); download software
updates and the latest online manuals; browse
the Compatibility documents for system requirements; search the online Knowledge Base
or join the worldwide Pro Tools community on
the User Conference.
Training and Education
courses available online or find out how you can
learn in a classroom setting at a certified
Pro Tools training center.
Products and Developers
products; download demo software or learn
about our Development Partners and their plugins, applications, and hardware.
News and Events
or sign up for a Pro Tools demo.
Contact Avid Customer
Study on your own using
Learn about Avid
Get the latest news from Avid
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Chapter 2: Installing Plug-Ins
Installers for your plug-ins can be downloaded
from the Avid store (store.avid.com) or can be
found on the plug-in installer disc (included
boxed versions of selected plug-ins).
An installer may also be available on the
Pro Tools installer disc or on a software bundle
installer disc.
Free Pro Tools Plug-Ins
A suite of free Avid audio effects and virtual instruments plug-ins are included with Pro Tools.
Avid Effects
that can be installed with Pro Tools.
Avid Virtual Instruments
strument plug-ins (including 4.4 GB of sample
content) included on the Pro Tools installation
disc and also available separately online.
A set of free audio effects plug-ins
A set of free virtual in-
For more information about installing the
Avid Effects plug-ins and the Avid Virtual
Instruments plug-ins, see the
stallation Guide
:
Pro Tools In-
Free VENUE Plug-Ins
VENUE-compatible plug-ins are pre-installed
on your VENUE system and are updated when
you update VENUE software. For more information about installing VENUE software, see the
documentation that came with your VENUE
system.
Some free Avid audio plug-ins can be downloaded from the Avid website (www.avid.com)
for use with VENUE systems, Avid
Media Composer, as well as other applications
that support AAX, AudioSuite, RTAS, or TDM
plug-in formats.
Updating Older Plug-Ins
Because plug-in installers contain the latest versions of the plug-ins, use them to update any
plug-ins you already own. When installing
Pro Tools, the Pro Tools installer automatically
updates the core Pro Tools plug-ins.
Be sure to use the most recent versions of
plug-ins. For more information, see the
Avid website (www.avid.com).
Using Pro T ools Plug-Ins with Avid Media Composer
The plug-in installation, authorization, and uninstallation processes when using Pro Tools
plug-ins with Media Composer are the same as
in Pro Tools. For more information on using
Pro Tools plug-ins with Media Composer, see
“Installing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools” on page 10,
“Authorizing Paid Plug-Ins” on page 10, and
“Removing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools” on page 12.
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Installing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools
To install a plug-in:
1 Do one of the following:
• Download the installer for your computer
platform from the Avid website
(www.avid.com). After downloading,
you may need to uncompress the installer
(.SIT on Mac or .ZIP on Windows).
– or –
• Insert the installer disc that came with the
boxed version of your plug-in into your
computer.
2 Double-click the plug-in installer application.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete
the installation.
4 When installation is complete, click Quit (Mac)
Finish (Windows).
or
Authorizing Paid Plug-Ins
Pro Tools plug-ins are authorized using the iLok
USB Smart Key (iLok), manufactured by PACE
Anti-Piracy.
iLok USB Smart Key
Not all Pro Tools plug-ins require authorization. For example, no authorization is
required for the free plug-ins included with
Pro Tools.
An iLok can hold hundreds of licenses for all of
your iLok-enabled software. Once an iLok is authorized for a given piece of software, you can
use the iLok to authorize that software on any
computer.
When you open Pro Tools, you are prompted to
authorize your new plug-in (see “Using Pro
Tools Plug-Ins with Avid Media Composer” on
page 9).
Installing Plug-Ins for VENUE Systems
Installers for VENUE plug-ins can be downloaded from www.avid.com. After downloading,
the installer must be transferred to either a USB
drive or a CD-ROM. Plug-Ins can then be installed using a USB drive connected to the USB
ports on any VENUE system, or using a CDROM inserted into the CD-ROM drive available
on FOH Rack or Mix Rack.
