Works really well for me with PT 10. Didn't have to adjust my threads setting in PT from what it already was at.

Bump - any ideas? Thanks!

Also, if I load PianoTeq directly in Pro Tools and record audio from that, it appears closer to the MIDI start than the VE Pro audio does - the audio of recording from VEP and the audio of recording from PT do not line up (although there still seems to be a delay of 26 samples for the PT one).

Hi,

Thank you for your quick response Karel. I have the latest version of VE Pro, and it says 0 for the plugin latency compensation (I am only using virtual instruments in VEP - PianoTeq and Omnisphere in this case). I tried the test again and I am seeing a 46 sample latency in the recorded audio (using tab to transient in PT). I have delay compensation set to long in PT and my hardware buffer size is 128.

Here is a screenshot - any ideas? Thank you!

Hi,

I've noticed that when I try to bounce down audio from an instrument track in PT 10 that points to something hosted in VEP 5 via a bus, there is about a 5-6 sample difference between the start of the MIDI note and where the first audio transient starts in the bounced file. Is there some way to fix this?

Thanks!

Hello,

I was wondering if anybody has tried Automap 4 with Vienna Ensemble Pro? If I am running a VEP server with PT 10 for example, if I have loaded say Massive or something in VEP, when I switch to the VEP window, will automap be able to control that? And then when I switch back to PT, will automap be able to control PT (transport, track mute, etc.)?

Thanks!

That seems to have fixed it - thanks!

Hello,

I upgraded to the latest version of VEP I think (64-bit), but now Omnisphere is not showing up in VEP. This is what I'm seeing http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/032/6/8/screen_shot_2012_02_01_at_7_53_40_pm_by_onlythegoodnotes-d4odfh3.png

Trilian is loading fine. Omnisphere was loading fine in the previous version.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!

As an update to this, turns out it doesn't work in VEP 64-bit server, but in the VEP 32-bit server, the open dialog appears correctly. Not sure who's bug this is or where I can formally submit it, but wanted to raise this issue. I think multiple people are having some trouble with Geist and VEP.

Just noticed that if I try to load a kit / preset / pattern in FXpansion's Geist that is hosted in VEP, it doesn't work. In Geist, I can click Load - > Load Kit for example and it should pop up an open file dialog (it does this fine in PT 10). In VEP, I never get that file dialog - is VEP blocking that for some reason? Dragging and dropping the kit / pattern doesn't work in VEP either, but it works fine in PT.

Bump please.

Thank you Martin - that helped a lot!

Here is what I had to do for Omnisphere specifically:

1. In Omnisphere, right-click the control I wanted to automate and choose "Enabled Host Automation"

2. Open Automation Mappying, click Add Entry, click L for destination and move the control in Omnisphere

3. For source, I chose a MIDI CC number in the appropriate MIDI port / channel

4. In Pro Tools, I automated that specific MIDI CC number for the appropriate instrument track that corresponded to Omnisphere (MIDI port / channel)

A few follow-up questions:

1) What are the "parameters" for in the Source automation mapping dropdown? How do those work with the host or should I only use MIDI CC / Learn?

2) A Pro Tools specific question - do you happen to know how to rename the automation parameter in Pro Tools? I assigned it to MIDI CC 20 in VEP, which shows up as "Unnamed" in PT.

Thanks again!

Hello,

I am trying out the demo of VEP 5 with PT 10 and am very confused about how to automate plugin parameters. I read the manual, but it isn't all that clear to be honest. I want to write automation data in PT and have that affect the plugins in VEP.

I loaded Omnisphere in VEP and I'm guessing I can't just right-click a knob and choose "Automate with host" or "MIDI Learn"? I chose the Automate Parameters option in VEP, but what is the source / destination supposed to correspond to? Omnisphere just gives me numbers in the destination - not parameter names. Is there any way to MIDI Learn parameters and write that data in PT?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

My first orchestral library was Garritan Personal Orchestra. I have VSL SE (incl. Expanded) and it is far above and beyond anything else I've tried or heard for the price. EWQL Orchestra is another popular pick - however, it has two issues people mention 1) All the samples have built in ambience (while VSL is dry and therefore more flexible) and 2) You have to deal with the Play engine and EastWest. Now, I don't have a Play-based instrument and I haven't really interacted at all with EastWest, but all over the internet you'll find horror stories about both of those. I'm happy to give VSL my support and I think their products are fantastic. I think you can start with VSL SE and then add on from there.

Hello - was hoping to understand a bit more the benefits of using VE Pro with Logic? If I run Logic 64 bit (and assuming the plugins I want to use are 64 bit since that is where the industry is going), what are the benefits if I don't have any slave computers?

Cheers!

Hello,

I have VSL SE Standard right now and was thinking of getting VSL SE Extended to complete the collection. I mostly just use the strings from VSL SE (on the rare occasion, I use the horns) for indie pop / country / contemporary music. So my couple of questions are:

1) Would it be better to get something like Chamber Strings Standard than VSL SE Extended since you get more string articulations and performance patches?

2) Would Vienna Instruments Pro make VSL SE more powerful / flexible / easier to program for simple passages (like LASS's ART does)? Is it worth it if I only have VSL SE?

Thank you!!

Thanks for the responses. I repaired disk permissions, but the installer was still hanging, so I uninstalled everything and then rebooted into the Administrator account and reinstalled everything. It seemed to work - I made sure to leave the License Control Center app running during installation, since otherwise the synsopos process wasn't showing up in the activity monitor. The vsldaemon hung after installation for some reason, but after a reboot I was able to launch VSL from Logic 8 with my standard user account.

I am running OS X 10.5.5 and my user account is a standard account type, not administrator. The library installer wouldn't let me install from that account for some reason, only an administrator account.

Thanks again for the help - seems to be working now.

Chinmay

Thanks for the quick response. I tried rebooting, completely logging off the user account and then logging into the Admin account, but this didn't resolve the issue unfortunately. I also noticed that vsldaemon hangs after the library installer hangs. Do I need to reinstall everything using the Administrator account (since I ran the synchrosoft and VI installer under the user account)?

Thanks,
Chinmay

Hello,

I am trying to install VI Special Edition on my new Macbook Pro and am running into some issues. I installed the Synchrosoft app and the VI player (using the latest install file from the site) using my user account. Then it told me I need to run the Library installer as administrator, so I switched users to Administrator to install that. However, when I run the library installer and select the package.info file from Disk 1, nothing happens and Activity Monitor says the library installer has hanged and I have to force quit.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chinmay

Hello from a newbie here!

Just got VSL SE this weekend so I thought I'd try it out on Carol of the Bells, seeing how it is the holiday season. Turned into my interpretation of the piece. Would love to hear your thoughts/suggestions on the mix and composition (I don't really know what I'd doing, I just go for what sounds good).

Enjoy:  http://clonkified.googlepages.com/CaroloftheBells.mp3

I'm using Cubase 4 Studio and SIR for my reverb.

Thanks!

Chinmay

P.S. - Sometimes I get funky sounding samples for one or two notes. Anybody noticed this with SE? Maybe it's just my programming.