Okay, thanks.

But just so you know, my question isn't quite as silly as it sounds. :) Lots of copy-protected software over the years has been replaceable from disk images, in fact for years all PACE-protected software did.

By the way, my equipment insurance would cover melted dongles and computers, but not a failed dongle.

Hey, can Soft eLicenser authorizations be restored from a bootable bit-for-bit copy of your startup drive? (I use SuperDuper from Shirt Pocket Software.)

I know they're tied to one computer, but it occurred to me that I could at least back up VSL on the system backup I keep in my car.

The odds of a dongle going bad seem pretty low, but I live in a canyon that's vulnerable to fire.

TIA

Thanks CM - and hello by the way, hope you're still walzing happily every day. :)

I knew it had to be something like this. Will download.

Does anyone have this working?

I have TeamViewer working fine, but MS Remote Desktop is just not seeing my Windows 7 slave, and I'm trying to figure out whether trying to get it working is a fool's errand.

There's nothing particularly wrong with TeamViewer, but I'd rather use RD.

TIA

Actually, I think the Logic I/O plug-in does have PDC.

But again, the stand-alone 32-bit VEP 5 - the one that doesn't do audio-over-ethernet, i.e. not the server - is probably the best solution. Routing audio loopback isn't a big deal with the Metric Halo interfaces.

VEP 5 also comes with 32- and 64-bit versions, and as far as I can tell you can't run both the VEP 5 and 6 plug-ins simultaneously (which does make sense). The 6 plug-in doesn't see the 5 servers.

You can run both servers at the same time, but that's not much use without being able to connect to both.

So I guess the best solution is to us the stand-alone VEP5 (not the server) and audio loopback.

It's in my first post + its subject: Altiverb 6 does not show up in 32-bit VEP 6. It did in 32-bit VEP 5, it does in other hosts that support 32-bit plug-ins, and it's the only 32-bit one that doesn't show up.

Right, of course I meant in the 32-bit server - VEP 5's 32-bit server runs Altiverb 6 no problem.

32Lives looks great, except it's $100, and I need all my $100 bills for kindling.

:)

In the meantime I can run Altiverb in Bidule or Pro Tools 10 and loopback the audio into Logic.

But thanks anyway - I do appreciate the help!

It showed up fine in VEP 5, as it does in hosts that support 32-bit plug-ins (Pro Tools 10, Bidule...).

Of course I could update Altiverb, but it's not a trivial sum, and v. 6 is perfectly fine. So...

Any workarounds? There's no way to run the 32-bit VEP 5 and 64-bit VEP 6 servers simultaneously, right?

TIA

I haven't run audio through it to test, but it loads fine inside VEP 6 on my machine.

macOS 10.13.6, VEP 6.0.17011, don't know what Bidule version

Is it cool, sexy, useful, some/all of those?

Thanks!

(I'm not considering buying a machine with it, but I'm curious.)

Hey, I'm late to the party.

How big is the dip in your hearing at 1k? I wouldn't automatically worry about that just becaue you see it in a test.

For one, your brain is compensating for it. But mainly, it's normal for your ears not to be totally flat and not identical.

Everyone over, I dunno, 40 is going to have some loss between 4-8kHz. And I'm going to guess that your hearing above 8kHz isn't linear, even though standard hearing tests don't go that high. Last time I checked, I could hear a 20kHz sine wave (if it's loud enough), but I can't hear 14kHz.

I'm trying to edit my profile to show my current system specs, but the page is coming up empty.

Is that because of the anti-tracking stuff I have installed, or something else?

I'd personally rather see it with a piano.

The same applies to ballets with recorded orchestras. You're totally aware of the recording from beginning to end. It's really annoying.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/arts/music/a-digital-orchestra-for-opera-purists-take-and-play-offense.html?_r=0

Not exactly the best use of VSL, but I guess the economic realities are what they are.

I'll have to try it in the Grosser Saal.

And yes, my question was specifically about MIR, and really about any grand other than the VSL Bösendorfer (I don't have that one, but presumably MIR knows enough about it to make it work better). I'm just curious about settings people are using to make pianos good in MIR; using other reverbs is a separate discussion.

Any hints about how people are using MIR for grand pianos?

So far I've found the Grand Piano Chamber in the Hybrid Reverb unbeatable.

Actually, I've found a lot of the presets in that reverb unbeatable. It's just great - both the quality and the programming.

The argument for high SR recording is that it pushes the brick wall filter's ringing well out of the audible range.

That doesn't mean it's worth losing half your performance when working with samples - as Dietz says - but you don't have to be delusional to want to work at 96k.

Damn, it's nice.

I just started working with it today. Really, really nice sounding programs.

Has anyone experienced this? I've been having funny issues since plugging in the Ignition key - which itself has been a little odd - and I just wondered whether it's something to investigate further or just a glitch.

TIA

Okay, thanks.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but in Logic the CPU meter seems to go down and not up when you set the latency to 0.

Is my brain back to front? (In this context, not in general. :) )

I posted this on VI-Control too, but just to make sure you see it:

Ed, under Options -> Preferences -> Plugins there should be a button at the lower right labeled VST Settings. Click on that, add the folder(s) where you have instruments, and click Rescan All. 

If that's not there then you have a corrupted installation.