Open the Mixer in Fairlight and hover over the Input of the track that has the VI on it.Ĭlick the Down Arrow and choose Path Settings On the Destination side, select the track inputs you want to record to. On the Source side, select your virtual instrument track outputs. (Watch the video for a faster way to do this)įor Destination select Track Input Source Destination

If you didn’t name your track, then your names will look like “ Audio 3“, “ Audio 4” etc… Remember we are using Kontakt, and have named our track KONTAKT. Now you need to patch the output of your VI track to the input of your Record track. If you want to use a MIDI Keyboard to play your VI, you can set that up in the top bar of your instrument plugin.

We will choose Kontakt and drop it on our KONTAKT track.

Head to your Effects Library and drag & drop the Virtual Instrument you want to use onto a track. Our KONTAKT track will host KONTAKT, and we will record the output of our virtual instrument on to the RECORD track. It’s a good idea to name the tracks so you know what they are. Right-click in a gray area below a timeline track and select Add Tracks. To record a virtual instrument in DaVinci Resolve, head to the Fairlight page. Fairlight is an integrated DAW in DaVinci Resolve HOW TO SET IT UP Watch the video below to see how to set it all up, and check out our DaVinci Resolve tutorial Playlist on YouTube for more free videos. Instead, you will record the audio output of the instrument to a track in Fairlight. However, you can’t actually record MIDI like you do in your DAW. You can also use your MIDI Controller to play your VI. In the video below we will be using KONTAKT from Native Instruments to record some background music for our project. Record a synth, a drum VI, a piano VI, a string VI, and more. You could also record Foley, or SFX using your favorite instrument plugins. This means you can record background music for your video without having to export your video, import it into a DAW, score it, then export back to DaVinci Resolve. In Fairlight you can record audio, mix, and edit in a way similar to how you would do it in Pro Tools or Studio One for example.īut you can also record virtual instruments directly in Fairlight! If you’ve ever wanted to record a MIDI instrument plugin directly in your NLE, you’re in luck, because DaVinci Resolve can do just that in Fairlight.įairlight is the integrated DAW included with DaVinci Resolve.

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