I have separate instances for Play and Kontakt based VIs.
However each one has the minimum possible Audio and Midi ports. I cannot see this is an issue.
As I am in Logic 9 I cannot use the multiport method, however I do not think 20 instances spread over 3 machines is that much.
Which is why I need to ascertain if the slow connection to each instance is something else?
Surely if one has to wait 5-10 minutes to load the connections between projects, that defeats a big part of the point of VEP?
I am using fixed IPs with a Gigabit switch dedicated to just the Master and Slaves, is there something else wrong? Or is this really how long connections should take?