Avid Virtual Instrument Box Set

Experience the ultimate in sound quality, feature innovation, performance, and musical playability with the Avid® Virtual instrument Box Set, a powerful collection of virtual instruments by the Avid Advanced instrument Research (A.I.R.) group. Designed and optimized specifically for Pro Tools® — and available only in Pro Tools — this specially priced box set features five groundbreaking RTAS® instruments: Hybrid™, Strike™, Structure™, Velvet™, and Xpand!™.  The set also comes with a huge collection of high-quality sounds for Structure (five DVDs worth) that cover practically every musical instrument and audio post-production need — and then some. 

Features:

• Five RTAS-compatible virtual instrument plug-ins including:

Hybrid 

• More than 250 presets with a range of analog and digital sounds
• Comprehensive user-modification capabilities from a straight-forward interface
• Sample-accurate synth engine for super-fast envelopes and high-definition sound
• Two simultaneous parts for creating complex patches
• Three high-definition oscillators per part two with seven wave modes
• Revolutionary filter design with 23 filter modes and true saturation
• Flexible editing options with four envelope generators and three LFOs per part
• Performance-oriented features, including a modulation matrix, "morph" groups, and a step sequencer/polyphonic phrase generator for each part
• Two effects inserts per part, plus a master effects section

Strike 

• Easily produce professional, highly realistic drum performances right within Pro Tools software
• Full, real-time control of the virtual drummer's performance, including intensity, complexity, timing, groove, dynamics, and much more
• Groundbreaking realtime performance engine allows for gradually adjusting the dynamics of a drum performance without the typical machine gun effect or audible velocity layer switching
• Choose from 5 high-definition drum kits, each featuring up to 12 instruments per kit and up to 300 samples per instrument
• Includes over 20 GB of 24 bit audio stored in just 5 GB of space via proprietary lossless compression
• Over 1,500 editable preset drum patterns/performances covering dozens of musical styles and song section Structures
• Intelligently mapped drum patterns and sounds allow for fast, interactive real-time arrangement and composition of drum parts
• Doubles as a powerful MIDI drum module for use with your own drum patterns and sequences
• Built-in virtual mixing console for full control over drum kit sound, including room ambience, microphone levels/leakage, EQ, dynamics, and more
• Dedicated EQ and 2 insert effects processors per channel including compressor, limiter, tube saturation, distortion, bit cusher, filter, ring modulator, delay, reverb, phaser, chorus, and more
• Support for multi-channel plug-in output for discrete routing and mixing of each drum kit component independently in the Pro Tools mixer
• MIDI Learn functionality allows for easily mapping plug-in parameters to MIDI instruments for hands-on control
• Full support for Pro Tools automation and control via Avid control surfaces and ICON integrated consoles
• Highly optimized RTAS instrument for Pro Tools HD 7, Pro Tools LE 7, and Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software

Structure

• Professional RTAS sampler designed and optimized exclusively for Pro Tools delivers superior performance and unprecedented reliability
• Includes comprehensive, premium factory sound libraries from EastWest and A.I.R., including Quantum Leap Orchestral Elements, plus a 30-day trial of EastWest's 40 GB professional sound library, Goliath Structure Edition
• Use your existing SampleCell, Kontakt 1 and 2, and EXS24 sound libraries (supports up to eight-channel interleaved samples, encrypted not supported)
• Drag-and-drop regions from within Pro Tools directly into the sampler for easy custom sound creation
• Sample engine tightly couples with the Pro Tools engine for superior playback performance (optimized sampler integration available with Pro Tools 7.3 or higher software)
• Supports sample playback via a choice of disk streaming or RAM-only for optimal operation
• Powerful database and integrated file browser make finding sounds and managing them easy
• Integrated stereo and surround multi-effects processing engine offers over 20 effects types including stereo and surround convolution reverbs and hundreds of effects presets
• Universal sound engine provides support for an unlimited number of nestable patches, enabling you to easily create highly complex sounds
• Supports up to one 28-level multitimbral playback per Structure instance and an unlimited number of parts, audio effects, and MIDI effects per patch
• Fully resizable built-in Sample Editor enables fast and easy waveform editing and sample mapping
• Supports all common bit depths, sample rates, and surround formats up to 24 bit/192 kHz/7.1 surround
• Surround/stereo main outputs and up to 31 auxiliary outputs allow discrete source mixing and signal processing
• Six freely assignable, context-dependent Smart Knobs enable fast access to the most important sound sculpting parameters
• Powerful hands-on, real-time control of the sampler using a Avid control surface, or MIDI controller via MIDI Learn
• Integrated REX player allows you to use and manipulate REX 1 and 2 files

Velvet

• Realistic emulations of four legendary electric pianos: The Fender Rhodes Suitcase, Fender Rhodes MK I and MK II Stage Pianos, and the Wurlitzer A200 (Velvet is not connected with, or approved or endorsed by, the owners of the Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer trademarks. These names are used solely to identify the electric pianos emulated by the Velvet plug-in)
• Unique combination of high-definition sampling and a proprietary dynamic modeling technique delivers the ultimate electric piano experience
• Groundbreaking proprietary engine allows for unprecedented dynamic resolution and response
• Detailed reproductions of electric pianos, including signature sounds when keys are hit forcefully
• Unprecedented control over the sound characteristics, including the unique ability to add the sound of the keyboard mechanics to the output signal
• Easily adjust the overall timbre, dynamic response, and velocity curve of each model for a range of classic and contemporary electric piano sounds
• Powerful preamp section with tube overdrive, compression, and custom three-band EQ with a parametric mid band
• Flexible, dedicated tremolo and autopan effects modeled after those on vintage electric pianos
• Built-in professional multi-effects processing engine features stunningly realistic reproductions of vintage distortion, wah/filter, modulation, amplifier, and delay effects including an emulation of classic tape delay
• Over 100 electric piano presets build a basis for faithful reproductions of legendary classic as well as modern electric piano sounds
• MIDI Learn functionality allows for easily mapping plug-in parameters to MIDI instruments and controllers
• Familiar, easy-to-use graphic user interface reminiscent of the classic electric pianos
• Highly optimized RTAS instrument for Pro Tools HD 7, Pro Tools LE 7, and Pro Tools M-Powered 7 software

Xpand!

• Comprehensive sound factory for all musical styles and applications
• More than 1,000 factory patches and 500 combinable part presets
• Four layer-able parts for millions of combinations
• Multi-synthesis engine
• 64-note polyphony
• Quick and easy sound tweaking
• Sample playback and virtual tonewheels
• Two built-in effect sections and four arpeggiators/phrase generators