Arabic Virtual Instruments within PT10, help please

[Eihab]

Hello all,
This is a proper newbie question so please bear with me if it’s a very stupid question :)
I play piano and recently I got into pro tools and now making my way with midi, virtual instruments and sounds effects generally. I listen to lots of Arabic music and some of the work I do is Middle Eastern or influenced by.
I am finding it very difficult to find Arabic virtual instruments (Like Oud, Kanoun, Ney, Strings etc…) that I can use, particularly percussions (Iraqi, khaleeji Eqaa etc…). I know that there are loops here and there that you can buy but that is very limiting. I actually have a friend who has quality wav files and midi but not sure if these can somehow be imported to pro tools and be used as a virtual instrument or a sound that can be applied to midi input.
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thanks,
Eihab

[chrisdee]

Originally Posted by Eihab

not sure if these can somehow be imported to pro tools and be used as a virtual instrument or a sound that can be applied to midi input.

Yes they can, but you will need Structure for that.
http://www.avid.com/US/products/Structure

[nst7]

Here's a couple of suggestions, if you haven't already seen these. They contain various ethnic instruments, but include those of the middle east:

http://www.motu.com/products/software/ethno/body.html

http://www.soundsonline.com/Ra

[Becharax]

Hey Eyhab .... R u from Egyptian? Lebanese?

I am from Lebanon and I happen to have quite a few .... Let me know if you're interested

[Eihab]

Originally Posted by nst7

Here's a couple of suggestions, if you haven't already seen these. They contain various ethnic instruments, but include those of the middle east:

http://www.motu.com/products/software/ethno/body.html

http://www.soundsonline.com/Ra

Many thanks NSt7, I will have a look right now

[Eihab]

Originally Posted by DJ Bechara

Hey Eyhab .... R u from Egyptian? Lebanese?

I am from Lebanon and I happen to have quite a few .... Let me know if you're interested

Hello DJ Bechara, nice to meet you. I come from Iraq but been in the UK for many years. Yes sure I would be interested; many thanks for that

Eihab

[Eihab]

Originally Posted by chrisdee

Yes they can, but you will need Structure for that.
http://www.avid.com/US/products/Structure

Many thanks chrisdee, I will learn about this....

[Eihab]

Thank you guys for the helpful comments, I will look into these links; they seem interesting...

[dave911]

These are free but you will need a VST to RTAS wrapper to use in Pro Tools.
The sound seems OK, not great, but I don't know the real ones well enough to judge.
The key word here is Free.

http://smatni.tripod.com/safwanmatnivstplugins/

VST wrapper
http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=15

[Samadhi2012]

http://www.bestservice.de/detail1.as...esert_winds/en

http://www.bigfishaudio.com/detail.h...988;A115::1393

And you also have the library which comes with kontakt. It has world instruments, but also, a string section that is good if you are starting. Give it a look

http://www.native-instruments.com/en...akt-5/?type=99

This way you also have a sampler where you can import your sounds to make your own instruments. I hope this helps!