Think of an Instrument track as your Aux. If you will sequence your plug-in with one MIDI track ONLY, choose Instrument. If you will sequence your plug-in with more than one MIDI track, choose Aux. Input track to host a plug-in that may serve many MIDI tracks, however an Instrument track will serve you fine if you plan to host one kind of plug-in, and sequence it with one MIDI track only. What's the difference? Well, I have only really used Auxiliary tracks to host plug-ins, so that is my track of choice.
Type of tracks available in Pro Tools 8 Auxiliary vs. Whilst you may use Instrument tracks to achieve the same results from this tutorial, we will be using Auxiliary tracks. Essentially, there are 4 different kinds of tracks (not including mono/stereo combinations) that you may use within Pro Tools to host audio files and/or plug-ins: Audio, Auxiliary, MIDI, and Instrument. Pro Tools provides a number of different ways to host and sequence plug-ins. It is assumed that you are well aware of the fundamentals of Pro Tools. This tutorial will describe the steps involved in adding a virtual instrument plug-in (such as IK Multimedia's SampleTank, or Fxpansion's BFD2) to Pro Tools 8, using the procedure employed at MKII Studios.
The reality is: it's not as difficult as it looks :-) Pro Tools' ability to host software created by manufacturers other than Digidesign make it a powerful platform for including effects, instruments, and sound libraries that manufacturers with years of experience excel in, but can also make the amount of options available to an operator seem complex. Understanding how to operate and activate software plug-ins is an essential part of running any modern recording software, and this is no different with Digidesign's Pro Tools platform. Adding a Virtual Instrument Plug-in to a Pro Tools Session - at 09:48 Articles about Adding a Virtual Instrument Plug-in to a Pro Tools Session Pro Tools Adding a Virtual Instrument Plug-in to a Pro Tools Session
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