I added the VI version to my Shopping Basket then checked the price on the Synchron right after. It came up to extra €35.

Thanks, Paul!

Wow! This is great! What happens if you want to get both the VI and the SY versions? I see no price for that option.

Thanks, Paul!

Hi horsehead,

Glad to see things have worked out good! I bet reformatting the T5 has helped a lot! The ExFAT file structure is not very friendly for audio. The "light" Stenway D-274 is a gorgeous piano indeed! I love the sound of it and it is quickly becoming my favorite piano!

Paul,

You are spoiling us here

Dear VSL friends,

Some of us have been eagerly awaiting for some Cubase Expression Maps that will work with the new Synchron-ized Special Editions. The news we've been getting has been that they are in the making and they should appear soon. Well, I couldn't wait any longer and have decided to create them myself! It took a while and some really long hours crafting and testing, and finally they are here! I am making them available to anyone who wants to jump right into composing without waisting too much time.

The maps are devided into orchestral sections and also there are a couple of bundles - one for all the strings and also another one for the entire Synchron-ized SE Bundle. They are made with the PLUS user in mind, but they can be easily modified to work with the standard non-PLUS editions. Not sure how VSL official maps will be constructed, but I ended up with 108 individual expression maps covering the entire collection! Very few instruments have exact same configuration in the dimension tree and most have their unique set of articulations. VSL has done a great job of keeping the consitency! All maps that I've created are neatly labeled in the logical order in which instruments appear in the Preset tab of the Synchron Player.

I want to thank Paul for providing me with an example of what an actual Synchron based expression map may look like a few days ago, which was taken from another VSL Synchron library.

So folks, feel free to head down to my Gumroad page and grab those maps! I hope they are useful to many people!

Best to you and happy composing!

-ZWaves

https://gumroad.com/zwaves

Hi Carrillet,

Here is a picture of where both the Sychron Player and the Synchron Piano should appear after instalation. And you should definitely upgrade your memory!

Best,

-ZWaves

Hi jdw,

Are you still having trouble opening Syncrhon libraries? The Synchron Player is not available as a stand alone and it should only be available as an instrument choice within your Vienna Ensemble (Pro) application. As long as you used the proper installation procedures with the latest Vienna Download Manager you should be fine. The player should be available to you as an integrated plug-in in VE or VEP. In addition, the Special Edition Vol.1 comes with a new piano that requires its own player called Vienna Synchron Pianos! Make sure you get this in myVSL area!

Best,

-ZWaves

No, that does not sound normal! Are you using the latest Vienna Download Manager? Especially needed for the Synchron libraries!

Hi Paul,

Thank you for the maps! These are maps based on the VI and VI Pro Player which primarily are using CC1 (and some keyswitches) to move between the articulations. I have pulled them apart and I think I have some good result already. If you happen to have an actual expression map based entirely on Synchron Player that would be awesome! It doesn't matter the library.

Much appreciated!

-ZWaves

Hi Andi,

I know that the Expression Maps for the VSL SYNCHRON-zed SE Library are in the making and I see here that other Synchron libraries already have maps available. I was wondering, since I do not own any other Synchron Player stuff, where can I get an example of how to build and Expression Map? I have no access obviously on MyVSL page to anything else but what I have purchased. All I need is just one Synchron style map and I think I could take it from there.

Thanks!

-ZWaves

Thanks, Ben!

Will do so!

Best,

-ZWaves

Hello VSL users,

I have upgraded to the latest Vienna Ensemble Pro 7. By doing so it has completely overwritten the previous version 6 Pro. However I still see Vienna Ensemble 6 hanging on my system, the free one that comes with every VI instrument we purchase. I was wondering if that's normal and if any updates are coming to the free version as well?

Thanks!

