Hi folks. Im getting back into the flow of VSL, new computer (2019 Mac Pro) but I cannot get mir pro24 to load. I keeps crashing during the scanning plugins phase and give me a long garbled response of what went wrong. I'll try to attach that at the bottom of this post, if that helps.

yes I have the most recent version of mirror 24 and Logic installed :)

Thanks in advance :)

-michael

Aahhhh  that is much better! Thank you for your quick attention to this!

Bought my extension pack and all is well again!
Feel free to delete this thread.

Thanks again VSL!!!

-michael

well i really wanted to come on here tonight and give paypal a shot... and then THIS:

http://soulwhirlingsomewhere.com/vsl/ScreenShot1.jpg

Really i just want to give you $400 for my extended Chamber Strings I; why does it have to be so difficult?

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What the heck!?!?!?!
I hvae tried with numerous credit cards numerous times and it wont let me buy anything.

Got THIS message:

Wirecard payment failed:
Payment failed:
The transaction has been declined by the payment organisation. Please check your data entered.

VPG: Auth: Transaktion für Händler/Terminal nicht erlaubt  
Please return to Basket

And yes i have plenty of money in both my cards....

Help!!!

i could be wrong, but i thought logic 9.x would not even RUN under Mavericks (10.9)

I upgraded to Logic Pro X because my Logic 9.1 wouldnt even start.

Hmmmmm... 

i would like car horns and dogs barking in Hungarian Major Scale. 

i have this problem as well, in Logic 9.

what i have noticed is that when i play back any track that has Hybrid on it, if that track is currently selected (even if its the "parent" track for VE) the problem does NOT occur.

However, if i then, say, select a different track, for example a Logic instrument track, as my currently selected 'live' track, the weird artifacting shows up. It'l like a weird glitchy/FSU effect; like super-reduced bit-rate sounding kind of effect. It's slightly annoying, but the work around (for ME, anyhow) is fairly simple: when i play something back, just make sure the track that has the Hybrid verb on it is selected. Not a perfect fix, but i've gotten used to it. Have my main buffers in Logic set at 256, but i will mess around with it and see if i cant get the problem to go away.

-m

a-ha! Figured it out. I had purchased the FULL library a few days after the standard. When i initially installed the STD library, it appears under the Download Instruments Folder.

BUT after installing the FULL library, the Harp II files now show up under the STRINGS Instruments folder. I hadn't thought to simply look elsewhere.

ANyhow, in case anyone else has the problem, there you go!

-michael

Hey all. i sent this mail to vsl support, but just wanted to put it up here in case anyone might have a clue as to what could be going on.

I recently purchased the Harp 2 standard and full Libraries. Yet only the standard is showing up when i start an instance.
i have updated all my software, including the eLicenser.
I have re-installed the full library twice, performed maintenance on the eLicenser, and restarted my computer several times,
yet the extended patches will not show up. 

i have attached a screen shot of my eLicenser, the files in the folder on my drive, and the interface of the VI instance to show you that everything is indeed present on my computer.

any clues? thanks in advance :)

-michael

Hello. So i have been demoing the rooompack since purchasing MIR PRO 24. It seems that every few starts the following dialog box comes up:
"License for application 'Vienna MIR Roompack [XXX] will expire soon.

Number of application starts left: XX"

The problem is, this screen wont go away, and VE Pro wont start. Thusly, i must force quit and restart. And when i do i have wasted on of my 30 application starts. Losing one or two wouldnt be a big deal, but when i was demoing Sage Gateshead i literally lost the last 12 starts one after another. So now that i am on "Studios & Soundstages" (which i really LOVE, by the way) i really want to get as much as i can out of it but dont want to lose  half of my demo starts again. So what is the fix around this?

i am on the most recent build of VE Pro, VI pro, etc.

Mac OS X 10.6.8.

Any ideas? 

Thanks!

-michael

So i updated to the new Jazz Drumset files.

Nothing works. When i load a project, half the channels don't even have a midi channel assignable to it. The other half do, but i get no sound.

So i tried loading a General midi set. I get two channels up, but no sound..... Am i missing something? or did this get changed to an unnecessarily complicated set-up?

I've been working with this for an hour now and cant get a single sound, unless i load the matrices with pre-programmed sequences... which is nice, but not what i need from this... and not how JD used to work.

Yes i updated to the most recent VI and VE versions....

Why cant i just load a full drumkit and play the notes myself??!?!? WHAT AM I MISSING?!?!?

-michael 

as far as i know, you cannot only own the Extended packages for ANY library. You must first buy the Standard library, and then the extended option is opened up for you.

Anyone else correct me if im wrong, but im fairly certain this is the way it works.

-michael

anyone?

hello?

:) 

Hi folks. Okay i have watched the tutorial vids, read the manual, but everytime i load any of these new special Matrix sequencer files, i get nothing.

I see the keys moving on VI Pro2's GUI. If i go in the sequencer page, i see the position bar scrolling through the notes, but absolutely music is heard.

