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Vienna Ensemble

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Vienna Ensemble Routing

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4) Create new MIDI tracks as needed. With RTAS, the amount of MIDI ports can be set in the

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Summary of Contents for Ensemble 5

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL 3 0 ...

Page 2: ...le channel or mixer strips at the same time Ability to undo redo virtually everything including 3rd party plugin parameter changes Vienna Ensemble interface element can be un docked and tabbed freely now Ready for Vienna MIR PRO and MIR PRO 24 The difference between Vienna Ensemble and Vienna Ensemble PRO Vienna Ensemble is designed for local use on one machine Vienna Ensemble PRO incorporates the...

Page 3: ...n this manual REGISTRATION You have received Vienna Ensemble together with Vienna Instruments Both software products are FREE and accompany each of our Vienna Instruments Products Instruments Collections Special Editions and Single Instruments When purchasing online you are automatically provided with a license and we will send the corresponding Activation Codes to download your license If you pur...

Page 4: ...ol Center click on Enter Activation Code and paste your Activation Code into the respective field You will be guided through the rest of the procedure An Internet connection has to be available for this process You can of course download your license on any Internet computer in case your music computer is not connected to the Internet If your license download was interrupted for any reason please ...

Page 5: ...cessing 13 Plug ins Preferences 14 Vienna MIR PRO Preferences 15 Vienna Ensemble Service Interface 16 General Information 16 Latency Settings 18 64 bit and 32 bit support 19 Switching between 32 bit and 64 bit 19 File Formats and information display 20 Navigation The Mixer 21 Re arranging Windows 23 Channel Options 24 Post Effect Plug in Rack 26 IMPORTANT NOTES FOR Logic USERS 27 IMPORTANT NOTES F...

Page 6: ...dows 40 Shortcut List for OS X 40 Special Features Channel Pane 41 Special Features Mixer 41 Vienna Instruments PRO 42 Vienna Ensemble Routing 43 Logic X 43 Digital Performer 46 Pro Tools 51 Cubase 55 Cakewalk SONAR X3 58 Presonus Studio One 63 Glossary 68 Support Questions Videos Forum 69 ...

Page 7: ...quencer done Using Slave machines with Vienna Ensemble Stand alone Each computer that runs Vienna Ensemble needs to have a ViennaKey containing the licenses for the given Vienna Instruments Collections connected Don t forget that you will also need the content of your Vienna Instruments Collections available and assigned in your Directory Manager simply drag and drop the sample content folders int...

Page 8: ...er 2 The Service Interface will open In the background the Vienna Ensemble Servive will launch automatically and you can start exploring right away On a 64 bit OS the Vienna Ensemble Service will open as a 64 bit application by default If you d like to use your 32 bit FX plug ins click Connect 32 bit and a 32 bit Vienna Ensemble Service will open in the background You can run 32 bit and 64 bit Vie...

Page 9: ... the plug ins for VST AU RTAS AAX will be installed in Library Audio Plug ins Win Additionally VST RTAS AAX Plug ins will be installed in a location of your choice Directory Manager Links your sample content with your Vienna Instruments Library Installer Guides you through the installation process of your Vienna Instruments Collections Uninstall Vienna Instruments OS X only Uninstalls Vienna Instr...

Page 10: ...IENNA ENSEMBLE SERVICE The Vienna Ensemble Service is a separate application that runs in the background alongside your sequencer It is started automatically when you insert Vienna Ensemble as a plug in in your sequencer You can shut down all running instances of Vienna Ensemble with EXIT ...

Page 11: ...mble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Service SERVICE PREFERENCES Click Preferences in the Vienna Ensemble Service to get access to many options General Preferences Enable or disable the automatic update check in the General Preferences Default Enabled ...

Page 12: ...ower the amount of threads You can change the number of used MIDI Ports and Audio outputs per instance Audio Units by design do not offer more than 1 MIDI Port per instance GUI Behaviour lets you optimize some basic settings for your workflow Enable parameter tweaking with mouse wheel Disabling this feature will avoid changing any settings when using the mouse wheel to scroll through the GUI Show ...

