Thanks for the input Bill,

I tried what you said. I set 2 instances of VE in Banks 1 & 2 of Finale's "VST Banks & Effects" dialog, not touching anything else there, then I turned off the Banks & Channels view in the ScoreManager, then I clicked on "Edit" next to each instrument to instantiate VE and did the VE assignments. I checked and unchecked the view several times. Still not playing the 2nd VE instance on Bank 2. It's actually worse, because the last instrument on Bank 1 only would play the first bar in the score. Didn't have that kind of problem the other way, so something between Finale 2014 and VSL is really screwed up.

I also did an uninstall of both Finale and VSL, made sure there weren't any old .dll files, and re-installed them. Still no luck. I may do that again except this time going into the Windows registry and delete all traces of both pieces of software and then re-load them again.

I've contacted MakeMusic about this, but I may need to add this latest detail. (I'm using a quad-core PC running Windows 7 32 bit for anyone interested.)

OK, at this point I am convinced that Finale 2014 will not play more than 1 instance of Vienna Ensemble. I've tried everything I know to try. I found older posts on the Internet about Logic 8 users having the same problem with Vienna Ensemble, only being able to run 1 instance. That appears to point more in the direction of VSL being the problem than Finale. Any Sibelius owners having this problem of being able to use ony 1 instance of Vienna Ensemble? which means only 16 channel playback in Sibelius?

Hello Dave!

I can use more Vienna Ensemble instances in Finale 2014 without any problem here. Here's what I have done.
- Made a new score with 20 instruments with the Finale 2014 Setup Wizard.
- Went to the VST Banks & Effects menu and replaced the two Aria Players with 2 Vienna Ensemble instances.
- Looked at the Finale 2014 Score Manager to see the Channel assignment. As Bill has mentioned I had to turn off and on the "Bank & Channel" view to get the bank numbers displayed.
- Loaded the Special Edition instrument matrices in the two Vienna Ensemble instances and set the channel numbers according to the channel numbers in the Finale 2014 ScoreManager.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,
Andi

Thanks for the reply Andi,

First of all, I'm using a PC running Windows 7. So it sounds like you guys are using a Mac which would account for a slightly different setup. Unchecking the "Band and Channel" in Customize View in ScoreManager does nothing on my computer except hides the MIDI assignment columns until you uncheck it.

--I'm doing close to the same thing as your method. I create a score using Setup Wizard, remove the two Aria players and replace them with 2 instances of VE. Then I go to the ScoreManger where all the instruments are listed to the left, but the Device column for each score instrument shows "none" and MIDI Prg, Bank, Ch. shows nothing. I have to hit the button next to the Device column which brings up a drop down box and I select Vienna Ensemble from it. Then... the Sound column shows an "Edit" link with MIDI automatically set to Prg 1, Bank 1, Ch 1. The first instance of VE displays only when I hit that "Edit" link, then I setup the first instrument matrice within VE, and assign it to the first VE and channel 1. I then have to repeat this process for each score instrument. When I get to the 17th score instrument, ScoreManger automatically assigns it to Prg 1, Bank 2, Ch.1. If I had put the VE instance on Bank 3 Finale still sees it and puts Prg 1, Bank 3, Ch.1.

--Anothe method I tried was to hit the button next to each instance of VE loaded in the VST Banks & Effects dialog. When I do that the VE Service dialog displays and I select "Connect 32-bit" and then the VE instrument player displays. I load the VE patch and when I go to ScoreManger the score instruments Device column still shows "none" and no MIDI assignment. I still have to select Vienna Ensemble from the drop down box with the button next to the Device column.

@andi said:

Hello Dave!

I can use more Vienna Ensemble instances in Finale 2014 without any problem here. Here's what I have done.
- Made a new score with 20 instruments with the Finale 2014 Setup Wizard.
- Went to the VST Banks & Effects menu and replaced the two Aria Players with 2 Vienna Ensemble instances.
- Looked at the Finale 2014 Score Manager to see the Channel assignment. As Bill has mentioned I had to turn off and on the "Bank & Channel" view to get the bank numbers displayed.
- Loaded the Special Edition instrument matrices in the two Vienna Ensemble instances and set the channel numbers according to the channel numbers in the Finale 2014 ScoreManager.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,
Andi

Another question, how are you guys setting up MIDI in the MIDI Setup within Finale 2014? And how are you assigning the instrument matrice channels within Vienna Ensemble? I'm basing the VE matrice channel assignments on how it's been working with Pro Tools 10. In Pro Tools I create an Instrument track for each instance of Vienna Ensemble, and all the instruments in it are assigned within Pro Tools to that one instance up to 16 channels (mapped to "VE 1" and ch.1 thru 16. Then I create another Instrument track for a second instance of VE, and assign 16 more channels to it ("VE 2", ch.1-16), and so on. This assigning works fine in Pro Tools 10.

 It sounds like you're not loading the VE server before starting Finale...

Bill,

How can the VE instances display without the VE server loading up first? Not possible. The 2 instances of the VE player do display once I hit the "Edit" links within ScoreManager. The problem is the first VE instance on Bank 1 plays all 16 instruments in the score, but the second VE player instance on Bank 2 does not play instruments 17 through 20.

@Bill said:

 It sounds like you're not loading the VE server before starting Finale...

Guys,

Do me a simple favor. With a score that you're using multiple instances of the VE (Vienna Ensemble) player on multiple Banks in Finale 2014, tell me what your MIDI patching is within the tracks in the VE players. What do you have the MIDI In's and MIDI Out's within Ensemble set to? Are you leaving all the VE's MIDI In's to "Omni" or "All", or set to "VE Plugin MIDI In 1", etc.?

This might be part of the problem. Since ScoreManager in Finale recognizes the two instances of the VE player on different Banks, it's probably not necessary to assign the VE Plugin MIDI In 1, etc., on each loaded instrument in Ensemble. Probably needs to be left at "All" or "Omni". I know in Pro Tools 10 you have to use the VE's Plugin MIDI In 1, etc., setting for each channel, otherwise it doesn't recognize the different instances of VE players.

Hi Dave!

I am also working on Windows 7. It's no Mac vs. PC thing.

Only VST3-hosts can use more than the first of the MIDI-In ports in Vienna Ensemble. Finale is not VST3-compatible. So simply leave the MIDI-In port in all Vienna Ensemble instances at -Omni-. If you have set it to anything else than -Omni- or In 1, Vienna Ensemble won't receive MIDI information. The channels have to be set the same way as in the ScoreManager.

Please also leave the output of the Master Bus at Out 1/Out 2. Finale doesn't receive the audio signal from other outputs.

Best,
Andi

Andi,

I think that solved the problem. I set all Ensemble tracks "In" to Omni and then matched ScoreManager's Channel assignments. The instruments assigned to Bank 2 play now.

Thanks for your help,

Dave

@andi said:

Hi Dave!

I am also working on Windows 7. It's no Mac vs. PC thing.

Only VST3-hosts can use more than the first of the MIDI-In ports in Vienna Ensemble. Finale is not VST3-compatible. So simply leave the MIDI-In port in all Vienna Ensemble instances at -Omni-. If you have set it to anything else than -Omni- or In 1, Vienna Ensemble won't receive MIDI information. The channels have to be set the same way as in the ScoreManager.

Please also leave the output of the Master Bus at Out 1/Out 2. Finale doesn't receive the audio signal from other outputs.

Best,
Andi

Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad that we solved the problem.

Best,
Andi