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  • 3 instances of Ensemble causing problems

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    My setup:  I'm working with Logic 9.1 on a Mac Pro quad-core intel Xeon with 12 GB ram.

    My problem: I built a template for my work consisting of three instances of Vienna Ensemble. 1 instance for Brass and Winds, 1 for Strings and 1 for Percussion.  I just realized when there are about 3 to 4 Instruments of each Ensemble instance playing at the same time there is a horrible stuttering and crackling going on. As if the three instances of Ensemble can't process the data.  The problem doesn't seem to come from Logic 9  but I might be wrong.   Is there a solution?

    Thank you!
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    1. What's the memory usage of VE?
    2. Have you checked to see how Logic has allocated the cores of your computer?

    DG
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    Vienna Ensemble is much less efficient than Vienna Ensemble Pro regarding the audio transfer. I would recommend you to either do more pre-mixing in Vienna Ensemble, or upgrade to VE Pro.
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    VSL Team
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    Hi,

    just to add: You can test-drive VE PRO! Simply click "Try" on the product page and you will receive a free demo license activation code, that lets you use VE PRO for 30 starts/ 30 days. And you can even recharge these starts within these 30 days by clicking "Validate License Usage Periods" in the latest eLicenser Control Center.

    Best,

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
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    1. The memory usage of each of the VE instances fluctuates between 2% and 7%

    2. Only 2 out of 8 cores seem to be active while I'm running 3 instances of VE.  Although the 2 cores show only very little activity. Thre are no peaks at all. I would say they operate in the 2 to 10% range.  Is it possible to allocate the cores differently?

    Thank you

    Felix
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hello Felix,

    the cores are allocated automatically. But Vienna Ensemble is simply not up to speed, like Vienna Ensemble PRO, so I´d definitely give VE PRO a free test-run, just to see what changes.

    Best,

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Head of Product Marketing, Social Media and Support
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    @Felix Weber said:

    Only 2 out of 8 cores seem to be active while I'm running 3 instances of VE.  Although the 2 cores show only very little activity. Thre are no peaks at all. I would say they operate in the 2 to 10% range.  Is it possible to allocate the cores differently?

    Vienna Ensemble (non-Pro) runs with one processing thread per instance. Then there are a number of additional streaming threads for the instruments, which will be spread out over all available cores (virtual or physical).