Page 13: ...w instances as possible With the VST3 RTAS AAX Service Interface plug in this is possible to achieve by increasing the number of midi ports per instance see below Using the AU or VST2 plug ins you might be required to run several instances to work around the 16 MIDI channel limitation of these standards As you are running a sequencer on the same machine as Vienna Ensemble you could lower the numbe...

Page 14: ... Plug ins Preferences All available Plug ins are listed in the Plug ins Section of the Service Preferences On Windows systems you may also set your VST Settings here Some plug in hosts may require a rescan revalidation of the Vienna Ensemble plug in to apply any MIDI audio port changes ...

Page 15: ...enna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna MIR PRO Preferences Only available if you have a valid Vienna MIR PRO MIR PRO 24 license available For further details please refer to the separate MIR PRO Manual in your User Area ...

Page 16: ... a 32 bit Vienna Ensemble Service will open in the background and vice versa with 64 bit You can run 32 bit and 64 bit Vienna Ensemble Services simultaneously Click RAISE to see the connected Vienna Ensemble instance Additionally you can set the Preferences per instance Audio Outputs MIDI Inputs Note that these Preferences are system wide settings that will not be saved with your project Actual la...

Page 17: ...ry 17 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Service Attention LOGIC users To guarantee optimum performance of Vienna Ensemble it is essential to set the Process Buffer Size under Preferences Audio Devices Core Audio to SMALL ...

Page 18: ...does not support real time dynamic latency compensation at the moment the plug in has to be reloaded for changes to become effective Disabling Delay Compensation and enabling it again is also known to work Setting the Latency to none will synchronize Vienna Ensemble with your soundcard so that no latency is added while very good for recording percussive sounds this also adds a lot of strain to the...

Page 19: ...64 bit Vienna Ensemble When Vienna Ensemble plug ins are loaded with a master host project they will always connect to the Vienna Ensemble Service with the architecture 32 bit 64 bit they were connected to when the master host project was saved The most obvious advantage of 64 bit plug ins when it comes to RAM intensive applications is of course that you can utilize as much RAM as available in you...

Page 20: ... the task bar The saved files are called viframe32 and viframe64 depending on the version 32 64 bit of the Vienna Ensemble Service They contain all information saved in a single Vienna Ensemble instance When loading a viframe the file name will be displayed in amongst other information 1 in your Vienna Ensemble Instance Window Title in this case Paul_Basic_01 2 and in the Vienna Ensemble Service W...

Page 21: ...iption with the corresponding shortcut if available The taskbar in the upper left corner contains the following icons 1 Start Stop Engine 2 Start Stop Transport 3 New Project Create a new project from scratch 4 Open Project Open your saved projects viframe32 or viframe64 5 Save Project Save your projects as viframe32 or viframe64 files 6 Preferences 7 Auto Add MIR PRO will automatically add MIR PR...

Page 22: ...w In the lower right corner you will find some more information available all the time Tempo BPM Plug in Latency Compensation in samples CPU Meter Note Plug in Latency Compensation can be disabled in Preferences By default Bus channels are green Vienna Instruments channels are blue VSTi AU plug in channels are brown ish and audio input channels are violet Move channels in the Channel Pane or Mixer...

Page 23: ...uble click its title bar To re arrange a docked window like shown below simply click and drag its title bar over the main window Indicators will be displayed when you re placing the window over a valid location on the main window The Instrument window offers the option to unsnap individual instruments The big unsnap button in that window lifts that particular instrument s User Interface out of the...

Page 24: ...d you have the following options duplicate channels copy specific channel settings or save and insert Channel Sets all settings and loaded samples on selected channels You can copy and paste specific parameters of each channel and you can also define the color and name of selected channels All channel context options can also be found in the menu bar ...

Page 25: ...projects of course also from older Vienna Ensemble templates and converting a project that contains original Vienna Instruments instances to Vienna Instruments PRO is possible as well These options can be found in the File menu of each Vienna Ensemble instance We have also added the option to set a pan law both a default setting and a per project setting which applies to all included panning plug ...