Hy gyprock,

I just finished incorporating my VSL SE Synchron Bundle into my Cubase template yesterday. This was my approach:

• Create an Instance per Orchestral Section in VEP 7 Pro ending up with total of 6 Instances - Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Harp & Plucked, Choir, Strings.
• Create Folders in every instance to house each orchestral family instruments in e.g. Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, Bassons, Saxes for the Woodwinds. Horns, Trumpets, Trombones, Low Brass for the Brass, and etc.
• Load every instrument in its own Synchron Player instance sharing a port but each instrument/Synchron Player having their own MIDI channel. Example - Flutes: Piccolo on Port 1, Channel 1; Flute 1 on Port 1, Channel 2, Flute 2 on Port 1, Channel 3 etc. Moving on to the Oboes - Oboe 1 (French) on Port 2, Channel 1, Oboe 2 (Vienna) on Port 2, Channel 2 etc.
• Move on to the next Instance housing the Brass Section and repeating the process. Horns on Port 1, Channels 1 till 4, Trumpets on Port 2, Channels 1 till 11 etc. I have also created some instruments with a Classic or Close preset from the mixer window to be on their own channel for easier access through the sequencer (Cubase).
• Within each Instance, each Folder/Orchestral Section has its own audio output going directly out of VEP. In the Woodwinds Section: All Flutes are routed to OUT 1/ OUT 2, All Oboes to OUT 3/ OUT 4, and etc. In the next Instance, Brass, same thing. Horns going to OUT 1/ OUT 2, Trumpets to OUT 3/ OUT 4 etc.
• In Cubase recreate all Instrument Sections in Folders - Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Harp & Plucked, Choir, Strings. Create subfolders for each instrument family e.g. Flutes, Oboe, Clarinets, Bassoons, Saxes for the Woodwinds. Horns, Trumpets, Trombones, Low Brass for the Brass, and etc.
• Create Rack Instruments in Cubase in order to be able to connect to each VEP Instance and relable them with corresponding names e.g. Woods, Brass, etc.
• Enable the necessary amount of Output Channels in each Rack Instrument depending on how many outputs are used on the other side in VEP. This creates individual channels in the Mixer window e.g. (Woodwinds) Flutes, Oboes, Clarinets, etc. , (Brass) Horns, Trumpets, Trombones, Low Brass untill all Instances are now routed to Cubase's Mixer.
• Route those mixer channels to group channels at the front of the template for easy access e.g. Woodwinds Group, Brass Group, etc. Route the group tracks to a Submaster Group track, then finally route the Submaster to the Stereo out.
• Create individual MIDI tracks that connect to the Rack Intrument that matches their section (e.g. Woods, Brass, Percussion, etc.)

This is the way I have designed it and seems to give me quite the flexibility without getting overboard on the resources. I disable all channels in VEP but leave Cubase's tracks active and let them all load upon startup of the template. Any time I need an instrument to work with I just enable it on the VEP side. I hope this helps!

Cheers!

-ZWaves 

Hi Benjamin,

Every time you see the “x” sign it simply means that this particular instrument is included in that particular volume. It goes for all of them. The Appassionata Strings in Vol. 2 are included as a Bonus which means you will find them to have only a few of the articulations. Like Sustains with no Legato patches for example, one kind of Short articulation and etc. In other words your choice will be more limited but nevertheless you’ll have Appassionata Strings included as a Bonus.

If you decide to purchase Volume 3 however, you’re going to have many more articulations and you can completely replace your Appassionata Strings from Vol. 2.

Hope that clarifies it for you!

Cheers!

-ZWaves

 

Hi,

It would be best for you to complete your VI SE Vol 2 while the sections are still available, then crossgrade for a very small price to the Synchronized version. You'll take advantage of having and using both players.

Cheers!

Hi dear VSL freinds,

This is probably a question for Dietz but Paul if you do know this please chime in here:

Are there any plans to integrate the MIRx extensions/bundle into the new Synchron Player? I quite like the flexibility to be able to switch quickly between venues as they sound very different from each other and they are all ready to go and use. This system works perfectly in the VI and VI Pro Players. It would be sad to see it go, not to mention the investment that was made.

I also second the inlcusion of a Synchron Player button on the bottom left of VE Pro! That would be real nice!

Thanks!

