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  • [Reaper&VEP7] Note under play cursor doesn't play for some kontakt instruments

    Hi,

    I'd like to ask here if someone else has encountered this issue with VEP.

    I found this bug some version ago but I thought it was solved since for some instruments it doesn't happen.

    For example if I use Infinite Brass I hear the note under the play cursor when I hit play. If I use 8DIO Toms Ensemble instead I don't hear the note under the play cursor.

    I build a midi item, I put a note aligned to the first grid line and I hit play, no sound, after one cycle (with loop enabled) I hear it instead.

    Maybe is library dependant because some library has a built-in delay and the communication between VEP and the host suffer of some kind of delay even on localhost.

    I need your help to troubleshoot this problem because if I miss some notes I can't compose as I should. Maybe there's some configuration trick I should use.

    Take in consideration that I already tried with "Anticipative FX..." enabled and disabled with no result.

    Thank you.


  • Is there anyone that is using Reaper and VEP that could help me?

    I'm feeling like abandoned here, I'm really the only one that is finding so many problems using VEP7 on Reaper?

    Every time I go forward in my template I find something new. Here if I delay my note I hear the sound, it seems it is a matter of time but I tryed literally everything without results, so VSL could you help me to troubleshoot this?

    I don't know where is the bug, I think this and other problems are all correlated. Is something about connection between Reaper and VEP7. I don't know if it is a Reaper bug or a VEP7 bug or an Alien bug or everything.

    I obviously have no issues at all loading directly kontakt in Reaper.

    Should I throw VEP away and continue using Reaper as before?

    Is there anyone out there?

    Thank you.


  • Hello Daniele, 

    Reaper is probably not the first choice for our typical user... 

    Did you contact my colleagues at Reaper already? Did you already send such a song with more information about your configuration to support@vsl.co.at?

    The more info you can provide for us to test, the quicker we will be able to test and fix.

    Thanks, 
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
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    @Paul said:

    Hello Daniele, 

    Reaper is probably not the first choice for our typical user... 

    Did you contact my colleagues at Reaper already? Did you already send such a song with more information about your configuration to support@vsl.co.at?

    The more info you can provide for us to test, the quicker we will be able to test and fix.

    Thanks, 
    Paul

     

    Hi paul,

    I've an open ticket for the other bug and I already send an email with this bug. I found what cause the issue for the other bug but after a beta to test I didn't received other hints for this.

    They told me that they are lacking kontakt libraries to test this out.

    I know that maybe Reaper it is not your main businnes but I bought your product and I already "solved" one bug, I don't know how you programmed VEP and even if I'm an engineer I cannot go any further in bug hunting.

    From you I expect a full compatibility of your product or an advice that inform users that it doesn't behave correctly with some daws.

    I expected an enhancement of my workflow but actually I spending more time trying to solve various issues than composing music.

    I'm at your disposal to give you all the information I need but only you could help me to find the cause and solve the issue. When they asked me to send my template and try the beta to see if that solved the issue I did it in the morning before going on a hard day's work.

    I know maybe it couldn't be as easy as I think but at least keep me informed, I think as a client I'm like any Cubase or Logic users out there, the money are always the same.

    I'm not raging Paul, just to be clear. I'm only trying to show you my point of view (actually I spent money for...nothing?). 😊


  • Hi Daniele, 

    I understand your frustration, and I'm sorry if my comment came across wrong: You are posting in a public forum with very few Reaper users, I just wanted to explain the silence. 

    I will do my best to push a solution to your troubles. 

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
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    @Paul said:

    Hi Daniele, 

    I understand your frustration, and I'm sorry if my comment came across wrong: You are posting in a public forum with very few Reaper users, I just wanted to explain the silence. 

    I will do my best to push a solution to your troubles. 

    Best,
    Paul

    I understand Paul, I hope you could fix this, for me and the other Reaper users out there.

    Anyway I did another try and I found out that the problem is about the Event Input plugin, if I route midi channels to VEP main plugin track there's no such problem, I think this and other bugs are all correlated to how Event Input behaves (both VST and VST3 version).

    I could also use MIDI ports but I prefer Event Input one because:

    1) With MIDI tracks I have only 16 channels per instance;

    2) With MIDI tracks I don't see parameters to automate like with the Event Input plugin.

     

    Hope this helps!

     

    EDIT if I use the VST version of Event Input I hear the first note randomly but I never hear it after the first play loop. The cursor keep looping but I doesn't hear anything. If I use the VST3 I don't hear the first note on the first play but I can hear it in each subsequent loop.


  • Ok, maybe I found how to reproduce the behavior, version 7.0.834
     
    If I put more than one main plugin (vst since VST3 is still too slow) and link some event inputs to them then I have random behaviors.
     
    Sometimes I hear the sounds from all of the instruments and sometimes not, if I use only one instance with some Event Inputs it seems to work fine.
     
    It is like some conflict between plugins...

  • Hi Daniele, 

    Thanks, that's good information. Why doesn't VST3 work in Reaper??

    The Event Input plug-in is really only a workaround for hosts that didn't offer VST (which are very few), I doubt that the VST version is used by many users (which is why this bug has gone unnoticed, I assume. 

    Please send me such a Reaper song to check: support@vsl.co.at

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
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    @Paul said:

    Hi Daniele, 

    Thanks, that's good information. Why doesn't VST3 work in Reaper??

    The Event Input plug-in is really only a workaround for hosts that didn't offer VST (which are very few), I doubt that the VST version is used by many users (which is why this bug has gone unnoticed, I assume. 