Page 26: ...ower pan has been transformed into a post effect plug in rack All plug ins in this post effect rack are processed after the pre fader sends Right click the slot to replace the inserted plug in see above Double click the slot to open the Plug in GUI for more exact placement You can also drag additional plug ins into this effect rack ...

Page 27: ... 2014 Vienna Symphonic Library 27 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Service IMPORTANT NOTES FOR LOGIC USERS Make sure that the Process Buffer Range is set to Small for Optimum Performance ...

Page 28: ...PORTANT NOTES FOR DIGITAL PERFORMER USERS In Digital Performer s Audio Plug ins Preferences choose All Plug ins in Real time as Plug in real time preference default setting and in the current project see below If Pre gen mode is enabled the Audio Event Input plug ins will not work properly ...

Page 29: ... for each virtual instrument which allows you to create e g full string sections with your desired articulations even Performance Legatos simply assign the same MIDI Channel to all of them and stack their keyboard ranges E g you could let the double basses play from B0 to B1 cellos from C2 to B2 violas from C3 to B3 and the violins from C4 to their highest note just try out what you can do and wha...

Page 30: ... 30 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Service Plug in effects You can assign FX plug ins to every channel and you have flexible routing possibilities with assignable Sends Simply click in the FX and Send Rows in the mixer ...

Page 31: ...eo information but can narrow or even collapse a channel s stereo signal as desired by dragging the left and right handles Clicking in the space between the handles or dragging the center dot in the graphic view allows you to move the channel s stereo center A right click takes you to the menu of this Post FX Rack This way you can choose to insert quite some features of MIR PRO if you have a licen...

Page 32: ...ng all busses you can assign each channel either to a bus or a hardware output so that you can set up your mixing console to fit your needs e g you could assign all string instruments to Bus 1 all drums to Bus 2 etc Of course changes made in a Bus will affect all channels attached to it Each channel has Mute and Solo buttons as you know them from your sequencer ...

Page 33: ...the available outputs as dedicated input channels conveniently with the Buttons below the volume fader of the instrument track This way you can send the audio signal back to VE PRO and your sequencer on a separate channel for additional mixing You need to assign the appropriate outputs first WITHIN Vienna Instruments PRO Output routing of these additional channels is as flexible as any other chann...

Page 34: ...semble to Vienna Ensemble PRO is easy 1 Save your Vienna Ensemble projects viframe files 2 Launch Vienna Ensemble PRO SERVER 32 and or 64 bit 3 Replace the Vienna Ensemble Service Interface plug ins with Vienna Ensemble PRO Server Interface plug ins You will be asked to connect to the available Vienna Ensemble PRO Servers Choose NEW instances ...

Page 35: ...ed projects in Vienna Ensemble Pro If you want to merge projects use the Merge Project feature in the File menu It is advised to check the assignments of outputs after merging projects For more detailed information on Vienna Ensemble PRO please refer to the Vienna Ensemble PRO manual in your User Area ...

Page 36: ...and alone software double click Vienna Ensemble or Vienna Ensemble 64 bit from your programs applications Preferences Click on the Preferences icon in the task bar to configure your stand alone setup The first start will automatically open the Preferences The General Preferences for your stand alone Vienna Ensemble differ just a little from the Preferences described in the Vienna Ensemble Service ...

Page 37: ...mble Stand alone Select your Audio Device The Audio and MIDI Routing can be configured you can add and deactivate outputs inputs and assign names for a better overview The activated inputs of your soundcard will also be available in the Input Channels within Vienna Ensemble ...

Page 38: ...ivated in the Vienna Ensemble Preferences MIDI Select your MIDI Input Devices for this Vienna Ensemble stand alone instance Smoothing Sets the amount of smoothing applied to the tempo when synchronized to MIDI Clock Ranges from 0 to 40 ms Defaults to 20 ms Round tempo When enabled rounds the tempo to integer values so for instance 120 2 becomes 120 140 7 becomes 141 and so forth which generally re...

Page 39: ...all installed AU plug ins are displayed here In Windows make sure that you have assigned the correct VST plug in path so that Vienna Ensemble can find all your plug ins The Vienna MIR Pro Settings are only available if a license for MIR PRO is available Please consult the MIR PRO manual for more information ...

