ChatGPT defines VEP7

[Epicurse]

For some reason when I open a *.vep64 project file in my empty Vienna Ensemble Pro server, only one instance gets loaded. I thought a project *.vep64 included all the instances I created in that server.

- Can you make it clear to me?

ChatGPT, In Vienna Ensemble Pro (VEP), a project and an instance are related but distinct concepts.

1. Instance:

   • An instance in VEP refers to a single running instance of the Vienna Ensemble Pro server. Each instance can host multiple virtual instruments and plugins.
   • You can create multiple instances within a single VEP server, and each instance can be connected to a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) via MIDI and audio channels.
   • Instances are useful for organizing different sections of your project (e.g., strings, brass, percussion) or for distributing the load across multiple computers.

2. Project:

   • A project in VEP is a saved configuration of all your instances, instruments, effects, and settings.
   • When you save a project, it saves the state of all instances, including the loaded instruments, effects, MIDI mappings, and other settings.
   • Opening a project restores the VEP server to the state it was in when you saved the project, reloading all instances and their configurations.

In summary, an instance is a single operational unit within VEP that hosts instruments and effects, while a project is a file that saves the entire setup of one or more instances.

[Epicurse]

A side note: My Server project does contains all the instances but I am talking about the Instance submenu that state: Save Project shown below.

- Why do we need this "Save Project"?

[Epicurse]

I found this post below and it is exactly what I have been doing. BUT 'Save Project' under the Instance menu does not save all instances in that project. Only a server project does.

https://forum.vsl.co.at/topic/59069/saving-instance-project-and-server-project-confusion

[plowman]

@Epicurse said:
- Why do we need this "Save Project"?

It is useful to have independent saves of a single instance. It can be re-loaded later.

To reload a single instance in the server, click on the plus sign in the Instance column. That'll create a new, blank instance. Then go to "Open Project" and select a saved single-instance .vep64. The server will ask if you want to delete the blank you just created. Yes, most likely, and then the single instance will load.

Again, it's useful to build a multi-instance server .vesp64 project with previously saved single vep64 instances.

@Epicurse said:
I thought a project *.vep64 included all the instances

.vesp64 includes all the instances.

.vep64 saves only the selected instance.

That's why they're found under File and Instance respectively.

[DaddyO]

There are two different saves, save Project (=instance) and save Server Project (=all instances in Server Project. They are in two different menus, the first the Instance menu, the second the File menu.

Save Project results in the saving of a single instance. Save Server Project results in the entire project and all it's intances being saved.

Maybe you already knew this, but I posted this in case you didn't.