{"id":1716880,"date":"2012-06-26T14:25:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T14:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1716880"},"modified":"2019-11-08T17:04:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T17:04:27","slug":"ive-installed-protools-express-but-the-included-virtual-instruments-arent-showing-in-protools","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/ive-installed-protools-express-but-the-included-virtual-instruments-arent-showing-in-protools\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve installed Pro Tools, but the included virtual instruments aren&#8217;t showing up."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The virtual instruments are installed from a separate download available in your Avid account. To do this, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/my.avid.com\/account\/orientation?returnUrl=https%3a%2f%2fmy.avid.com%2faccount\" target=\"_blank\">log into your Avid account<\/a>,\u00a0go to <em>Your Products,<\/em> and expand the <strong>Downloads<\/strong> links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will need to download and install different products depending on which Pro Tools version you have. Use the table below for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><th>Version of Pro Tools<\/th><th>Product to Download\/Install<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Pro Tools 11<\/td><td>AIR Creative Collection<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pro Tools 10<\/td><td>Avid Virtual Instruments<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pro Tools Express<\/td><td>Avid Virtual Instruments Express<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>:&nbsp;<em>Be sure to choose the correct installer for your computer&#8217;s operating system.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/intro-to-pro-tools-importing-audio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intro to Pro Tools: Importing Audio<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/intro-to-pro-tools-creating-an-instrument-track\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intro to Pro Tools: Creating an Instrument Track<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/plugins-not-show-up-pro-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\">My plugins do not show up in Pro Tools.<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/pro-tools-wont-recognize-my-interface\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Tools won\u2019t recognize my interface!<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/pro-tools-troubleshooting-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Tools Troubleshooting Guide<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"tags":[42006,62326,53992,54233,35161,54448,33883,39583,39582,64366],"storecat":[],"itemids":[83014,96533,96535,11393,11395,11400,111928,111929,81240,82496,89687,6451],"manufacturers":[33207],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the I&#039;ve installed Pro Tools, but the included virtual instruments aren&#039;t showing up. page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/ive-installed-protools-express-but-the-included-virtual-instruments-arent-showing-in-protools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I&#039;ve installed Pro Tools, but the included virtual instruments aren&#039;t showing up. - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The virtual instruments are installed from a separate download available in your Avid account. 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