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  • Please post your setup and process-

    J
    J
    Hello VSL Users-
    I am trying to figure out what to buy (I already have 2 good PCs, Gigastudio, FX teleport and Giga VST Adapter and about $6,000 to spend) and I really want to know how you all do your orchestral mockups. Will you please post your exact setup, and briefly describe what you typically do to realize your music?
    I have two important potential uses for the VSL: playback from Sibelius 3 (during composition) and a realistic mockup in Cubase SX2 (when the piece is finished.) I am willing to purchase what it takes to do these things very well.
    thanks for any help in advance,
    Julie
  • T
    T
    You already have the Giga VST adapter? How did you get that? Are you a beta tester?

    Anyway my setup is pretty similar to yours. What you need to do is creat a template in Cubase with most of the instruments you use. Use folder tracks to organize the whole thing. Then when you open that file it automatically loads all your samples, via FX teleport and all you have to do is sequence the music. I have 3 main computers and VSL is split across all three. I have Sibelius 3 too, which is great, but right now I only use it for making simple piano versions or sketches. I do the orchestration in Cubase. My template is pretty big with 200+ MIDI channels so I can't really use Sibelius for that.

    Right now I'm using Kontakt (around 40 instances) since I don't have the Giga VST, and it's working fine so far.
  • J
    J
    I knew someone was going to ask about the Giga VST. Yes, I'm a beta tester and we are on Release Candidate 1. It is working great. What is a (folder track)?
    thanks,
    Julie
  • T
    T
    Lucky you! Maybe I should have asked max to be a beta tester.

    Folder tracks let you organize tracks in Cubase. They also let you edit several tracks at once. You should look it up in the Help. Basically I have a folder for each instrument, then several tracks within that folder for all the articulations I need for that instrument. All you do to create one is choose folder track when you add a track. It's in same menu as the other track types.
  • J
    J
    Wow, thanks! I will try the folder tracks thing, that would help organize things. So you use FX teleport huh? you must be using Kontakt with imported VSL giga files right? Do you have any delay problems?
    thanks,
    Julie
  • T
    T
    Yeah I use FX teleport with giga files that were converted using Translator and CDXtract. The latest Kontakt does have native import of Giga files. I'm not sure how good it is.

    The FX teleport delay is only around 11ms, which isn't too bad. It's not much of an issue really. It did take a while to get FX teleport working though. I had to decrease the video setting to get the latency down from one of the computers. I'm not sure, but I think you only get this latency from live playing. When you play a sequence there's latency compensation in Cubase SX. Maybe someone else can answer that.

    By the way, what kind of work are you doing? Film, TV, classical?
  • J
    J
    Tony-
    thanks for the reply. I am composing classical music, beginning my masters degree in composition this fall. VSL sounds like a great tool for testing orchestration.
    thanks,
    Julie