I see.

Also, how easy is it to move between computers? It's useful to be able to run things on one computer at a time without having to transfer things manually.

With iLok cloud, how do you move between multiple machines? Is there a limit?

I liked the key because I could just physically move between machines and plug in the key.

What if you reformat your computer's harddrive or an OS update breaks something? Can a license on the cloud be recovered? There's no way to deregister a computer that's been "deleted" as far as I know, or is there?

Also, I remember that PACE drivers cause all sorts of issues.

Thank you for confirming.

I'm not sure if you understood the situation. When Kontakt is loaded in Vienna Ensemble Pro, the GUI doesn't load fully until Vienna Ensemble Pro is connected to a DAW program. Is this the usual behavior (even if it's an odd one)?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but from my understanding, Kontakt supports 64 MONO outs, which become 32 Stereo outs.

The problem might also have something to do with Digital Performer's lack of support for VST 3.5.

Lately whenever I try to create a project with VE Pro (before connecting it to my DAW), and load a plugin (any plugin, but here I use a Kontakt sample library), the plugin's interface seems to be broken, and the sound doesn't work. This problem doesn't occur with the plugins standalone.

Here's a screen-shot:

http://db.tt/6a9bWSbt

The presets pane is non-functioning.

After some tests, it seems that this problem doesn't occur if I first open the VE PRO plugin within my DAW FIRST, then load instruments.

However, this behavior seems very strange to me. It prevents me from using the same preserved instance with multiple projects after I close connections, because as soon as I hit connect, the instance of VE Pro is replaced with a new, empty one.

Would anyone share his or her knowledge about this, if it's a bug? If not, then what am I doing incorrectly?

Im using the latest version of VE Pro 5 on Mac OSX 10.6.8, with the latest version of Kontakt 5.

Thank you for clarifying.
It's too bad that I can't use Cubase's effects within Vienna Ensemble Pro, though this is a given (built-in plugins and whatnot.)

Anyway, my problem is solved. Thanks again!

Thanks.

Also, the Vienna Ensemble Pro manual doesn't go too in depth into how to use the event input. There's a small blurb on one or two pages. Where else can I find more information about how I can use the event input in the way that I need to use it?

Hello everyone! I'm a user of both Cubase and Vienna Ensemble Pro, and I'd like to know if there is a way for me to apply the insert effects in Cubase (the ones that ONLY appear in Cubase) to instruments that are hosted in Vienna Ensemble Pro. If I cannot do this, then I have to host some of my plugins within cubase itself so that the effects can be applied. I'd rather have all sounds be hosted within Vienna Ensemble Pro if possible.
Is there a way to send effect inserts from Cubase TO a stereo out in VEP? EDIT: I think that I'm over-thinking this.

Oh so that's the required procedure. Cubase automatically loads Vienna Ensemble (non-professional) so I didn't expect that Vienna Ensemble Pro would behave differently.

Thanks.

I just checked and the decouple button is not active (red), yet my Cubase Project doesn't automatically load/save Vienna Ensemble Pro with the project. Hmmmm.

Should I select something from within the Vienna Instruments Host? (load incoming project data perhaps?) Preserve is set to "on".

EDIT: I tried all of the above, but after saving a project in Cubase, closing it, then closing Vienna Ensemble Pro (64-bit server), reloading the project doesn't automatically open the VEPro instance. At this point I have to save projects in both Cubase and VEPro individually.
I'm wondering how to change this so VEPro works as VEstandard has worked for me.

EDIT: It seems that if I open Vienna Ensemble Pro Server BEFORE opening my host's project, everything loads automatically. Is there a way to have my host launch Vienna Ensemble Pro instead?

Hell everyone. I've been using Vienna Ensemble to host Vienna Instruments for use with my musical projects in Cubase; normally the Vienna Ensemble program loads WITH the project. However, Vienna Ensemble PRO seems to be different in that I have to save and load it separately. Is there a way to link the instance of Vienna Ensemble Pro with my Cubase projects as Vienna Ensemble (regular) is linked automatically?

Is the current holiday promotion the only one that will be offered (until after it expires)?

I'm referring to my incomplete projects that utilize both Vienna Instruments (loaded in Vienna Ensemble) and Kontakt instruments loaded in Cubase. I will be able to save my Vienna Ensemble settings and load them in Vienna Ensemble Pro so that I use in a single Vienna Ensemble Pro instance with Kontakt instruments AND VSL instruments, right? It's a matter of transferring everything, etc.

It sounds like I have everything routed correctly at the moment then. Thank you for your help.

Now if I wish to add non-Vienna-Instruments to my projects, I have to save a project in Vienna Ensemble and load it in Vienna Ensemble Pro. Am I correct?

Thank you very much for the step-by-step instructions!

Basically, each sample library from within kontakt will take one of the 16 midi channels, and if I want to go beyond 16, I have to start using the additional MIDI INs. (There are 8 according to the drop-down menu.) This would mean that I have 128 midi channels within VE Pro. Am I correct? If so, I think that everything is set correctly. Thank you again.

I looked at that page, but it doesn't explain routing in detail. At the moment when I click the small plus button, VEL Pro still sends each sample library within Kontakt through the same master bus, so I can't seem to find how to separate each sample library into different stereo outs in Cubase. In addition, when I add non-Kontakt instruments in addition to Kontakt, playing a note activates both Kontakt and the non-Kontakt instruments. Is there a video tutorial that specifically shows how one routes Kontakt in VEP 5 into Cubase with separate outputs?

I've looked and the manual's instructions are not entirely clear to me. Is there anyone here who has used VEP with Kontakt in particular?

There isn't an "problem" per se. I would just like to know how to route a multi-out au from within VEP 5 to my host (something like Kontakt) without having to load a new instance of Kontakt for every sample library I load. For example, I load Kontakt 5 into an instrument slot in VEP, but inside that one instance of Kontakt are 4 sample instruments. How would I go about routing everything correctly?

Anyone?

This is very important to me.

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Hello everyone.

I'm using the Vienna Ensemble Pro 5 trial and and happy to say that it improves the performance and of my system.

However, I'm having trouble figuring the best way to use it in Cubase 6 (mac 64-bit) with multitimbral instruments such as Kontakt. I believe that there are some general tutorials somewhere, but I'm having difficulty finding them and/or finding ones that pertain to Kontakt, specifically.

Would anyone kindly help me route Vienna Ensemble Pro (with several Kontakt instruments in one Kontakt instance in additional to other plugins from Vienna)? I

Thus far, I've been able to activate Cubase's stereo outputs and those in Kontakt; I've managed a system of sorts, but it's rather inefficient, so I'm looking forward to reading people's replies. My being able to route everything correctly will probably determine whether I will purchase Vienna Ensemble Pro or not.

Thank you very much!

Hello everyone. I'm trying to use Vienna Instruments in a kontakt-esque way but can't seem to find a great solution. It seems that vienna instruments on its own doesn't have multiple outputs, and using it in Vienna Ensemble (not Pro) gives me eight outs only. Is there a way to increase this to at least sixteen outputs without upgrading to the Pro version? Am I going about this incorrectly.

I'm using Cubase 6 on Mac OSX.

I'm looking forward to responses. Thanks.

Ah thank you!


EDIT: the files are fxp inside the individual solo strings folder and are not being read by Cubase. hmm...has anyone created any matrices to go along with the maps?

Hello everyone. I'd like to know if anyone has created dedicated cubase expression maps for the Solo Strings I library, one that has a switch for every single patch in the list. I would attempt to create one myself if no one has done so already, so I'm looking forward to responses so I can proceed.

Thank you all.