I've tried every possible combination of hitting keyswitch keys or controllers. Nothing. Interestingly, i see a "0 MB / 0 Samples" in the upper lefthand corner.

I must be a total idiot and overlooking something very basic, but just what the heck do i have to do to get this new feature working?!?!?! :)

And incidentally, YES i have the most recent build of VIPRO2 (9753)

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance

I cant say enough good things about Airwindows' plug ins. Specifically Iron Oxide, Buss Colors, To-Tape, From Tape, Desk.... Many of their plug ins are very subtle, and dont go into that grimy dirty feel that some musicians may use in more straight forward 'rock' music; thusly i feel that their sublte/semi-transparent nature fits very well with VSL and orchestral mock-ups :)

http://www.airwindows.com/

-michael 

yep, that seems to have done the trick! Thank you! 

Hello everyone. I've been dealing with this issue for a long time. Found some workarounds, but with the latest update to VEP4 i figured by now this should be resolved, but it continues to plague my recordings.

So heres what happens. Using VEP in Logic. When in Logic i have the main insert of VEP selected (or any of its individual midi tracks) It works fine. But when i then selected another track (for instance a AU instrument track, or audio track, etc) The playback of everything on the VEP plays back stuttered. My work around to recording has been to select the VEP track, begin playback (or rec) and then quickly switch over to my non-VE track. But this is getting quite laborious. Additionally, if i have two instance of VEP going, im out of luck, as whichever one is NOT selected will play back all stuttery.

Now one thing ive noticed is that this mostly happens when i have an instance of Hyrbrid Reverb on my VEP instance. I can play it, get stutters, go back and bypass the HybridVerb, and suddenly it all plays fine (but of course, without my reverbs.

I have the latest build of Vienna Suite. I have the latest build of VEPro 4.  I have tried every possible combination of latency settings within logic, even to a full 1048ms delay. The problem still occurs.

Im on the newest model of Mac Pro (MacPro 5,1 QuadCore Intel Xeon, 16Gig of RAM.... Im fairly confident in saying my computer is powerful enough to be able to handle this stuff. But it doesnt seem to be a processor or memory issue. I can load in the smallest of instruments, only one instance, and as soon as i insert Hybrid Verb and de-select the VEP track, this stuttering issue still occurs...

I'd really like to get this resolved; it's killing my productivity.

The only  paramater i have not addressed is the "Multiprocessing Threads" preference in the VEP server, as i dont really understand what that does, but have left it at its default (2)

Any clues?
Thanks in advance :) 

Although i would not accuse VSL of being unethical  -- as they have, for me, in the last 5 years provided nothing but EXCEPTIONAL customer service to me  -- i DO think this whole "key/license" issue needs to be addressed in some manner.

If you care to refer to MY story  -- my EXTREMELY close call regarding the theft of my computer  ---  i did have a near miss with a catasrtophic nightmare and the near-loss of nearly $10,000 of my licenses.

Read HERE, if you care to:
http://community.vsl.co.at/forums/p/25480/185041.aspx#185041 

I would be delighted to see, somewhere in the future, some sort of time-based  re-authorization. Many people have decried this as to how "annoying" it would be to every 90 days have to re-log and re-authorize your key's licenses... But the time-cost of THAT is minimal compared to the immense loss if a key were to be stolen or lost.

Regardless, i am, to this day, content with VSL's customer service  ... maybe only because i escaped utter tragedy by the skin of my teeth. Still, i think it would be in the common interest of ALL VSL users for VSL to at least provide SOME sort of 2nd option regarding keeping our purchases secure.

Hi folks! 

Okay forgive my stupid, uneducated perspective on this.

So, i have had Orch Strings 1 & 2 for a few years, and among the articulations are Grace Notes. In these strings, the grace notes seem to be single notes which start and "rise up" (or down) from a half step to the target note. I've had much success integrating this with portamentos & legatos to create nice nuances on the beginning parts of certain musical phrases ive composed.

okay fine.

So then, just a month ago i purchased the full download version of English Horn 1 (Std + Ext libraries) and noticed this sample set also has grace notes. However, it seems to be an enitrely different usage of said notes.

To my stupid, untrained ear, these woodwind grace notes sound as if its just a secondary set of Legato transitions. Where as with the strings  - for example -- when i loaded a Violin Grace note, when i played a key, it would rise UP (or down) to a target note (from half or whole step), these English Horn Grace Notes do not act at all in the same fashion.

Obviously when i A/B them with Legato or Marcot Interval Patches, it DOES sound different, but it is NOTHING at all like the behavior of the STRINGS' "grace note" patches.

So what am i missing? Does the term "Grace Note" apply MUCH differently depending of whether it is a String or a Reed instrument?

Mind you, im not complaining about my purchase... im just confused as to how to USE this different articulation...

Thanks in advance!

- michael

I suppose you could EQ it enough to get a "fake" version of a mute... I have noticed, in comparing  VSL strings to other libraries' Con Sordinos.... VSL really seems to have a distinct and more pronounced EQ "scoop".. which i LIKE. In researching actual violas and the mute things you put on them, there seem to be some different kinds, of varying quality each which mute the tone more than others.

