First thing I did, because that's what it suggested. Oh well. I got it to work by uninstalling everything from Vienna. Not exaclty a good workaround.

Nothing? Figured someone might have had a similar problem with other software.

Any suggestions? 

I installed latest elicenser, made sure all the programs had access on the Mac, and Media Composer 2019 just stops dead here.

I would sign up for this in two seconds.

Sorry to hijack your thread, but it's so weird to me that everyone complains about the sync problem. I've found that DP is the only DAW that works well with VE Pro (asside from Logic with is a cluster#%$ to me). I've tried Reaper, Cubase, etc. and they all seem to have the click, pop, out of sync issue, but DP is fairly solid. Although, perhaps this is because I'm not using Stylus or Superior.

Just curious. It says it requires Windows 7, but Windows 2008 RC2 is based on the same core. 

Does anyone actually use VE Pro 5 with Windows 2008 Server?

Sadly, this server will only run Windows Server 2008 and apparently VE Pro 5 needs Windows 7. Unless someone out there is successfully running it on Windows 2008 Server, I guess I have to pass on this deal :(

It has 2 x e5440 Xeon quad core chips (for a total of 8 cores) 12mb l2 cache on each
5 x 146GB SAS drives

4 MB Ram (going to upgrade the ram).

I only ask because most people seem to suggest the i7, but I can get this entire setup for $250 and figure splitting all my samples across 4 10k SAS drives would rock.

Or should I use this as my DAW to replace my i7 and put my VE Pro on the i7? I just feel it would be a waste of the 4 x 146gb SAS drives.

Now, to get even weirder, I just fire up logic. Same instances in VE Pro, same instances firing at the same time, crackle and pop. It's damn weird, but it's starting to look like DP plays nicer with VE Pro than other DAWs?  

Just curious if anyone else has this problem. I have been trying Reaper on the PC side (keep hearing better latency on PC), and I like Reaper. I'm typically a DP guy.

So, I created a template, started playing and using about 7 to 10 instruments on recording was causing crackling, popping, etc. So, I played with buffers, etc.

I didn't remember this being that much of an issue on Mac, so low and behold, I fited up DP and getting MUCH less cpu strain. Here's the weird thing. Less CPU strain on the slave, not the master.

Can a DAW actually affect how the VE Pro is running on the slave? Possibly not doing well on the LAN communication, etc.?

It's just weird that the same template on Reaper on PC with same instruments is hitting 90% and 100% but flip over to the Mac and it's hitting around 35% to 40%.

I would check the Steinberg forums. You aren't the only one.

Reaper seems to be working great for me (so far), but I switched over to Windows to use it. From what I understand it's not as mature on OS X. And this is coming from a DP guy, though I might switch back once it's out for Windows.

I'm actually a die hard Mac guy, but I can't deny that the latency is much better in Windows (with the exception of maybe Logic). I have to say though, a lot of people don't know about or give DP a chance, and it's probably one of the most solid and intuitive DAWs out there, and works great with VE Pro. I guess I've just been getting a little DAW ADD lately. 

I've found Reaper to be completely unintuive, and honestly tried it 7 times before I finally dug into it, and now there are quite a few things I really like about the way it works. It's the little things. But, I digress.

So far I have 3 instances of VE Pro running from a Mac slave, and it's been fine, but I haven't really tried to write something huge just yet. I will keep you posted.

I did have a latency issue very similar to this once, but once I shut down VE Pro and reloaded it, it went away.

I will say this. I've never been much of a fanboy, but I am a VSL fanboy through and through. They could have very well just stuck with samples and not done anything else, and they are really pioneering the way. VE Pro 5 is hands down the best musical investment I've ever made, and I love it every day that I use it.

Having similar issue. Start VE Pro, as soon as I add VI's or try to manipulate any of them, graphical erros with them sticking, can't choose between patch, performance, etc and it just crashes or stays in a state that is unusable. 

This is on 10.7.2

I'm doing something wrong, then. I don't get Net1 Net2, etc. like Logic. I get the standard Out 1/Out 2 like with DP. Maybe that has something to do with it. I'm going to try it now and tell it not to create the routing, like you said. That is something I've been doing every time.

I can't seem to get Reaper to work at all with VE Pro, and the forums over there are no help. Has anyone here actually gotten it to work? There are apparently a ton of people having this issue.

You can open the plugin, it will insert the tracks, but only the first one will play. With some fiddling with sends and receives you can get midi to show up on VE Pro, but there is no sound, and even still, once you do that, all sound stops.

I am just curious if anyone has acutally gotten it to work.

I know this has been done to death and people say that I will get better results from using Windows over Mac for my slave on VE Pro. Cost is not the issue, performance is, because if I go PC I will just reformat my Mac Pro 1,1 and put Win 7 on it.

Can someone just explain to me the reasons and post any real world experience you may have had between the two (not just someone who has used one or the other and says it's better). 

I have been having no problems, really, but I am wondering if I should just install Win 7 and use that as my slave if it's really night and day like some say. I'm about to expand my template big time, so I want to get this out of the way before I do this.

Thanks!

If I am to connect my slave directly to my daw vis ethernet, how much improvement can I expect over using a switch or router with VE Pro 5?

Just curious to hear the experience of those who have done / tried it.

Thanks!

For the love of all that is holy, please message me and let me know how you are mixing your strings.

I'm in a dilemma at the moment, because I actually have access to Hans Zimmer's older string library (long story), and I am in the process of trying to fuse that with VSL, and any tips would be appreciated.

To my knowledge, Silvestri has used VSL for a very long time. I actually bought Gigastudio years ago on eBay. Turns out I bought it from Alan. :)  Not sure if it was an extra copy or if he was changing things around, but he was hella cool. He sent me promos and some software with the purchase, and he was using some VSL at the time.

I haven't had Cubase 7 crash on me (in the small time I've used it), but I do find that VE Pro and Cubase aren't happy together, and that's even with running a separate slave. However, as I've stated before, I don't blame this on VE Pro. Seems to be an issue with Cubase and performance. I'm running just one track with 4 plugins and the latency is killer.

Sorry, I failed to answer your inital question. This was on Pro Tools 9.

I'm on a pretty decent setup and having DAW ADD and I played with Pro Tools yesterday. Was a bit of a mixed reaction. The setup seemed far more intuitive for me than the others I've used (DP (primary), Cubase 7, Logic), with Logic being the worst. I liked the way it was set up, but I got a lot of pops and clicks until I changed the buffers a lot (which I've never had to do with DP once). After that works just fine. I would say works second behind DP in my book, though a lot would say Logic works best as far as performance (I just couldn't get into Logic).   I'm starting to think I should just stay with DP.  Cubase 7 is the worst.

Like you, I really tried to force myself to like Logic, and there were things I did like about it, but for me the workflow and ridiculous way in which things are set up is just not intuitive and seems to slow me down.  DP and Pro Tools (both very similar) win for workflow and being intuitive. I'm liking Cubase 7 and starting to get addicted, but the performance seems to be a downgrade.

Having serious latency and added/missing notes, and again, on a pretty decent damn setup. But, I put that blame on Cubase 7, not VE Pro. Ensemble is the best money I've ever spent on gear/software.

I guess I should have asked this here instead of the main forum.

If I am to connect my slave directly to my daw vis ethernet, how much improvement can I expect over using a switch or router with VE Pro 5?

Just curious to hear the experience of those who have done / tried it.

Thanks!