Thanks, Paul!

There was no response to the question I posted earlier, quoted below. Apologies if it's a dumb question.

"I'd like to add my thanks for the optimized content.

A (perhaps) very elementary question. After installing the optimized content, my folder containing Synchron libraries now contains one sub-folder called "Synchron Stings I" (271 GB) and a second called "Synchron Strings I optimized" (124 GB).

Am I right In assuming I need both of these folders?

Thanks."

THis is good news as it will simplify things somewhat. I already use iLok for a lot of plug-ins, and it will help to have one license system instead of two.

The only drawback is that I have fouind through unpleasant experience that iLok licensing doesn't work when backup software is running in the backgroiund. My DAW (and other applications) just hangs when trying to load the plug-in, and everything has to be shut down. I'm using EaseUS ToDo Enterprise, but I've found that the same thing happens with other backup software. So I just have to time all my backups to run overnight, which is tricky.

Hoping that the articulations communication will be extended to other DAWs, especially Reaper.

I'd like to add my thanks for the optimized content.

A (perhaps) very elementary question. After installing the optimized content, my folder containing Synchron libraries now contains one sub-folder called "Synchron Stings I" (271 GB) and a second called "Synchron Strings I optimized" (124 GB).

Am I right In assuming I need both of these folders?

Thanks.

I'm trying to authorize a VSL product too.

Steinberg hasn't updated the status of this since yesterday morning.

Thanks for the prompt and helpful reply. I had overlooked the comparison table.

I have a lot of VSL products, and I like them very much and use them a lot.

One recurring problem I have, though, is understanding what I will get in addition to what I have by purchasing another product.

For example, I have Synchron Strings Pro (standard). I also have Synchronized SE 1-7 along with the Plus versions, VI SE 1-7 along with the Plus versions, VI Dimension Strings I-III, MI Solo Strings I, VI Chamber Strings I, and VI Orchestral Strings I and II.

So, is there a good reason to buy Sycnron Strings I? I prefer the Synchron Player, but I can't justify spending €195 to play the same samples in a preferred player. But maybe it's not the same samples...

Yes, the included samples are listed on the web site with the library write-up, but clicking back and forth between these is really tedious and time consuming.

Is there a resource that comprehensively compares what you get with each library, including overlaps? That would be extremely useful for me and probably for a lot of other people.

Thanks!

I can imagine that the default volume of the pedal noise is similar to what a player would hear, but it's a degree of realism that may not (or may!) be useful in making recordings. The ability to change the default would be great!

I have been using two Highpoint 7101-a1 devices plugged into two PCIe-x16 slots on my X299 motherboard. Each of the Highpoints contain four NVME 1 TB SSDs, and all eight SSDs are configured into a single 8TB RAID 0 array.

I use this for all my audio files. I can't easily provide ocmparisons with other systems, but I can say that the performance is transparently fast, and the Highpoint drivers and controllers seem to be flawless.

Not affiliated with Highpoint in any way.

Thanks, that was it! I hadn't installed the VST2 versions.

I'm attempting to use Finale 26.3 with VE Pro 7.0.1056 under Windows 10.

The problem is that the VE Pro plug-in does not appear in Finale 26, even after re-scanning. I've confirmed that the scan directories designated in Finale do include the VE Pro 7 VST3. Also, I see Vienna Synchron Player, Vienna Instruments Pro, and Vienna Pianos among the available VSTs in Finale. Just not Vienna Ensemble Pro.

I've tried re-installing with no success. I've searched the web for solutions and found something about deleting certain configuration files that Finale uses, but this seems to apply only to Mac OS.

Any help would be much appreciated.

OK, Andreas Rautner with VSL kindly reminded me of this link:

https://www.vsl.co.at/community/posts/t52638-How-to-get-VE-Pro7-to-route-properly-with-REAPER--Set-up-more-than-16-MIDI-channels-per-instance#post285538

I had forgotten about selecting Map Reaper MIDI Busses to VST3 Busses within Reaper. That fixed it.

I should have added that VE Pro 7 has worked fine for me with all Ports in the past. I don't know precisely when this problem started, but I only observed it yesterday.

I've been having a strange problem lately.

I'm using VE Pro 7 (7.0.1056) with Reaper (6.11) on a Windows 10 computer.

If I start the VE Pro application, then instantiate the VE Pro VST3 plugin on a Reaper track, I find that VE Pro receives MIDI signals and plays instruments on all 16 tracks of Port 1.

This continues to work fine if I create another Reaper track and route its MIDI to the Reaper track containing VE Pro, using Bus 1 and any MIDI channel. I can play an instrument, change its MIDI channel in VE Pro and in the routing, and it still plays. So far so good.

