I tried the upgrade, and the latest release of VEP 7 seems to be working fine, to anyone who might be considering trying this. Only thing is that the 2009/10 Mac Pro is noticeably more sluggish over screen sharing, but I loaded up a large VEP 7 session using it as a slave, and it worked totally fine. (I have a monitor switcher so the screen sharing issue doesn't matter to me.) Wouldn't use it as a master machine, but for its purpose—life is extended! CAVEAT: You need to do the recommended macOS security update after installing Mojave or odd things will happen.

PL

I've been running a 2009 Mac Pro with High Sierra as my slave machine, and it's worked perfectly... up until the latest VEP release, which will only install on Mojave or later. (I did a firmware update on that 2009 Mac Pro from 4,1 to 5,1, which is how I was able to get it to upgrade to High Sierra.) I have discovered a software tool that will allow me to upgrade the macOS on that machine to Mojave, but then I noticed that, in addition to the latest Mojave version, "Intel Core i3" is listed as a requirement for VEP 7 compatibility. The machine in question has a 2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor configuration. While I realize that's not officially supported, can anyone tell me, will it work at all? VEP 7 has been working fine on that machine under High Sierra—it's only the latest VEP 7 release that is forcing me to upgrade the macOS.

Thanks,

Peter

FWIW, if I:

• Use Vienna Assistant just to download the latest VEP7 (WITHOUT installing)
• Use the Uninstall Vienna Ensemble Pro app to uninstall the existing version
• THEN install the update...

The update works fine, and DP finds instances as expected. And it keeps working even after I shut down and restart. I'm on Catalina—not sure if that makes a difference. This is of course a workaround—it would great to see this fixed, along with the issue I reported in another thread that the rollback function in VA doesn't work (can't return to an earlier version of VEP using that app).

Thanks,

Peter

2013 Mac Pro, OS 10.15.7, DP 11.21

Originally Posted by: Andreas8420

There have been reports that reinstalling VE Pro 1503 through the Vienna Assistant (right-click > Reinstall) temporarily solves the issue until the computer system is restarted. Is that the case for everyone?

Best regards,
Andreas

I'm on a 2013 trash can Mac Pro running Catalina (10.15.7). After installing 7.2.1481, I started having the problem that at least one other person reported in which the DAW plug-in (in this case the MAS version in DP) couldn't see the VEP 7 server, which was hosted locally. I tried using the rollback function in Assistant; while it successfully installed the prior version of the application, it did not install the MAS plug-in (I'm fairly sure it didn't install the standard AU plug-in either, although I think it did install the AU3 plug-in). Then I tried using the "Uninstall Vienna Ensemble PRO" app; after doing that, when I then did a reinstall of 7.2.1481, the problem went away. For now.

I love the design of the rollback feature, which is very easy to use, but... right now it doesn't work. :-)

Thanks,

PL

Haha! But then you’d HAVE to give me the feature, to get me to stop! (No worries. I’m stopping now. :-)

Originally Posted by: andi

That would be very annoying for both of us. :-)

Best,
Andi

Haha! I appreciate the honesty. What if I ask 150 times? (Jk)

PL

Originally Posted by: andi

Hi Peter!

It would be possible, but so far you are the only one that requested such a feature and our to do list is pretty long. ;-)

Best,
Andi

Actually, your suggestion works great! However, I'd like to propose that "timbre adjust on/off" be made available on a per-slot basis. I would always have it on for accented notes, but don't want it on for most other notes. Yes, I can automate turning it on and off, but it would be even better if the feature were implemented in the way you've implemented Velocity Crossfade—have a global setting that can be turned on or off for each slot. Possible?

PL 

Originally Posted by: plurye

OK, thanks—I’ll try turning on timbre adjust.

 

PL

OK, thanks—I’ll try turning on timbre adjust.

PL

So noted! Thanks.

PL

I have two related questions:

1. How do I adjust the degree to which velocity sensitivity impacts the volume of a cell in a Synchron-ized instrument—both the amount of sensitivity and the curve? (I do know that I need to turn Vel XFade off for those cells.)
2. I have noticed that even with Vel XFade off, certain cells don't respond to velocity changes, e.g., the Dynamics/Accent patches (like sforzato). Is there a way for me to get the volume of even those cells to respond to velocity? After all, there are times you want an accented note but at a soft bolume.

Thanks,

Peter

Am I correct that the performance trill articulation has not been included in the Synchron-ized WW instruments? Just so I stop looking. :-)

Thanks,

Peter

Just walked through your tutorial—very, very helpful. I have a much better understanding of how reverb and placement works in SYNCHRON-ized instruments now. Many thanks!

PL