ZWaves

Hi,

I just wanted to report a bug that I think I've discovered. I was playing with the Show/Hide Mixer Elements menu in the lower left hand corner of the mixer in Vienna Ensemble Pro standalone. I had a channel loaded with a patch of Kontakt 6. Started hiding the different portions of the channels (e.g. Inputs, Effects, Sends, etc.) then I showed them back up. At this point I have noticed that the Kontakt slot looked as if it was empty where the plug-in was supposed to be. I could still play the instrument but it was invisible and therfore unable to edit, disable, or remove.

I wanted to bring this to your attention in case it has slipped out unnoticed so far.

Regards,

ZWaves

I have opened up my template in VEPro 7 and all my VI Pro Instances that were preloaded with MIRx and used to work in VEPro 6 are now not loading. It is asking me to please check that either I have my licenses available on my Vienna Key or the Vienna data folder is assigned in the Direcrtory Manager.

I have not changed any of my configuration related to that plus all of the MIRx venues load when running VI Pro in Standalone mode.

SOLVED:

For some reason VEPro was not recognizing my samples drives at all. Restarting VEPro seemed to have solved the problem.

Dear VSL,

Is there any chance the new and imporved plug-ins (Compressor Pro, Equalizer Pro, Exciter Pro, Limiter Pro, Analyzer Pro) can be made available as a standart VSTi / AU /AAX plug-ins for our DAW?

Regards,

ZWaves

Thanks for the suggestion! It didn't work as smooth (and fast) as you've described in your case. It had to be the longer route for me, of course.

• I moved the Play.vst out of its original VST folder and performed "Scan For Changes". Nothing siginificant happened. Moved Play.vst back into the VST folder and did "Scan For Changes" again. That didn't detect any differences. Plug-in did not show up in the list.

• Moved Play.vst out again. This time I did a full "Reset And Rescan All" instead. Took a while. Couple of AU plug-ins failed validation but I was able to right click on them and rescan that particular plug-in which activated them.

• Finaly, dragged Play.vst back into its proper place and did "Scan For Changes". This time around Play got properly validated!

My template is alive! :)

Thanks again for the workaround!

Since last VEPro 7 update today (ver. 7.0.799) Play VST failes plug-in scan in the Server app. It cannot be found in the list of Instruments/Effects in the preferences after so it can be rescanned/re-enabled. It worked fine initially before the update.

Any solution would be highgly appreciated since Play represents 1/3 of my orchestral template and I do not want to convert everything to the AU version which I do not trust.

Thanks!

Just purchased the Vienna Protection Plan yesterday! Thank you Paul for the clarification! I have a permanent setup and my Steinberg Key doesn't move at all out of my studio, but I feel safer that way. I wasn't even aware of the alternative and how costly it could be if something happens to your dongle and you have no plan! Been paying yearly ZDT plan on my iLok for years at very similar price. After communicating with a VSL representative a couple of times, I realized how great it is to finally have this Protection Plan!

Thank you, Dietz! Still patiently awaiting since the day you've announced it

Today, Spitfire Audio anounced their 'new' direction (which has been crafted for the last two years now...)

Spitfire Studio Strings!

Their poster reads as follows:

"An incredibly versatile pro-end dry stage sample library - giving you total control."

I hate to have been the prophet about this while back when this forum thread first started...

Cheers to all with much love!

Thanks, Paul for your reply!

Looks like I'm going to have to reload some of my instances into a new Server Project that has less than 16 ports in order to fit my needs and not use my master template designed around Cubase Pro. Hope AVID enhances their AAX format one day...

Much appreciated!

Regards,

-Z

Hello everyone!

I've been wondering if there is a way to let Pro Tools recognize all the ports that are allocated in VEPro 6's prefereneces? Currently I have VEPro set to 32 MIDI ports and 64 Audio Inputs/Outputs. I have no problem seeing and routing audio onto Aux Tracks, but accessing more than Port 16 on MIDI/Instruments tracks seems to be unavailable.

I've briefly checked Pro Tools' functionnality to connect to VEPro Server in the past when I first purchased VEPro, read the manual and etc. but I don't seem to be able to find any answers. Manual itself shows an example with 16 ports only.

I've been primarily using Cubase Pro instead and it is working there like a charm with zero problems.

Anyone having solutions? Should I just "move on"? :)

Much appreciated!