After installing the iLok version of Vienna Synchron Player, when I instantiate the player I see at the top of its window "64-bit bridged". (I'm using Reaper 64-bit under Windows 11 64-bit.)

Normally, "bridged" means to me that 32-bit software has been loaded into a 64-bit environment using some accessory software for compatibility. Obviously, that's not what I want.

Can anyone offer any insight into what's going on here? 

Thanks!

Thank you, Paul. 

I have ordered the Vienna All hard drive.

A few days ago, all my licenses were deposited in the iLok database. Today, I happily removed my eLicenser dongle and discovered that nothing works! So, I've read the documentation and watched the videos, but I still have some points about which I would like to check my understanding. To better understand my situation, you should know I have more than 3TB of VSL content.

1. I have all the installation files (package.info) on a drive. As I understand it, these are useless for iLok, and I need the complete set of installation files in a new format. True?

2. There is no way to re-install using the installer and/or libraries on my drives. True?

3. The MIR Pro VST plugin, which I use a lot, is still eLicenser based, so I will have to stay with the eLicenser dongle for a while longer. True?

4. The VSL All Hard Drive contains all the VSL libraries in the iLok format, so I could install all of them I have licenses for from the Vienna Drive. True?

Thanks in advance. I really, really don't want to dowload 3+ terabytes again, and my ISP will charge me a fee for anything over 1 TB in a months I looks like the Vienna Drive is the way to go, but I want to be sure.

Thanks!

Since discovering VSL, I've bought a lot of libraries. I've got my samples on a 4 TB RAID 0 array, and the performance is great. The problem is, I'm running out of space!

After buying and installing Synchron Brass, I was getting a red warning on the drive where I keep my VSL libraries. So, I had a look and found a few installation folders were still there, and moved those out. That left me still very close to the limit.

So I began to look at my VI Pro products and my Synchron-ized products to determine any overlap. Since the descriptions are the same, I assumed that the Synchron-ized Special Edition and the VI Special Edition instruments are practically the same, so I moved the VI folders to another drive (since I slightly prefer the Synchron player). That bought me some space, but not as much as I would like.

I also have Synchron-ized Woodwinds, Syz--Chamber Strings, Syz-Chamber Strings sordino, and Syz-Elements as well as VI Woodwinds I & II and Chamber Strings I. I had a look at the Woodwinds presets and patches on the VI Pro player and the Synchron player, and I see the VI Player includes an alto flute, but the Synchronized version apparently does not.

Am I right in thinking that the Synchron-ized versions and the original VI versions do NOT overlap perfectly? Am I right in thinking that I would actually lose access to samples and instruments by moving the VI versions of these libraries to an archive drive?

If so, are there any resouces that could tell me what I would lose out of the VI Chamber Strings I and Woodwinds I & II if I did move the folders?

Thanks!

Solved. 

I thought I had activated it, but I the process wasn't completed. Works fine now. And it's fantastic!

I purchased and have just installed Synchron Brass. I have authorized it successfuly with the e-Licenser.

I find the Synchron Brass folder in with my other Synchron files, and I see in Synchron Player that the Synchron Brass folder is included with all my Synchron files Database.

I'm using Synchron Player v. 2032

BUT, I don't find Synchron Brass in the instruments browser. I expected to see it und SYNCHRON Collections, but it's not there, nor do I see Synchron Brass in any of the other sets of instruments (Big Bang, Synchron-ized Collections, Synchron-ized SE, Epic Orchestra).

Where is it, please?

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".