Just trying to get acquainted with Vienna Ensemble and puzzled about plugins. In the plugins preferences I can only see AU plugins. VE does accept VST plugins, right?
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Vienna Ensemble (not Pro)
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Are you running Vienna Ensemble (non Pro) in 64 bit?
If so, your plugins must also be 64 bit, or you will not see them.
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I am running the 32-bit version. Also, I do have a number of VST plugins that work in 64-bit, so regardless I should be seeing some in the menu, yes? Either way the only plugins that show up are AU.
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Hmmm... I find it disappointing that this is not mentioned anywhere on the description page for VEP. Just looking at the first paragraph here feels like false advertising in that it fails to mention the Mac VST shortcoming: "Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 is a cross-platform MIDI and audio LAN solution that works universally on Macs and PCs, hosting Vienna Instruments as well as third-party 64-bit and 32-bit VSTi/AU plug-ins. Use it as a host on the same computer as your sequencer to integrate all your 64-bit and 32-bit instruments and effect plug-ins from third-party manufacturers (such as Spectrasonics, Native Instruments, Waves, you name it), or use it as a master-slave solution with multiple Macs and PCs, all connected with a standard Ethernet cable. You can easily route the audio streams of a whole arsenal of computers back to your main machine without the need of external hardware. The Preserve function keeps all of your templates and samples loaded while switching from one project to another. As a Pro Tools user you may integrate your favorite AU and VST plug-ins in your sessions!" VST plugins are mentioned twice without mentioning "*Windows only" or "*not available for Mac". I would think it basic courtesy to apply these footnotes. From the features page: "3rd party VSTi/AU hosting (multichannel) – Instantiate Vienna Instruments along with other 3rd party VST and AU instruments from Spectrasonics, Native Instruments, and more; Vienna Ensemble PRO 4 works with nearly all available VST/AU plug-ins and supports plug-ins with multiple outputs. Please make sure to use the latest versions of your software." Again there is no indication in this statement that VST plugins will not work under Mac. Any mention of VST plugins used in VEP should should be footnoted with the proper information. Finally, at the bottom of the features page we get this: "Inserts for AU (Mac) and VST (PC) effect plug-ins." I am very impressed so far by the quality of VSL products, but I must be adamant about not accepting borderline-deceptive wording in product descriptions.
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+1 I just wasted some time trying to figure out why my VST plug-ins weren't scanning in VEP 5 on OS X 10.8. Only after I found this thread did I learn it is not possible. This limitation should be clearly stated in the product description; as it is, the VEP 5 description is deceptive.
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I understand that everybody would like to find specific information which is the important one under certain circumstances on the top of the page. But as a matter of fact, near the bottom of the page, the feature-list of VE Pro clearly states:
--> http://www.vsl.co.at/en/211/497/1685/1990/1992/1681.htm
Kind regards,
/Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library -
I have the problem that VE 64 bit is not recognizing Omnisphere as vst in Windows 7. I am doing so in Ableton 64 bit, Omnisphere has had the update, and is recognized and playable by Ableton as 64 bit compatible. I wonder why VE, even after pointing it to the exact folder in which Live recognizes the vst, simply does not? Thx for any help. I don't know if this is relevant: when I hit "rescan all" I see "testing Omnisphere" along with all the other VI's, and it sails right through that without an error message, scanning the rest of the Steinberg vst2 folder. But Omnisphere just doesn't show as instrument/plugin in the preferences dialog box after doing so.
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