The solution is on the horizon. An update will be released as soon as possible.

@Keyzz said:

and I just spent  300 bills  for nuttin  

What is nuttin ?

"Nuttin" is the opposite of "sumpin".  :)

Steve

@Steve_DC said:

"Nuttin" is the opposite of "sumpin".  😊

Steve

sumpin is unknown in the English to French dictionnary ;)

My 94 instruments template now work with  Logic 9, VEP SERVER PRO 5 and 1 x VEP 5 and MIR PRO

It sounds great !!!!

Sometimes I get hanging notes on very heavy parts, It is working 95%

If you need help, send me a PM at cb dot blanc at numericable dot com

Any idea for the best buffer size setting for a SATA III raid 0 of 4 x ssd and a SATA II SSD ?

Best

Cyril

A solution to use multiple ports without the event input plugin is currently in testing here at VSL. We hope to get the update out as soon as possible.

Now that would pretty awesome!  

So far it works fine already. We just need to have it more thoroughly tested before we release it. I'm right now running 16 midi ports to one AU plugin here myself, giving 256 midi channels to one VEPro instance.

Teaser... [;)]

you can send it to me I can test it with my 94 ports and my cpu exterminator song [;)] 

Does anyone know if this got resolved? A just posted a similar problem in a new thread.

Thank you.

d

 D -

There is a new version of VE Pro 5 just out, version 10309 that's supposed to fix most of the problems.  You use a special Environment set up to get around the 16 instrument limit and give you control over volume (CC 7) of each.    There's a file, VEP Multiport Layer.logic, that you get from VSL to set up the Environment. 

VSL reports, however, that there is a problem in Logic in which notes are sometimes dropped, and there is nothing they can do about it.  VSL says they have contacted Apple about it.  The report on this remaining issue is contained in a sticky thread posted at the top of the Software forum:  http://community.vsl.co.at/forums/t/31587.aspx.  I'm hoping the problem isn't too bad, or Apple fixes it (good luck), as I do NOT want to learn another DAW.  If Logic problems are serious and persist, I think VSL should advise us which of the DAWs out there, that can be used on an Apple Intel machine, have the fewest problems with VE Pro.

Not all good news, I'm afraid.  Steve

@Steve_DC said:

 D -

VSL reports, however, that there is a problem in Logic in which notes are sometimes dropped, and there is nothing they can do about it.  VSL says they have contacted Apple about it.  The report on this remaining issue is contained in a sticky thread posted at the top of the Software forum:  http://community.vsl.co.at/forums/t/31587.aspx.  I'm hoping the problem isn't too bad, or Apple fixes it (good luck), as I do NOT want to learn another DAW.  If Logic problems are serious and persist, I think VSL should advise us which of the DAWs out there, that can be used on an Apple Intel machine, have the fewest problems with VE Pro.

Not all good news, I'm afraid.  Steve

I have good succes spliting my 97 VI between Event input and IAC or putting all my VI under IAC on it's own !!!

Best

Cyril

Cyril --

Thank you for the suggestion.  I have never really understood IAC, which I think is a way to set up additional MIDI ports.  I assume you plug IAC into Logic somehow, as though it were a separate keyboard, but I confess the prospect of trying to learn all this is daunting.

read this :

http://sites.google.com/site/mfalab/mac-stuff/how-to-use-the-iac-driver

If you do not manage I can send you a tutorial song when I return next Monday

Best

Cyril

@Steve_DC said:

 D -

There is a new version of VE Pro 5 just out, version 10309 that's supposed to fix most of the problems.  You use a special Environment set up to get around the 16 instrument limit and give you control over volume (CC 7) of each.    There's a file, VEP Multiport Layer.logic, that you get from VSL to set up the Environment. 

VSL reports, however, that there is a problem in Logic in which notes are sometimes dropped, and there is nothing they can do about it.  VSL says they have contacted Apple about it.  The report on this remaining issue is contained in a sticky thread posted at the top of the Software forum:  http://community.vsl.co.at/forums/t/31587.aspx.  I'm hoping the problem isn't too bad, or Apple fixes it (good luck), as I do NOT want to learn another DAW.  If Logic problems are serious and persist, I think VSL should advise us which of the DAWs out there, that can be used on an Apple Intel machine, have the fewest problems with VE Pro.

