Digidesign will introduce and reveal the new Pro Tools Instrument Expansion Pack at this weeks NAMM. Thanks to the AIR Users blog we have the details for it.
Features summary
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Very low price (TBA NAMM 14-1-10)
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One installer
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One activation code for all instruments
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55 GB of linear (uncompressed) sound content – time to buy ANOTHER hard drive!
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Bug fixes – Pages of them!
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Lots of performance improvements
Strike:
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Enhanced Style editor
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Improved MIDI export, (MIDI-Record button for easier handling, only one PT MIDI track needed instead of up to 15 in older Strike versions)
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User Sample Import (YES you import your own samples)
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Over 10 GB of new content (25 GB total):
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2 acoustic new Drum Kits, recorded in Nashville Blackbird Studios (these consist of two full drum kits plus 2 kick drums and 4 snare drums – all sampled in high definition with a vast variety of playing styles and sub-instruments)
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New Instruments: Bongo Hi, Bongo Lo, Chimes, Drum Sticks, Finger Snaps Single, Finger Snaps Group, Hand Claps Single, Hand Claps Group, Tambourine, Cowbell, Metallic Perc
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3 new electronic drum kits
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55 new styles
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3-D drum animation
Structure:
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Giga-Sampler format import
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Kontakt 3 import
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Added EXS modulation matrix support (Structure now imports also LFO and Modwheel assignments)
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Enhanced database (improved usability, automatic re-scan)
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Digidesign Basic Orchestra (new orchestral content: Digidesign’s own orchestra and it’s beautiful)
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Digidesign Piano B (new content: custom-made Digidesign grand piano for Structure),
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Nashville Signature drum kits (From the Nashville sessions at Blackbird studios)
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Orchestra control features (special MIDI control features to create ultra-realistic simulation of playing styles)
Velvet:
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New Reverb FX module, (Three reverb types: Ambience, Spring, Room
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DX Tine Sounds now built in with 9 new tines
Transfuser
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New “Roland 303” like bassline module
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New 6-band Parametric EQ effect module for accurate frequency surgery on your loops
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New Electronic drums created by AIR
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New Loops from BigFish audio
Hybrid
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2 New waveforms for oscillators 1 and 2 (Multi-Saw and Multi-Square)
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New waveforms for noise oscillator (Blue, White, Mod, Crackle) – Cool for R&B Bass and percussion
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256 new patches