Yep, same here. It started happening to me with the VEP7 update back in October or November of 2021 (I can't remember the release version). 

Great, thank you, Andreas!

I'm having this same issue somewhat. After switching to VEP7 ilok, any instrument with the Vienna EQ on the track does not sound. I need to remove the EQ for things to work. Sadly, I need to go through each track using Vienna EQ and convert it to a 3rd party EQ which, of course, is a huge pain.

I have the same issue. The two recent updates caused this behavior.

I believe Bluecat Patchwork will work for this.

DG: I mentioned in my original post that Cubase was just as quick as Logic when I took each MIDI bank (of Kontakt, which I didn't mention) and made it into a single instance. This isn't a Logic vs. Cubase thing -- I switched from Logic to Cubase earlier this year and it has been blissful. So don't get me wrong. Sorry to repeat myself, but what I meant was, the 24 MIDI banks in a single instance I had in Cubase, I separated into 24 intances of one MIDI bank each when setting up my template in Logic. Then I took that same 24-instance template and opened it in Cubase. Everything was just as snappy as it was in Logic. That's how I came to my conclusion about the multiple MIDI banks causing Cubase to load slowly.

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Karel: Thanks for the info. However, I am using 24 Kontakts, so I had had the correct number of MIDI banks/ports in VE Pro preferences with no excess. Like I mentioned above to DG, the solution was to separate out each Kontakt into individual instances.

Hello,

At first I thought this was a Cubase issue, but after some messing around I've concluded that it is a VE Pro issue.

I'm running VE Pro on my host computer (Mac Pro) as well as on a PC slave. Being that I'm using Cubase 6 as my DAW and running VSTs (as oppossed to AUs), as you know, I have the ability to have multiple MIDI banks in a single VE Pro instance. For organization sake, I'd have up to 24 MIDI banks per instance on both computers. The kicker is my Cubase template was taking forever to load. It'd just sit at the "loading mixer" box for about 6-7 minutes. It would become a pain when switching between projects to have to wait that long each time. On top of this, it would take about 5 minutes for the memory intensive VE Pro instances to unload from memory.

Since I thought it was a Cubase problem, I started building a template in Logic. I noticed that Logic loaded super quick with the same template. So on a whim, I decided to load the same new VE Pro template in Cubase with the number of MIDI banks per instance lower in VE Pro preferences. To my surprise Cubase loaded just as quickly as Logic did.

My conclusion was, regardless of anything actually loaded in the multiple MIDI banks per instance, just having a high amount of the MIDI banks per instance was slowing down Cubase drastically.

I'm wondering if anyone else running a VST DAW (PC or Mac) with a high number of MIDI banks per instance in VE Pro preferences is having this same issue? If not, that stinks for me.

A few things that come to mind:

Are you opening the 64-bit VE Pro server on the PC? If you don't know, there are two separate servers: one for 32-bit and one for 64-bit.

Have you tried opening Logic in 32-bit first, close, then reopen in 64-bit? Logic doesn't recognize new AUs unless you load it in 32-bit first.

Try opening a completely new Logic project, add an instrument, open VE Pro and see if the 64-bit PC shows up. Then you'll know if it's a PC problem or Logic problem.

Finally, maybe try to uninstall-reinstall VE Pro on the PC. BTW, I know you mentioned this, have you made sure you're running the same versions of VE Pro on both computers?

Hi Paul,
I haven't sent a crash report but I will (I'm still a youngster with Vienna and didn't know where or how to do that); and where would I upload my computer information and/or other findings? Next time I get a crash I will send the report.

Thanks!

One more thing: I do not want to sound ungrateful. I think what you guys have done with V.E. Pro is amazing and a huge step up in all audio production. I'm just trying to help by asking about issues I've found. Thanks!

Hi Paul,
I'm still not able to have multiple outputs in G-Player with the 4.0.4604 version.
Also, I had posted earlier how when I open the VE Pro window in Logic to connect to the server and hit "connect" it will freeze Logic and all my VE Pros running.

Thanks!

How are you doing it then? The standard doubleclick on the channel name on the channel? Or when you go to "Conf." and change it in the box window? Both my VE Pro computers are not allowing me to change it either way.

Thanks!

Hi Karel,
Thanks for the reply. I could be wrong, but I don't know if we're thinking of the same thing. I'm referring to the channel strips inside Kontakt 3, not the channel strip Kontakt is on in VE Pro.

I'm not able to rename the Kontakt 3 channel strips in Kontakt's mixer window while inside VE Pro. Normally you'd double-click on the name to rename it. Is this occurring elsewhere or solely with me? Is there a way to do this that I am unaware of?

Thank you for the input.

Hello Paul and others,

I'm brand-spankin' new to this forum and to the Vienna family, though I'm not new to sequencing and/or sample libraries.
I just wanted to post up an issue I've been having with VE Pro 4.0.4604 if I may...actually this has occurred on all the versions I've had:
I'm not sure if it's Logic 9 or VE Pro, but every once in a while I will open a new instance (or server window) on an instrument track in Logic, press "Connect" and I'll get a "beach ball" forever. I basically have to Force Quit Logic and VE Pro not only on my master, but on my slave computer as well.
I'm curious if anyone else is having this problem? If not, maybe it could even be my network settings or something.


Thanks.

Hi Karel,

Thank you so much for the help! That was the issue.

I even feel like an idiot now because my friend who recommended VE Pro to me stated that I have to low the buffer range to medium when I use it in Logic. Good thing I listened, huh?

Anyway, thanks again!

Hello,

I've spent hours setting a template in Logic 9 to use in conjunction with VE Pro. I have three instances of VE Pro on my master computer (Mac Pro 3ghz 8-core, 16 GB ram, MOTU 2408mk3) and two instances on a slave computer (Macbook Pro 2.4ghz, 4 GB ram). When I record in MIDI on any of the VE Pro tracks from my Mac Pro things seem great momentarily. When I switch over to any other track in Logic, what I just recorded on that VE Pro track does not play back. But if I go back to that VE Pro/Mac Pro track (with it selected and record enabled) it plays fine. Then again, when I don't have it selected or record enabled nothing sounds, yet all the regions and MIDI data still show up. If I copy that MIDI region to an EXS track it all plays fine.

I've tried opening up a fresh project in Logic and this still occurs. If I recreate this in Cubase 4.5.2 it works fine.

I'm wondering if the problem is from Logic 9, VE Pro or just me?

Thanks for the help.