Either way, if you're not able to dish out the money for the Appasionata 2 library, i guess the best you can do is import some examples of muted string audio files into your DAW, use an EQ Analyzer to look at  the frequency spectrum, and then try to apply that EQ curve to your non-muted strings. Granted, it will be "fake" and not give you perfect results, but with enough attention to it, you might be able to approximate it once you get a good EQ and some reverb on it....

Thats about all i can suggest  :)

- michael

Oftentimes, if you are running a very old version of the License Control Center, the LCC's database may not be up-to-date with the currently accepted licenses; thusly it may not "see" your license for OD Guitar because it doesnt even know it is supposed to exist. What version of LCC (or "eLC" as they now call it) is currently installed on your system?

Wow. You're a genius, DG.

So, that did the trick. Although i find it odd... the most current version of eLC is 6.3.1066.  I had to go back to version 6.0.2.703.

Hmmm. Weird. Oh well, guess this can serve as a warning to other Mac OSX users... be careful about updating your eLicenser.

Thanks a ton, DG!

- michael

Okay now i am starting to think the key is dead or something.

By the way MacPro  2.8 Quad-core (most recent version.)

OSX 10.6.6

I went into Apple System Profiler, then under USB to see all connected devices. Everything shows up except the Vienna Key. I then took my old Apple XS-Key dongle and plugged it in to that same slot into which i had inserted the Vienna Key, and the Apple XS-Key DOES show up. So i know it isnt that particular physical USB slot (and i tried this on all of the USB slots: same result.)

I guess my initial thought about it being the eLicenser upgrade was incorrect. Must have been just a coincidence that the key "died" at the same time.

Anyhow, like i mentioned earlier, the red light on the Vienna Key still does come on. So i would assume that means that the actual "plug" part is working, in that it is at least connecting properly enough to transfer power from the slot to the V Key itself. But it's just not showing up. There has been no damage to the key; it didnt get hit or anything. It seems as the data on the key that tells my computer "This is a USB key of some sort" is no longer connecting.  

Any idea what may be going on here?

thanks in advance.

-michael

Oh my God this could not have s come with worse timing!

Something is wrong with my Vienna Key! Now, i just upgraded to the latest version of  eLicenser tonight, and when i tried to start my VE PRO, i got the following messages:

"Application Vienna Instrument (M6) has caused the following error:

No eLicenser connected"

and the follow-up:
"Application 'Unknown Application' has caused the following error:
Application not registered."

Now, i have tried it in every single USB slot on my computer. And it simply wont work! When i plug in the Vienna Key, the red light IS active, so SOMETHING is getting through to it. And it has not incurred any damage or anything... Been sitting in the same slot for weeks. No Change. I am no0t sure if the Vienna Key itself has been damaged (mysteriously) or if there is some bizarre  corrupt preference or file that is getting in the way. But PLEASE  please please VSL.. tell me what to do here! I've tried everything. I have thousands of dollars on this key.

Give me any troubleshooting tips i can attempt, and if none of those work, please let me know what i can to about transferring all my licenses to a new key (worst case scenario)

THanks in advance. 

-michael

Basically, you are buying the "licenses" for using VSL products. And thusly, only one license can be put on one Vienna Key at a time. So, for example, if you had Chamber Strings, you can download that license on either YOUR key, or your brother's key.. but not both. Of course, you are (as far as i am aware) allowed to download the actual sample data on to any of your computers, and then move your key back and forth from your laptop, to your desktop, or whatever. But you will only be able to use it on ONE computer at a time.  However, there may be some technical legalities on that  since you are inquiring about using it with you AND another person, so don't quote me on that... i'll let the VSL staff chime in on that when they get to this thread.

But, in a nutshell, you are buying the license (i.e. the *right*) to use the VSL samples. Of course, you are always welcome to buy two (or more) vienna keys, and say put all your strings on one key, and all your woodwinds on another. But remember, the VSL libraries will only work on a key on which the accompanying licenses are present. So basically, NO, you cannot "copy" your license or double them up on a second USB key. Understand though, in VSL's defense, this is to protect their product. If copying the licenses from one Key to another were possible, pirating of the software would be too easy: someone could simply purchase multiple keys, install the sample data on numerous computers, and then the only money VSL would be getting would be for purchased USB sticks... and you could use several thousands of dollars worth of products by only ever purchasing a few $49 dollar Vienna Keys.

It is in their interest to do this to protect their product. I know it can seem frustrating to consumers sometimes, but considering how prolific pirating of software is these days, it is a sure fire way for them to ensure they arent getting ripped off.

Stephan, Paul, and the rest of the VSL staff are VERY GOOD at checking in on these forums, so im sure they will pop in here and clarify all the details of usage rights concerning their products.

And as a side note, i DO believe that some of the software products (such as Vienna Suite, Ensemble,) DO provide you with multiple licenses under the assumption of when you use master & slave computers. However, it does not apply to the actual instrument/sample libraries, jsut a few select software programs.

I'm sure they'll respond in here shortly...  :)  Best of luck!

-michael