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  • Setting up Stylus & Omnisphere in VE Pro

    Hello, I am trying to set up Spectrasonics plugins in VE Pro.  I've got them to trigger but only in Omni mode. How can I change each instrument to only receive the MIDI track that I designate to send it?  I put in NI's B4II and I just change the MIDI receive track to the track I want and that is it - it works.  But I have to leave this on Omni which means any other track in that instantiation will trigger the Spectrasonics instruments.  Any ideas?  Thanks.


  • HI rosindabow, Omnisphere,Stylus work exactly like all other multi timbral instruments. IN VE PRO YOU HAVE TO ASSIGN A SEPERATE MIDI PORT TO EACH MULTI-TIMBRAL INSTRUMENT SUCH AS OMNISPHERE or KONTAKT and set MIDI to OMNI!.In your sequencer you HAVE to assign each midi track to a seperate midi channel all assigned to the SAME MIDI PORT for that instrument.YOU HAVE TO SET IT UP THIS WAY TO AVOID INSTRUMENTS BEING TRIGGERED ON OTHER TRACKS! ================================================================================================================================= in VE Pro main GUI you assign a port (for example:'Vienna Ensemble Pro 1 1')to the Omnisphere instrument and leave midi channel on 'Omni'. ================================================================================================================================= In your host sequencer create 8 midi tracks and assign each midi Channel to 'Vienna Ensemble Pro 1 1' > Midi Channel 1 - 8 respectively. ================================================================================================================================= the midi setup for DP is clearly demonstrated with lots of screen shots in the VE PRO pdf Manual,you have also started another thread earler that I responded to explaning the Ve Pro midi ports in more detail..please take the time to read the replies and the manual and search other threads,before posting. Dean.

  • Hello,  I have read and re-read the manual.  To me at least, it is not written very clearly.  I have been running Digital Performer and other DAWs for years - there are a lot of pieces to this puzzle and I cannot seem to easily piece them together.  Please understand I am not posting frivolously.  I am sitting in front of my computer for hours before I post.

    So, for instance, when it says in the manual: Add a new instrument track and choose Vienna Ensemble  does that mean a new instance of Vienna Ensemble and NOT VE Pro?  Because he next screenshot show VE Pro and says: The windows you will see now are the Vienna Ensemble Server Interface, the Vienna Ensemble Server and the Vienna Ensemble GUI.  OThis is obviously not the instrument.  I have already had the Server open and I have set up multiple Vienna Instruments in it with separate MIDI tracks and all are working perfectly.  And like I said, I can open an NI BII4 and change the MIDI receive in it to the the specific MIDI track that I am sending on and that works perfectly.  And normally when I open up Kontakt or Spectrasonics I just add a new track and it defaults to the next MIDI track - no problem - I just change the next MIDI track to the new instrument.

    Sorry, but this is just not working in the way I'm accustomed to working.  I cannot figure it out.