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Vienna Ensemble Pro Mac
Hi All, I'm running a 10.6.7 quadcore 3Ghz Mac (14gb Ram) and would like to get the Vienna Ensemble Pro but it's advised to run this on a separate mac. My question is, will it still work fairly well on my current mac alongside Cubase 5/6? Would be grateful for any tips, advice etc. Thanks S
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Thanks for your reply, I would be looking at running mainly VSL strings and brass (Dimension Brass) and have other vst instruments/sample libraries playing plus effects plug-ins. Currently i use Kontakt which is fine but stumbles once the 4gb of RAM has been used even though i have 14gb? ( I think it's a Cubase issue ). Thanks
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The best thing to do is to test it for yourself. Currently I am running around 110 Vienna Instruments and 10 Kontakt Instruments at a buffer of 128.
Regarding the memory issue, Cubase is 32bit, so you will run into a memory limit. VE Pro will certainly get round this, and you won't even need to use the Kontakt memory server.
DG
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Thank you for your replies, VSL customer support have also been very helpful and i'm almost ready to buy but have one last question. Can i clarify that VE Pro will allow me to make use of the sample instruments in the same way that VI & VI Pro will? Such as Humanize Performance Control, Polyphonic Legato, Time Stretching, Tuning Scales...etc... Thanks
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Hi DG Thanks for your reply, although I'm a more confused now :-) If i buy VE Pro i get the epic orchestra as a free bundle. I was advised by VSL support that i can still access and play the EP bundle via VE Pro but now I'm thinking I'll need to purchase a 'player' in order to play the EP bundle through VE Pro. Sorry to labour the point but if i just buy VE Pro will that alone be sufficient to access and play the EP Bundle? Thanks for your patience
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@DG said:
It all depends on what you want to run in VEP. I run everything from one computer and would never go back to a multiple computer setup.
DG
So one good computer is better than running a server with several?
I'm hoping to buy a Mac Pro with 32-48 GB ram, 2 multi-processors, 4 SDDs, if my motorcycle sells. Should this mean I can run everything on one computer? I normally run around 25-40 tracks.
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It's a Ducati 1098s, cost m $28.5K. Added about $40K in parts. I want to concentrate on my music, I hope it sells. Need a Mac Pro and more VSL stuff:)
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@DG said:
It all depends on what you want to run in VEP. I run everything from one computer and would never go back to a multiple computer setup.
DG
So one good computer is better than running a server with several?
I'm hoping to buy a Mac Pro with 32-48 GB ram, 2 multi-processors, 4 SDDs, if my motorcycle sells. Should this mean I can run everything on one computer? I normally run around 25-40 tracks.
That should be easy. I'm running around 95 Instruments in my usual template.
DG
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HI. i recently bought a Mac pro 32 G with 512 SSD drive and another drive with 4T for the libraries in raid 0. what i want to know is, do i have benefits installing the vienna ensemble pro 5 in this computer, or it works better having different computers connected? i need some advice. Thanks!!!
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I have the MacPro 4.1, 8-core with 24GB. I did run another MP quad-core as a master, for a couple of years. I am now working with VE Pro 5 and Cubase on the first machine I mention. There is one project for sure that was so large I had to raise the latency on, which was not the most efficient thing I ever built. If I was going to go full symphonic I would require a slave or slaves. I'm using Cubase under OSX so that is certainly slower than under Windows. I would not expect DGs performance on my system. That said the difference for me is practically negligible. (There are some scenarios where running a slave probably amounted to slowness I'm not experiencing now, although I am not going to produce data or tests to support that.)
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