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I want to use midi processing plugins before the instrument in VEPro 7.
I'm trying to use Bluecat Patchwork as I have done in other hosts for this reason: very flexible routing of midi and audio paths within an instance.
Patchwork has been mentioned in other threads here, but I'm finding it crashes the VEPro server. The test case is Ableton 10, 64bit Vepro on local host, Patchwork loaded into an instance, and any 64bit VSTi I've tried. I've had identical results with 32bit Vepro, and 32bit plugins.
The midi light on the instance channel flashes with the first few notes that are played but then goes dead. The instrument does not make a sound. Things become unresponsive and I have to kill the server.
How do I use Patchwork with VEPro 7?
Thanks for any help.
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Hi Duggle,
I'm afraid VE Pro is not ready for MIDI processing plug-ins. There has been very litlle interest for it so far, so it is unfortunately not high on our wishlist.
Sorry to have no better news.
Best,
Paul Paul Kopf
Product Manager - Vienna Symphonic Library
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I understand the limitation of VEPro to host only one input (instrument) plugin hence cannot host a midi VST ahead of main instrument of the instance.
This is why I want to use BlueCatAudio Patchwork which, as a single VSTi can itself host multiple instruments in series and/or parallel. This is a viable solution that I use in other contexts.
The problem I'm having is that Patchwork is crashing the VEPro server. I cannot be sure but I feel that this may be a current limitation/bug in VEPro 7. Threads like this seem to indicate that people have used Patchwork within VEPro.
Could the developers of VEPro please try the demo of Patchwork to verify?
https://www.bluecataudio.com/Download/Products/
Many thanks.
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You can also try plogue bidule which I have gotten to work and imagine-Line modular (free). I seem to recall that the AU version worked while the VST crashed, for some reason. I can’t remember what happened with bluecat I did try it too I will try again soon. There can also sometimes be some gui update issues with some of these inside vep.
I also wish vep had a midifx slot which could be very useful for articulation management in the future but as of now a good articulation management midi plugin doesn’t really exist so it’s a chicken or the egg problem. Some other midi plugins could be useful for other reasons though. You can always put the midi plugin in the daw but from Logic Pro that can be problematic with multi timbral use into vep and that’s where a midi plugin slot would be useful.
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Yea never mind. Spent a few minutes this morning. PlogueBidule....crash. BlueCat...screwed up GUI (probably related to HiDPI) it might have crashed eventually. Image-line Modular...crash. I'm out of options. I did get PlogueBidule to work for a little while, the midi plugin was doing its thing and it worked...but crashed VEP7 within 5 minutes. 5,1 MacPro 12core X 3.46ghz, 128gb ram, RX580 video, OSX Mojave, VSL (almost everything), LogicPro, Cubase10, StudioOne, DP9, Reaper, Dorico, Finale, MuseScore, Notion6, EW Hollywood Orch, Kirk Hunter, GPO, much more..
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Thanks for testing all those.
Yes, there are scenarios where puting the midi plugin in the DAW host side does not do it for you. Ableton's lame midi implementation (no polypressure, midi channels (!), or sysex) mean that such messages are not transferred plugin to plugin. So support for a chainer of some sort fixes this. I digress.
I would like to be able to design potentially complex instrument setups and save as instances (VEPRo project files) that could be used with different DAW hosts.
BlueCat products seem to be high quality software, so I think it would be a positive move if VSL engineers tried Patchwork to see what is going on with that. The results could improve VEPro's compatability with other plugins as well.
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DDMF MetaPlugin seems to be working inside VEP7 without crashing (so far).... File Attachment(s):  ddmf.jpg (369kb) downloaded 4 time(s).You cannot view/download attachments. Try to login or register. 5,1 MacPro 12core X 3.46ghz, 128gb ram, RX580 video, OSX Mojave, VSL (almost everything), LogicPro, Cubase10, StudioOne, DP9, Reaper, Dorico, Finale, MuseScore, Notion6, EW Hollywood Orch, Kirk Hunter, GPO, much more..
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Indeed , it does seem stable. I'm trying the demo.
BTW; Protoplug looks interesting. Seems to have very little GUI widgets for use in scripts, though.
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Bluecat’s scripter has more gui stuff if you want that. Protoplug does actually have some GUI stuff though I just don't use it. Not as much as Bluecat, but its there for simple GUI stuff. Better then LogicPro's Scripter plugin, not as good as BlueCat's. 5,1 MacPro 12core X 3.46ghz, 128gb ram, RX580 video, OSX Mojave, VSL (almost everything), LogicPro, Cubase10, StudioOne, DP9, Reaper, Dorico, Finale, MuseScore, Notion6, EW Hollywood Orch, Kirk Hunter, GPO, much more..
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Oh no! MetaPlugin also crashes VEPro7.
Unfortunately I had to pay for MetaPlugin to see this. The demo does not allow saving so I did not see that the crash happens on loading :-(
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Originally Posted by: Duggle 
Oh no! MetaPlugin also crashes VEPro7.
Unfortunately I had to pay for MetaPlugin to see this. The demo does not allow saving so I did not see that the crash happens on loading :-(
sorry to hear that news. The fact that all 4 of the subhosters I have can easily cause VEP7 to crash, is I think something that hsould be investigated by VSL. They don't crash my DAW's. 5,1 MacPro 12core X 3.46ghz, 128gb ram, RX580 video, OSX Mojave, VSL (almost everything), LogicPro, Cubase10, StudioOne, DP9, Reaper, Dorico, Finale, MuseScore, Notion6, EW Hollywood Orch, Kirk Hunter, GPO, much more..
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