Archive for the ‘Pro Tools’ Category
Friday, March 12th, 2010
I see this topic come up a lot, “what are the best free rtas plugins?” I’ve answered the question so many times but I’ve never addressed it on the site.
Below is my list of 10 (in no particular order) free 3rd party RTAS plugins I think everyone should have on their system. There are many more out there but these are the ones I use on a regular basis, they are useful and are stable.
- Flux Bittersweet 2 – http://www.fluxhome.com/products/Freewares/bittersweet2
- Flux Stereo Tool – http://www.fluxhome.com/products/Freewares/stereotool
- Brainworx BX_Solo – http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/plugins/bx_solo
- Brainworx BX_Cleansweep V2 – http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/plugins/bx_cleansweep_v2
- TT Dynamic Range Meter – http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/downloadrequest
- Massey Plugins demos – http://www.masseyplugins.com/ (download the demos) CT4, L2007, Tapehead & TD5 are excellent
- Massey Tools (Mac only) – http://www.smassey.com/plugin.html
- Studio Devil BVC guitar amp – http://www.studiodevil.com/download/downloadBVC.htm
- Kontakt 4 player – http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/kontakt-player/
- KORE 2 player – http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/kore-player
All plugins are RTAS compatible with Mac or PC except Massey Tools which is Mac only.
I hope you find the list useful.
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
There’s a few days left to grab Steven Slate Drums EX for $20 from AudioMIDI.com. Steven Slate Drums is powered by Kontakt. It comes with version 3.5 but the newest (still free) is Kontakt Player 4. Personally, I found the it extremely difficult to figure out the Multi-channel output for Kontakt, it was the first time in a long time I’ve had to read a manual for a plugin.
To save you some of the same headache, here is a Pro Tools Template I’ve set up using Kontakt 4 player. Use the import Session Data command to bring the tracks into your session.
*IMPORTANT* – Whenever you load a new Multi-patch in Kontakt you need to click the “reset out map” button. See image below.
Download the template here: DOWNLOAD
Posted in Plugins, Pro Tools, Virtual Instrument | 5 Comments »
Sunday, February 14th, 2010
At NAMM 2010 AVID announced the upcoming Pro Tools Instrument Expansion Pack. Unfortunately there hasn’t been a lot of details on exactly what you get. Russ over at the AIR Users Blog got hold of the new pack and made some videos showcasing what’s new in each of the 5 plugins. NAMM was several weeks ago, but AVID didn’t want the info out (why?). So finally Russ has been given the OK from AVID to release these exclusive videos.
Check them out!
Click to go to the AIR Users Blog
http://www.airusersblog.com/namm-2010/
I have my own comments about how this Instrument Expansion thing is being handled (pricing, upgrades, was it necessary), but since it’s mostly negative I’ll keep it to myself.
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Just an FYI if you use Pro Tools and Melodyne and ever want to use the MP3 export function.
I came across this today (don’t I have the best luck?), isn’t it lovely. [click to embiggen]
It turns out there’s is a conflict with Melodyne Plugin & the MP3 Export for Pro Tools. The FAQ on Celemony’s website has this info to correct the situation.
Exporting audio as MP3 can lead to a crash with the error message: Set ENV Var KMP_Duplicate_Lib_ok = True. If this happens, proceed as follows:
- Right-click My computer and choose Properties.
- In the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab and select Environment Variables.
- In the User Variables section, select New.
- Enter KMP_DUPLICATE_LIB_OK into the Variable Name field.
- Enter TRUE into the Variable Value field.
- Click OK to exit first the New User Variable, then Environment Variables, then System Properties windows.
- Restart Pro Tools
I can confirm this works.
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