Hi

How can I use the Kontakt player the same way as VI libraries in VEP 7. I have created two instances in the vep server called strings and voices. The strings instance contains two vi pro instuments on midi channels 1 and 2 - a solo violin and a solo viola. The voices instance contain two instances of the kontakt player as a plugin respectively loaded with soprano and tenor patches on midi channels 1 and 2.

In dorico I have four instuments (or tracks) assigned to violin, viola, soprano and tenor respectivly. In the dorico play section create and load as an instance of vep and connect it to Strings in the server. I can then assign the violin and viola (in Dorico) to channels 1 and 2 of this instance of vep and the instuments play as expected.

I then create another vep instance in dorico and connect it to Voices in the server. This is where things break down. I can only assign the soprano and tenor tracks (in Dorico) to midi channel 1 of this vep  - midi channel 2 doesn't play anything. 

So my question is, how to I get Kontakt to behave the same way as the vip instuments. Is it possible to have mulitple instances of Kontakt player loaded into a single instance of the vep server in the same way as I can load mulitple vip instruments into a single instance of the vep server. Or will I need a separate vep server instance for each Kontakt player patch I want to use?

Thanks, Colin

Hi

There are no trills in SE Vol 1 but Dorico Pro 2 will actually play trills half and whole tone. What's the difference between trills played by my notation program and the trill articulations in Se Vol 1? Are the trills executed better in the VI Pro player?

Thanks, Colin

Hi All

Just downloaded Synchronized SE vol 1 and am very impressed overall. But, how are you supposed to manage all the different player windows? Are there any plans to bring them into a single host like VE?

Thanks, ColinD

Hi

Is it possible to upgrade Smart Orchestra to Epic Orchestra 2.0, or alternatively can Epic Orchestra run in VE since I don't have VE Pro?

Cheers, Colin

Hi Joesson

Apologies, I don't know where I got Johannes from! I'm off to Prague for a few days so I'll have a good listen and reply to you when I get back. Cheers, Colin

Hi

I guess I touched on a nerve here. Making a choice regarding what you would go a listen to in a concert hall has nothing to do with being arrogant or not, it comes down to personal taste. Indeed "arrogance" might be your outrage at such. I didn't say I thought the music offered way rubbish or in any way unworthy of the composer - quite the opposite in fact. "Across the Highlands" is one of the better compositions I've heard in terms of its instrumentation, orchestration, and production. But I've also heard others that are more musiclly interesting but not nearly as well executed.

What's said in ordinary language isn't meant to be absolutely definitive and unmoveable. When I say I wouldn't especially go and listen to a film score doesn't exclude the possibility that I might indeed go and listen to Shostakovich, film score or not. Neither does it mean that I can't appreciate the skill and talent of film score composers. 

I probably wouldn't especially go and listen to say a program of hollywood blockbuster hits. There are some memorable moments on the Lord of the Rings score and in many others but overall I don't think ihey travel well from one environment to another. But that's just my personal taste and opinion. And I may of course change my mind.

So I suggest you be a bit more "well tempered" if future responses.

Thanks, anon.

Hi Johannes

I just had a listen to it. I don't mean to damn it with faint praise but it is very nice - certainly something to be proud of. If by "Highlands" you mean the Scottish Highlands, then I have to say it doesn't particularly evoke in me a feeling of my homeland. It sounds to me a bit like a film score. 

The orchestraton, instruments & mix all sound great to my ears but i have to say the choir sounds a wee bit clichéd. Do you always compose with film/video games in mind? - I guess that's where the money is these days. I've nothing against film scores but I don't think i would go to a concert hall especially to listen to one.

Cheers, Colin

Hi

So, if the Organ already has the room samples in it, does that mean I shouldn't add any reverb to it, if not is there any point in adding MIRx to it?

Thanks, CD

Hi

I'm not using it with Cubase at the moment, I'm try to get it working with my notation software (Dorico) and the Konzerthaus Organ. I have the Organ loaded into Vienna Ensemble as a VI Pro instrument and playback works fine but I can't seem to get MIRx working with it.

Thanks, CD

Hi

I've just installed these (with latest updates) and when I try tu use Mir pro in VI pro I get the following error: 

MIRx Venue Not Available please check that your MIRx Venue is assigned in the directory manager.

How do I fix this, I'm using a macbook pro with latest OS High Sierra

Thanks, CD

Thanks. So is it a combination of fewer stops/manuals that are in the SE version or is it the quality/number of the samples?

Thanks, Colin

Hi

Thaks for pointing this out. I've noticed that the SE Vol 2 Guitars and Keyboards (which includes the K Organ) sold as a separate bundle have a promo price of €50 - I'm assuming this is a typo? since the url points to percussion and the total sample size is only 2.8GB, or else it's a slimmed down version of the K-Organ:- 

https://www.vsl.co.at/en/Special_Edition_Vol2/SE_Vol2_Percussion

Colin

Hi

I see the pipe organ is bundled with SE Vol 2 plus. Any chance of bundling it with SE Vol 2? The current offer of SE Vol 2 for €198 is very attractive but I really want the pipe organ. Please.

Colin