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Playing a Virtual Instrument
You can play a virtual instrument (such as
2
Xpand! ) using a MIDI sequence or from an
external MIDI controller (such as an M-Audio
Axiom Pro).
To play a virtual instrument using an Instrument
track, do one of the following:
If you have a MIDI controller connected (such

as an M-Audio Axiom Pro), you can play the vir-
tual instrument as long as the Instrument track
on which it is inserted is selected or record en-
abled. You can record your performance as a
MIDI sequence while you play.
– or –
Import a MIDI sequence (or program a MIDI

sequence) to the Instrument track on which the
virtual instrument is inserted, and then start
playback.
Recording MIDI with an External
Controller
Pro Tools lets you record MIDI data from a
MIDI controller (such as an M-Audio Axiom
Pro).
To record MIDI on an Instrument Track:
1 Make sure your MIDI controller is connected
either to a MIDI interface with MIDI cables or
directly to your computer with a USB cable.
2 Create a stereo Instrument track and insert
2
Xpand! on it (see "Creating an Instrument Track
with an Instrument Plug-In" on page 19).
3 Select a bass preset (also known as a "patch").
Options > MIDI Thru
4
Select
Thru
is checked; if not, select it.)
5
Click the track's Record Enable button to en-
able the Instrument track for MIDI recording.
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MIDI
. (Verify that
6 In the Transport window, click the Record but-
ton.
7
Play your MIDI controller's keyboard. You
should hear the sound you selected.
8
When you are ready to start recording, click
Play or press the Spacebar. To stop, click Stop or
press the Spacebar.
Recorded MIDI data on an Instrument track
9 Click the track Record Enable button again to
take it out of record enable and play back what
you just recorded.
Penciling In a MIDI Sequence
You can program a MIDI sequence in Pro Tools
using the Pencil tool.
When inserting MIDI notes or other MIDI
data with the Pencil tool, MIDI clip bound-
aries are created on the nearest barlines.
To insert a MIDI Note on a track in the Edit window:
1 In the Edit window, set the Instrument track
(or MIDI track) to Notes view.
Selecting Notes view on an Instrument track