    Please send me such a Reaper song to check: support@vsl.co.at

    Best,
    Paul

    I have many VST3 plugin and they are all working in Reaper.

    The main plugin (VST3 version, the VST one works instantly) is very slow on loading, it freezes Reaper for some seconds every time I load it in a track. Moreover every time I open the FX window Reaper freezes for sometime and then I could work on the plugin interface. This happens every time and this behavior was confirmed by another Reaper user on VI Control forum, so it is not only on my PC.

    To replicate this it is enough to open a new project in Reaper, load a new instrument on a new track, select VEP7 main plugin VST3 and look what happens.

    I'm not at home right now so I can't send you another template file but I already sent one at support@vsl.co.at

    I don't know if it is a matter of track number or what it is exactly because it behaves very random, sometimes I hear the notes and sometimes not.

    Yesterday I tried to put offline all the tracks except for one with main plugin and one with an event input connected to it and the first note worked, if I put online the other tracks (other VEP main plugins connected to other instances) and try to play more tracks at the same time some of them works and some other not.

     

    About the Event Plugin I'm building my template like this (look at what I already sent you via support ):

    Inside VEP:

    Instance1

    1. Track: kontakt instance (1 for instrument), Port - 1 Midi - All Output 1/2
    2. Track: kontakt instance (1 for instrument), Port - 2 Midi - All Output 3/4
    3. And so on....

    Instance2

    1. Track: kontakt instance (1 for instrument), Port - 1 Midi - All Output 1/2
    2. Track: kontakt instance (1 for instrument), Port - 2 Midi - All Output 3/4
    3. And so on....

    Inside REAPER:

    Track with main plugin VST connected to instance1

    1. Track: Event Input VST3 on port 1, assigned to instance1 receive input 1/2 from main and send to master (or a semi master or a bus)
    2. Track: Event Input VST3 on port 2, assigned to instance1 receive input 3/4 from main and send to master (or a semi master or a bus)
    3. And so on....

    Track with main plugin VST connected to instance2

    1. Track: Event Input VST3 on port 1, assigned to instance2 receive input 1/2 from main and send to master (or a semi master or a bus)
    2. Track: Event Input VST3 on port 2, assigned to instance2 receive input 3/4 from main and send to master (or a semi master or a bus)
    3. And so on....

    By doing like this I could use 32 ports on VEP and 64 audio channels (due to 64 audio channels limit in Reaper) and I see the parameter list on every track (for automations) with their names (last update add this 7.0.834).

    If I route MIDI channels to main plugin I should stay always on port 1 and I could use only 16 tracks per instance (due to the 16 channels MIDI limit). Moreover I can't see automation parameters to automate them in Reaper.

    There some connection conflict or some latency problem with the Event Input plugin that can't communicate correctly with VEP in some circumstances or configurations.

    Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I don't see other ways to do this, let me know if I am clear or you need more.

    I'll send you the updated template this evening after work (it is the same of the old one I sent you but I replaced more instruments with event plugin and added some main plugin tracks, I'm replacing the old one). In the meantime try to work on what I sent you and what I said you. I think you could find the problem more easily now.

    Thank you.


  • I have another question in the meantime: if I would to roll back to a previous version of VEP should I only run the setup of the version I want to roll back to, am I right?


  • Hi, 

    Thanks for the report. 

    To roll back, uninstall VE Pro 7, then install the version you'd like to install. 

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
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    @Paul said:

    Hi, 

    Thanks for the report. 

    To roll back, uninstall VE Pro 7, then install the version you'd like to install. 

    Best,
    Paul

     

    Thank you, I'll send you the template in a few hours.

    With VEP6 can I load the template I built with VEP7?


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    @DANIELE-ES said:

    With VEP6 can I load the template I built with VEP7?

    That's not possible. 

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
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    @DANIELE-ES said:

    With VEP6 can I load the template I built with VEP7?

    That's not possible. 

    Best,
    Paul

     

    Well, then I think I have to wait, it is a huge amount of work.

    Maybe I could try if I have the same bugs with older version.


  • VEP template and Reaper template sent via support mail, Case 298575, the same I already opened for the other issues still not solved.

    Thank you.


  • Hi, 

    Quick update for everyone following the discussion. We are in contact with our colleagues at Reaper and hope that we can help improving the VST3 performance on their side. 

    Best,
    Paul


    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • https://forum.vsl.co.at/topic/52638/How To Get VE Pro7 To Route Properly With REAPER Set Up More Than 16 MIDI Channels Per Instance/285538

  • https://forum.vsl.co.at/topic/52638/How To Get VE Pro7 To Route Properly With REAPER Set Up More Than 16 MIDI Channels Per Instance/285538

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    @Paul said:

    Hi, 

    Quick update for everyone following the discussion. We are in contact with our colleagues at Reaper and hope that we can help improving the VST3 performance on their side. 

    Best,
    Paul

     

    Another update, the problem with VST3i main plugin seems solved in the latest beta releases of Reaper. The fix anyway will not be in the next official release because some things related to it still need to be tested.

    So we should see the fix in a release after the next one.


  • Ok, I tried the new version of Reaper (v 5.979) and now VST3 seems to works correctly, no more hangs or slowness.

    Unfortunately I must say that I don't see a way to use VEP7 efficiently in my template/workflow because:

    1 - Event Plugin is buggy and I can't use it, some note plays and some other not;

    2 - VST3 midi routing is buggy too on Reaper, if I try to route midi and audio on the same track by activating "Feedback Routing". I cannot use two tracks for every instrument in my template (one for MIDI and one for Audio), it would be too messy, a huge workflow worsening.

    So...well...this software is great but I really have no more arrows for my bow.