But the VE Pro channels do not receive MIDI if I change the routing to any other port but Port 1. 

So, with both the Reaper send routing and the VE Pro channels set on Port 2 (or 3, or any Port but 1),, there is no sound from VE Pro. Also, the MIDI indicators on the channels do not flash, although the indicator on the Instance tab DOES light up when I press a key.

Apparently, the MIDI signal is reaching VE Pro but is not being transmitted to the channels for some reason. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing VE Pro 7, but there was no change.

I hope someone can help.

Originally Posted by: chasmanian

I tried it.

it did not work. 

the Player just closes when I click on the custom preset.

OK, clearly the problem is not with adding presets, it's something else.

Can you load Factory presets?

I realized that there was something else I should have added.

OK, find the path shown in the "User Preset Folder" field. INSIDE that folder there is a subfolder called "VSL" and inside that subfolder will be one or more subfolders depending on what products you have. On my system, there are two, labelled "Vienna Synchron Player" and "Vienna Synchron Pianos". Inside the "Vienna Synchron Pianos" folder is yet another folder called "Presets".

That is where your Synchron Piano custom preset (*.vsynpreset) files go.

Sorry, this is not as complex as I'm making it sound.

Run the Vienna Synchron Pianos player.  At the top right of the graphical interface, there is a row of five icons. One of them looks like a gear. If you click on that, it will open a window with three tabs in it. Click on the tabl called "Database". 

In that window, at the top, there is a field labelled "User Presets Folder". That is the default location for the *.vsynpreset files that contain your custom presets. Paste them there.

After that, when you click on the folder icon in Synchron Pianos (last on the right) it will open a menu which contains "Factory" and "User". Your presets will be under "User".

Still one more question.

I've looked at the materials. Is it correct to say that MIR Pro (with or without MIRx Mode) isn't available using VI Pro Standalone?

This isn't a huge problem, but I would like to be clear if that is a limitation.

Thanks in advance.

Thank you, Dietz!

I'm a little confused about MIRx.

I have MIR Pro and all the Roompacks. When I run VI Pro in the standalone mode, and select the Reverb tab (Advanced Mode) and then MIRx, I get the message that MIRx is not available.

I've made sure that my MIR Roompacks data folder (the one with the *.vmi files) is included in the Directory Manager.

MIR Pro works fine both in VE7 and as a plug-in in my DAW.

Is MIRx a separate product? If not, what could be going wrong to make MIRx unavailable to VI Pro?

Just by the way, I found out last weekend that the great deal on the upgrade from VI Special Edition libraries to the Synchron-ized versions does NOT automatically work the other way around.

I bought the Synchron-ized SE 1 Plus and the full price appeared when I attempted to buy the VI version. Paul kindly sorted it out for me, but it's worth keeping in mind that if you want both, get the VI version first.

Thanks Paul, that's a big help.

Another related question...

I have all the Synchron-ized Special Editions except the two Plus editions. Does it add anything at all to keep Epic Orchestra 2? I can see a reason to keep Big Bang, because it's a handy and quick all in one, but Epic Orchestra 2.0 seems to be just a "light" version of the SE products.

The folder where I have all my Synchron instruments installed has in it a folder named Epic Orchestra 2.0. (Let's call it top level.)

Inside that folder are two more folders (second level), one named Big Bang Orchestra and the other named Epic Orchestra 2.0.

Inside that second level Big Bang Orchestra folder is a set of BBO files - BBO_00 through BBO_15 plus BBO_Patches, all with the .vsynvolume extension. Also inside the Big Bang Orchestra folder is ANOTHER (third level) Big Bang Orchestra folder with all the same BBO-xx.vsynvolume files.

Now back to the second level, with the Big Bang Orchestra and Epic Orchestra 2.0 folders (and nothing else). Inside that second level Epic Orchestra 2.0 folder is a set of EpicOrch files - EpicOrch2_01 through EpicOrch2_41_SmartSph, all with the .vsynvolume extension. Also in that second level Epic Orchestra 2.0 folder is third level Epic Orchestra 2.0 folder which ALSO contains all the EpicOrch2_xxx.vsynvolume files.

So I have two copies of a lot of BBO and Epic Orchestra 2 files. This is kind of a big deal, because the BBO files are about 1.3 GB, and Epic Orch files are close to 75 GB! This is a lot of space to waste and a lot of wasted backup time. 

So, my question, if your head doesn't hurt too much.... How do I find out which of these I can safely delete?