@jamieh said:
Anyone using the Vi on a Mac feel it is ready? What are you finding in you daily workflow?
I have Opus 2 and several Horizon products that I use all the time.
Cheers,
Jamie
VI is ready enough, although no doubt there will many welcome updates to come. Such is the case with any software.
The question is whether the user is ready for VI.
The more complex musical requirements are expected by electronic musicians, the more complex the software will be to serve that purpose. VI works differently from early libraries, and these differences must be learned as they are assimilated into production.
I wouldn't want to place VI into action after only having it for less than two weeks. It took me a couple of months before I chose to put PE to work in the studio. It had less to do with the software as it had to do with wanting to develop a sense of fluency to not appear as one guessing his way around and wasting time.
I'm not sure when I'll put VI to work, but I will say that I've completed 5 sequences, three of which are mixed, with VI Strings with the past 10 days. Currently, custom matrices make starting new projects faster and easier, not having to start completely from scratch any more.
Workflow is a delicate word. Part of the issue is how fast one can work. Another part of the issue is the result. A smaller library by definition means there are fewer options, less sonic variety, and perhaps less believability in the end. Sure, VI is tweak city if you want-- or if time allows-- but you could spend the same amount of time or more with other libraries and never accomplish the same quality.
Only familar software can be called easy to use.