Not all good news, I'm afraid.  Steve

Thanks Steve!

For some reason I wasn't subscribed to the thread and didn't get your reply till just now.

The hanging notes will be a deal breaker for me so I am going to try and get by with the event input and see how that goes.

Logic does seem to be falling behind the competition these days. It might just be time to switch to Protools when they release the 64bit version (I hear the midi features are excellent now). At least we know Avid wants to be a production software company. Apple I'm not so sure about.

Thanks again.

d

IAC will not allow offline bouncing and will not have sample accurate timing, so it's not so useful in practice unless you can live with those limitations.

As far as DAWs go, I can recommend Cubase and Nuendo, which work perfectly with all the features of VE Pro 5. Pro Tools also works well, but is a less efficient plugin host in general. Since Cubase and Nuendo can use the VST3 plugin and Pro Tools the RTAS plugin, multiple MIDI ports are already available without the need for a workaround.

In Logic you can use the Event/Audio Input plugin if you're not planning on doing any further heavy processing in Logic (this is due to the necessity for Live mode, explained in the manual). The old way of simply having a Server Interface plugin for every 16 MIDI channels still works for having more MIDI ports (at the expense of having more connected instances). The Multiport Environment tends to work well when no MIDI CC are involved, because it seems that that is when Logic starts dropping events. We can only hope that Apple fixes this issue. Currently there is also a problem when selecting the 5.1 or 6.1 versions of the Server Interface plugin in that Logic will assign 5.0 or 6.0 instead as channel configuration. This should be fixed in Logic 9.1.7 however.

In Digital Performer dynamic latency compensation currently does not work for AU instruments, but this will be fixed by MOTU in the soon to be released Digital Performer 8. Also, offline bouncing does not work for the Event/Audio Input plugins there. It is however possible to freeze first before bouncing as a workaround. It's unsure at this stage whether offline bouncing will ever work for the Event/Audio Input plugins, but we're in contact with MOTU on the issue.

Karel & Cyril --

Thanks for your comments and suggestions.  I DID remember there was SOME problem with IAC, and I guess latency and "bouncing" are it.  I think it also may use more computer resources than VE Pro.

At present, I DO use CCs to control the Vienna Instrument player.  I think my present plan is to just keep working along, and when Logic becomes too much trouble, make a switch to another DAW.  With Karel's advice, I can make a better decision when it comes time to make the switch.

Steve

Karel wrote: "In Logic you can use the Event/Audio Input plugin if you're not planning on doing any further heavy processing in Logic (this is due to the necessity for Live mode, explained in the manual). The old way of simply having a Server Interface plugin for every 16 MIDI channels still works for having more MIDI ports (at the expense of having more connected instances). The Multiport Environment tends to work well when no MIDI CC are involved, because it seems that that is when Logic starts dropping events. We can only hope that Apple fixes this issue. Currently there is also a problem when selecting the 5.1 or 6.1 versions of the Server Interface plugin in that Logic will assign 5.0 or 6.0 instead as channel configuration. This should be fixed in Logic 9.1.7 however."

I dunno, maybe I lead a charmed life :)

I am using the VEP Multiport Layer with VE Pro 5's latest release and Logic 9.1.7 to connect to two instances of VE Pro 5, one on my Mac and one on my PC. The one on my Mac has lots of Kontakt 5 instruments using 5 ports and 50 channels while  the one on my PC is using a whole bunch of Play based Hollywood Strings and Hollywood Brass  with a a  similar amount of ports and channels. I have assigned no I/O plugins nor Event Plugins. I am able to use  cc1 for modulation and cc11 for expression-volume and automate the auxes  the sounds  come in on with  host based cc7 automation. ALmost  never dropped notes or MIDI events.

Or maybe they did actually fix something in that regard in Logic 9.1.7 as well. We weren't informed about it at any rate.