The Digidesign Advanced Instrument Research (A.I.R.) team has included 5 of their best RTAS's in this exceptional box set. These are virtual instruments designed and optimized exclusively for Pro Tools. With professional sound innovative features top-notch performance and the kind of musical playability you'd expect from Digidesign you're looking at hours of creative possibilities. The five instruments includes a high definition synthesizer (Hybrid) virtual drummer (Strike) sampler workstation (Structure) a vintage electric piano emulator (Velvet) and a free sample-playback/synthesis workstation (Xpand!). You also get 5 DVDs that run the gamut of instruments and audio post-production need that were produced specifically for Structure. So load up your computer and get ready to rock and roll or sway and stroll.

Hybrid
If you dig the warmth of classic analog waveforms with wavetables and love the hands approach to sound creation this plug-in allows you the option to recreate sounds of your past or create something brand new.

Strike
This revolutionary virtual drummer allows you to get your groove on literally. Professional sounding drum performances that retain that human touch are mere clicks away.

Structure
No matter how you like to slice and dice your samples from the simple sound of an acoustic instrument to more demanding electronic soundscapes this virtual sample workstation makes it fun and easy. To give you more inspiration and a larger palette to work with this box set includes 5 DVDs worth of samples from EastWest A.I.R. plus a 30-day trial of EastWest's 40GB Goliath (Structure Edition) sound library.

Velvet
Love the floating sound of the 70s classic rock piano? Or maybe you'd like to create something more modern? Either way with this collection of ear-pleasing vintage electric piano emulations you can tickle the virtual ivories to your hearts content.

Xpand!
Now that you have all these sounds at your disposal you need a quality tool for accessing and manipulating them to meet your needs. That's where Xpand! comes in. Whether your a songwriter DJ music producer or film composer it has more than 1000 presets to help you shape and mold your music into completed compositions worthy of sharing with the world.

Digidesign Virtual Instrument Box Set Specifications:

• System Requirements
• Digidesign-qualified Windows XP- or Mac OS X-based computer
• Pro Tools|HD Pro Tools LE Pro Tools M-Powered or Pro Tools Academic system running Pro Tools 7.0 or higher software (Pro Tools 7.3 recommended for optimal stability and performance)
• 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM highly recommended)
• DVD-ROM drive for installation
• iLok USB Smart Key (plus Internet access and a free iLok.com account)

Digidesign Virtual Instrument Box Set Features:

• 5 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 1500 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 crusher 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 Digidesign 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 8-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 128-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 Digidesign 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 3-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 1000 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

Strike up the band with this comprehensive collection of virtual instruments.