Page 40: ...nput channel CTRL B Add Bus CTRL D Duplicate Channel Del Delete channel s F Fold channel strips Channel Pane PgUp Previous Channel PgDn Next Channel SHORTCUT LIST FOR OS X Command R Start Stop Engine Command O Open Project Command S Save Project Command Alt S Save Project as Command P Preferences does not work in server mode ESC Toggle Mixer View Command Q Quit Command Z Undo Command Y Redo Comman...

Page 41: ...l apply to the same insert slot on SELECTED tracks The same applies to Bypass Shift Ctrl Click applies to all Alt Ctrl Click applies to selected tracks Moving a plug in BETWEEN two insert slots will create a complete new row of insert slots When a row gets empty the view will be optimized the row will be removed SPECIAL FEATURES MIXER Shift drag any control for fine adjustment Shift mouse wheel an...

Page 42: ... you get instant information when you hover over each widget with your mouse Please refer to the Vienna Instruments Manual in your USER AREA to find out more about the intricacies of this powerful tool Additionally we have provided Video Tutorials that will give you a quick start with simple examples that cover all the features of Vienna Instruments Vienna Instruments PRO needs to be installed sep...

Page 43: ...Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing VIENNA ENSEMBLE ROUTING This chapter will show you how to route multiple stereo outputs from Vienna Ensemble into your sequencer Logic X Instantiate a multi timbral Software Instrument track Assign Vienna Ensemble Multi Output ...

Page 44: ...e Service Interface opens and automatically connects to the Vienna Ensemble Service in the background Click Raise if the Vienna Ensemble GUI doesn t show up right away The windows you see now are the Vienna Ensemble Service Interface the Vienna Ensemble Service and the Vienna Ensemble GUI ...

Page 45: ...Vienna Ensemble It is also possible to assign the outputs below the fader of each channel Open the Mixer page Outputs 1 2 are automatically assigned in the Audio Instrument channel You can add more stereo channels in ascending order comfortably by simply clicking the Button underneath the SOLO button in the Instrument channel ...

Page 46: ... 2014 Vienna Symphonic Library 46 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing Digital Performer 1 Add a new Instrument Track with Options 2 Assign it to Vienna Ensemble stereo ...

Page 47: ...16 MIDI tracks 4 Click on OK this is will bring up the Vienna Ensemble Service Interface The windows you will see now are the Vienna Ensemble Service Interface the Vienna Ensemble Service and the Vienna Ensemble GUI Create Instrument Channels in Vienna Ensemble and assign MIDI channels to them ...

Page 48: ... 2014 Vienna Symphonic Library 48 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 5 Add one or more auxiliary tracks to your project ...

Page 49: ... 2014 Vienna Symphonic Library 49 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 6 You can now check the available Stereo Outputs of Vienna Ensemble in the inputs of your Aux Track ...

Page 50: ...4 Vienna Symphonic Library 50 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 7 Assign the different outputs in Vienna Ensemble It is also possible to assign the outputs below the fader of each channel ...

Page 51: ... 2014 Vienna Symphonic Library 51 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing Pro Tools 1 Create a Stereo Instrument track 2 Assign Vienna Ensemble as a multi channel plug in ...

Page 52: ...r Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 3 The Service Interface shows up you are automatically connected to the Vienn Ensemble Service 4 Create new MIDI tracks as needed With RTAS the amount of MIDI ports can be set in the Vienna Ensemble PRO Server Preferences ...

Page 53: ...enna Symphonic Library 53 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 5 In the mixer assign the MIDI channels to Vienna Ensemble 6 Now create an Aux track and as many Stereo Aux Inputs as you will need ...

Page 54: ...a Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 7 Assign the Vienna Ensemble outputs to the inputs of your Aux track 10 Assign the different outputs in Vienna Ensemble It is also possible to assign the outputs below the fader of each channel ...

Page 55: ... 2014 Vienna Symphonic Library 55 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing Cubase 1 Instantiate Vienna Ensemble as a VST or VST3 Instrument ideally as a RACK instrument ...

