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  • Vienna Ensemble Pro Workflow Advice Needed

    Been using VEP for a while now but not sure if I am using it the most efficient way.
     
    At the moment I have one main DAW template in Logic. Due to the complex nature of connecting to an instance and assigning many MIDI tracks to it to control multiple articulations I have set it up like the following example:
     
    • 1 x VEP server plugin on a Software Instrument track controlling a Kontakt instance on remote VEP server with multiple instruments loaded on separate Midi channels.
     
    • Up to 16 midi tracks assigned to above for the various articulations.
     
    This VEP instance on the remote server is saved with all other instances inside a metaframe and preloaded before opening the DAW.
     
    However if I want to have different templates for different scenarios, or load in track sets saved as presets this method will not work as well.
     
    If I save each VEP instance as a separate .viframe, then connect to them outside a .mframe will that mean I can simply open a DAW project and have that load the necessary instances? Do I need them saved into a metaframe?
     
    At the moment I am finding my main template has too much loaded really, basically everything I can think I might use, but frequently I am finding I have a lot of stuff that ends up unused and its pushing my RAM even though I have 1 x 64GB and 2 x 32GB machines!!

  • Have you tried using Logic's track stacks and saving them as patches? This way you can a modular template and easily delete/recall multitimbral tracks as you need them. If you leave your VEPro instances coupled they will automatically connect when you "recall" a patch. 


  • I have tried that, however some of my instances have environment transformers and they do not get saved with the patches. However I might be able to use the scripts feature in Logic X to do the same things, if I can I will try that.

    However how do I set up VEP so that instances only load on use, do they not have tosit inside a metaframe?