For complete instructions on installing plugins for VENUE systems, see the documentation that came with your VENUE system.
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The iLok USB Smart Key is not supplied
with plug-ins or software options. You can
use the one included with certain Pro Tools
systems (such as Pro Tools|HD-series systems), or purchase one separately.
For more information, visit the iLok website
(www.iLok.com).
Authorizing Downloaded
Plug-Ins for Pro Tools
If you downloaded a plug-in from the Avid Store
(store.avid.com), you authorize it by downloading a license from iLok.com to an iLok.
For more information, visit the iLok website
(www.iLok.com).
Authorizing Boxed Versions of
Plug-Ins for Pro Tools
Authorizing Plug-Ins on VENUE
Systems
If you purchased a boxed version of software, it
comes with an Activation Code (on the included
Activation Card).
To authorize a plug-in using an Activation Code:
1 If you do not have an iLok.com account, visit
www.iLok.com and sign up for an account.
2 Transfer the license for your plug-in to your
iLok.com account by doing the following:
• Visit www.avid.com/activation.
– and –
• Input your Activation Code (listed on your
Activation Card) and your iLok.com User
ID. Your iLok.com User ID is the name you
create for your iLok.com account.
3 Transfer the licenses from your iLok.com ac-
count to your iLok USB Smart Key by doing the
following:
• Insert the iLok into an available USB port
on your computer.
• Go to www.iLok.com and log in.
• Follow the on-screen instructions for transferring your licences to your iLok.
4 Launch Pro Tools.
5 If you have any installed unauthorized plug-
ins or software options, you are prompted to authorize them. Follow the on-screen instructions
to complete the authorization process.
After installing a plug-in on a VENUE system,
the system re-creates the list of available plugins. Whenever the racks initialize, the system
checks authorizations for all installed plug-ins.
If no previous authorization for a plug-in is recognized, you will be prompted to authorize the
the plug-in.
For complete instructions on authorizing
plug-ins for VENUE systems, see the
documentation that came with your VENUE
system.
VENUE supports challenge/response and iLok
USB Smart Key authorization, including pre-authorized iLoks and Activation Cards.
Challenge/Response
Challenge/response authorization is only valid for the VENUE system the
plug-in is currently installed on. Challenge/response codes can be communicated using any
computer with Internet access.
iLok USB Smart Key
Plug-Ins supporting web
authorizations through iLok.com can be authorized for your iLok USB Smart Key from any
computer with Internet access. This lets you
take your iLok and your plug-in authorizations
anywhere, to use plug-ins installed on any
system.
For more information, visit the iLok website
(www.iLok.com).
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Removing Plug-Ins for Pro Tools
Removing Plug-Ins f or VENUE Systems
If you need to remove a plug-in from your
Pro Tools system, follow the instructions for
your computer platform.
To remove a plug-in on Mac:
1 Locate and open the Plug-Ins folder on your
Startup drive, which will be in one of the following locations:
• Library/Application Support/
Digidesign/Plug-Ins
– or –
• Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/
Plug-Ins
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the plug-in to the Trash and empty the
Tra sh .
– or –
• Drag the plug-in to the Plug-Ins (Unused)
folder.
To remove a plug-in in Windows:
1 Choose Start > Control Panel.
Plug-Ins installed on VENUE systems can be
disabled, uninstalled, or deleted. A plug-in that
has been disabled or uninstalled (but not deleted) can be reinstalled without the CD-ROM or
USB drive containing the plug-in installers. Deleted plug-ins, however, must be reinstalled
from installers located on either a USB drive or a
CD-ROM.
For complete instructions on uninstalling
plug-ins for VENUE systems, see the
documentation that came with your VENUE
system.
2 Click Programs and Features.
3 Select the plug-in from the list of installed ap-
plications.
4 Click Uninstall.
5 Follow the on-screen instructions to remove
the plug-in.
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Part II: EQ Plug-Ins
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