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  • VE5 and MIR

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    Most likely I'm missing something as usual, but here's the quote from the manual for the new VE5:

    As Vienna Ensemble 5 is fully backward-compatible with version 4, you can load your existing projects and keep working on your music right after installation.

    This does not seem to be the case.  I was using MIR with 5 - 7 different instances of VE in one project previously.  Now when I load an old project, I get a message that the MIR plug in could not be found for every instance, and so all my MIR settings are now apprently lost.

    It appears that I have to start over on all my projects!  Harumph!

    In addition, previously when I was using VE with multiple instances, I could call MIR in any one of them and it would recognize it all as the same MIR stage.  Now when I call MIR in different instances, each VE instance seems to load it's own instance of MIR.  For example, I now have a MIR that contains Violins I only, a MIR that contains Violins II only, etc.  Before all the instruments were together in the same MIR hall.


    Do I have to reconfigure all my VE setups so that all instruments are in a single VE instance?  Is there a limit to how many instruments you can have in a single VE instance?

    Help! 
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi, 

    My apologies, that was an oversight on our side. We´ll have it fixed with the next update, just adding a setting in the VE Preferences that allows you to use MIR PRO as a plug-in in Vienna Ensemble (MIR PRO and MIRacle are filtered out as "normal" plug-ins in VE, just as they are in VE PRO). 

    You can contact us at , if you like, so we can provide you with the beta version. 

    Best, 

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • T
    T

    Thanks Paul. So this switch will allow me to load my existing projects with all the MIR Pro settings intact?

    Just out of curiosity, if MIR isn't loaded as a plug in then how is it used?  Not clear on this. 

    And in the meantime how do I get VE 4 back?

    Michael
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP
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    Hi Michael, 

    @mjmyers60 said:

    So this switch will allow me to load my existing projects with all the MIR Pro settings intact?

    Just out of curiosity, if MIR isn't loaded as a plug in then how is it used?  Not clear on this. 

    And in the meantime how do I get VE 4 back?

    1) Yes. 

    2) By using integrated "tool-kits".

    3) From the archive in your User Area. 

    Best, 

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • T
    T

    Paul, thanks again.  I was panicked thinking I had lost all my MIR settings for over 100 projects!

    All is right with the world again, but now I'm curious.  How can I find out more about "integrated toolkits?"  Is this a new feature in VE5?

    Michael
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hello Michael, 

    Toolkits are simply our internal term for how we integrate plug-ins in our own software (MIR PRO, VI PRO, VI...). 

    These plug-ins don´t show up like other 3rd party plug-in, but have their own icons (e.g., the VI PRO and VI icons below the channel list on the left). 

    Nothing new [:)]

    Best, 

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • T
    T

    Thanks Paul.  A related question, is there a way that I can install both versions on my Mac?  I'd like to play with VE5 since it has some really cool features, but I'd still like to use VE4 when I want.

    Michael
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi Michael, 

    VE 5 is an upgrade to VE 4, they cannot run simultaneously, sorry to say. 

    Best, 

    Paul

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL