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  • How do you use VE as a standalone with Logic?

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     I'm hoping that someone might be able to describe exactly how to set up VE for use as a standalone with Logic 8.

    What kind of object would one create in Logic's environment to represent the VE standalone so that one could assign it to a track?

    How would this object be connected?

    I think I used to know how to do this with VI, but I have, apparently, become pretty rusty. 

    My aim is to run the standalone simultaneously with the plugin. I think I know how to do the audio part - - I've created an aggregate device consisting my MOU 2408 and Soundflower. I've set VE's audio outputs to channels 25-26 and designated these channels as input channels for an aux in Logic. No problem getting sound this way. The problem I'm having is getting MIDI to work and play back... I tried creating a multi-instrument and connecting it to IAC Port one on the Physical Input, setting VE to receive MIDI on IAC port 1, but no MIDI is transmitted to VE this way. VE responds only when it is set to Omni. No MIDI output during playback.....

    I would be most appreciative of help.

    Thanks,
    Stephen
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    I'm guessing you may not have terminated your instruments in the environment-In clicks and ports run a cable from each iac representation in the physical input to a monitor.This prevents a midi loop which is stopping you playing VE on the correct channel. Ray
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     Thanks so much. I am now able to run VE as a standalone (and simultaneously EWQLSO as a standalone) with Logic 8. However if Logic 8 is thus configured instantiating VE as a plugin at the same time results in feedback and distortion. If, on the other hand, one instantiates instances of the VI player in Audio Instruments, it works without problems.

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    Yup that's pretty much my experience-Between VE standalone and VI plugins in Logic 8 you can do an awful lot!.VE plugin never really worked for me but i don't think i would have used it anyway-The advantage for me is to open the Big Orchestral standalone once and not have to sit through Logic reloading(12 minutes sometimes!) for every cue.... Ray
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     Ray:

    For some reason I now have been able to get the VE plugin and standalone to work simultaneously.....but your idea of using a big template in the standalone is a very good one - - especially since one can have more than one standalone if one needs to access more RAM.  One question: how do you route audio from the standalone back into Logic?

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    Stevesong.. I use Jack OSX-It's slightly clumsy in that you need to make the connections after VE and logic have opened(The connections can be saved as a doc).but i couldn't figure out how to route audio back into Logic with Soundflower.But it's very solid and stable. www.jackosx.com The only current problem is that i really want to use my template reverbs in logic, on my VE stuff coming back in but it won't work because of a logic bug. If i try to use the effects sends on the VE Audio Aux in Logic , the sends stop working if i stop the sequencer and start again.V annoying... So i have to put a reverb each across all the VE returns ie, Brass, Woods, strings.It's not the end of the world though... Let me know if i can help anymore... Glad you got it working as a Plug in!! R