Page 56: ...matically connected to the Vienna Ensemble Service in the background If you cannot see the GUI immediately click Raise 3 Click on the sign to the far right of Vienna Ensemble to activate the available Vienna Ensemble outputs You can activate them separately or one by one depending on how many you need ...

Page 57: ...emble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 4 The corresponding stereo channels will be created automatically in your mixer 5 Assign the different outputs in Vienna Ensemble It is also possible to assign the outputs below the fader of each channel ...

Page 58: ... note that the exact plugin folder name may differ depending on where Vienna Ensemble is installed 2 The following dialog will appear Depending on whether you wish to have multiple outputs for mixing instruments inside SONAR or a single stereo output for mixing instruments inside Vienna Ensemble PRO please choose the appropriate option as well as the option to display the Synth Property Page and c...

Page 59: ...ll be connected to the Vienna Ensemble Service right away 4 Now when you insert buses and instruments and assign outputs in the Vienna Ensemble Instance they will route to the previously created tracks in SONAR For using only a single stereo track in SONAR everything should be routed to the output pair 1 2 inside Vienna Ensemble ...

Page 60: ...ert MIDI tracks as many as you need into the SONAR project To do so please select Insert Multiple Tracks 6 Please set the audio track count to 0 and the MIDI track count to as many tracks as there are necessary to create The Port should be set to display the previously inserted Vienna Ensemble synth instance ...

Page 61: ...MIDI channels Please select I O in the track options display first 8 If the view is shorter than on the picture below and doesn t show MIDI channel C combo boxes then please resize it horizontally to be wider After this select the desired MIDI channels I have chosen channels 1 16 for the MIDI tracks and also given the tracks different names ...

Page 62: ...er MIDI channel from the Vienna Ensemble PRO instance to SONAR 10 Your environment is ready to go You should have complete synchronization between SONAR and Vienna Ensemble PRO If you need to repeat these steps too often we recommend saving the above setup as a starting point and using it as a project template ...

Page 63: ...g Presonus Studio One 1 Create a new Vienna Ensemble Instance by dragging and dropping the desired instrument from the instruments menu on the right to the arrange window on the left 2 The Service Interface will appear and you are automatically connected to the Vienna Ensemble Service ...

Page 64: ...are automatically assigned to your Vienna Ensemble instance You can expand these available outputs by clicking the down arrow on Vienna Ensemble and choosing Expand If you want to use only a single stereo channel in Studio One and mix the instruments inside Vienna Ensemble everything should be routed to the output pair 1 2 inside Vienna Ensemble In this case you can skip steps 5 and 6 ...

Page 65: ...you can click on all the available 32 outputs and choose the ones you need As you click the boxes to add outputs channels are automatically created for you in the mixer window 6 Now when you assign outputs in the Vienna Ensemble Instance they will route to these channels in Studio One s Mixer ...

Page 66: ... 2014 Vienna Symphonic Library 66 Vienna Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 7 Now you need to assign MIDI outputs ports and channels to the tracks in your arrangement ...

Page 67: ...Ensemble User Manual Vienna Ensemble Routing 8 Finally set the same MIDI Ports and channels in your Vienna Ensemble instance 9 Your environment is ready to go You should now have complete synchronization between Studio One and Vienna Ensemble ...

Page 68: ...ents that offer more than 1 MIDI Channel Vienna Ensemble PRO Service Interface Connects with the available Vienna Ensemble Services in the background of your sequence The Service Interface works as AU VST VST3 RTAS AAX plug in Vienna Ensemble PRO Service Window Displays all available instances and their status Vienna Ensemble PRO Service Available in 32 bit and 64 bit The backbone of Vienna Ensemb...

Page 69: ...u many joyful hours of composing and inspiration If you re not familiar with the Vienna Instruments included in Vienna Ensemble 5 or just want to make sure please have a look at the Vienna Instruments Manual and the video tutorials on our website And if they don t provide the information you need please feel free to post your questions in our Forum or send an e mail to our support team We wish you...

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