Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual INTRODUCTION Welcome to Vienna Symphonic Library's Vienna Ensemble 5! Vienna Ensemble is automatically installed with Vienna Instruments and lets you load multiple instances of Vienna Instruments, Vienna Instruments PRO and Vienna Imperial! It allows you to configure audio busses as well as insert and send effects ( AU/OS X and VST/WIN) for each loaded instrument.
Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Vienna Ensemble 5 runs on PC Intel Core 2 Duo/AMD Athlon 64 X2 machines with Windows 7, 32 and 64-bit versions, and Intel Core2Duo machines with Mac OS X 10.7 (latest update) or higher. Best of all, you can run the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version of Vienna Ensemble 5 simultaneously, so that you can make use of all your plug-ins! VIDEO TUTORIALS...
Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual ELICENSER CONTROL CENTER The eLicenser Control Center manages your licenses. Please make sure that you are using the latest version, available at www.elicenser.net. Remember that you need a ViennaKey (or a Steinberg or Arturia eLicenser) to store your licenses on. You can register your key with us, so that you are safe in case of damage (the first 6 or 7 digits of the key are important, as shown on the screenshot).
Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual CONTENTS Introduction................................ 2 System Requirements ..............................3 Video Tutorials ................................3 Registration..................................3 Upgrading from Vienna Ensemble 4 ........................3 eLicenser Control Center ............................. 4 Setup ..................................7 1 Computer Setup: ..................................7 Using Slave machines (with Vienna Ensemble Stand-alone): ..................7 Quick Start .......................................
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Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Shortcut List for Windows ............................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 ......................................
Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual SETUP 1 Computer Setup: Of course this is the easiest way to use Vienna Ensemble. Simply install Vienna Instruments, make sure your ViennaKey with your license(s) is connected and instantiate Vienna Ensemble as a VST/VST3/AU/RTAS/AAX plug-in in your sequencer - 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...
Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Quick Start Make sure that a ViennaKey with a Vienna Instruments Collection license is connected to your computer and that your sample content is installed and correctly assigned in the Directory Manager! Then follow these steps: If you’d like to use Vienna Ensemble as a plug-in with your sequencer: 1) Insert Vienna Ensemble as a VST/VST3/AU/AAX/RTAS instrument in your sequencer.
Setup Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Vienna Ensemble Installed Files The latest version of Vienna Ensemble is available in your Vienna Instruments User Area and is installed automatically with the Vienna Instruments Sample Player Software. Vienna Instruments comes with quite a few additional files that will be installed in the Programs/Applications Folder.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual VIENNA 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.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Instances Preferences: Set the Default Pan Law for all new instances here. You can also enable/disable Plug-in Latency Compensation. You may change the number of used threads in the Multiprocessing drop-down menu in real-time, and each Vienna Ensemble instance will use the specified number of process threads.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual A Note on Multiprocessing There are some general guidelines to follow when using Vienna Ensemble on a system with multiple cores. The general rule to follow is that the optimal number of threads on a system should be equal to the number of virtual cores present.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 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.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 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.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual VIENNA ENSEMBLE SERVICE INTERFACE General Information Vienna Ensemble Service Interface is a plug-in that communicates with the Vienna Ensemble Service. Instantiating Vienna Ensemble as a plug-in in your sequencer opens the Vienna Ensemble Service Interface: ...
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Latency Settings In the Vienna Ensemble Service Interface you will also find the Latency settings. This value ONLY affects the latency added over network when you are playing live. The Vienna Ensemble Service Interface plug-in automatically compensates the latency in playback –...
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual VIENNA ENSEMBLE OVERVIEW 64-bit and 32-bit support Vienna Ensemble supports hosting of 32-bit VSTi/AU effect plug-ins in a 32-bit Service and hosting of 64-bit VSTi/AU effect plug-ins in a 64-bit Service. You may run Vienna Ensemble 32-bit and 64-bit instances (as a stand-alone or as a plug-in) side by side. This way you can host old "legacy"...
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual File Formats and information display You can save separate Vienna Ensemble Projects using the file menu or the icon in the task bar. The saved files are called *.viframe32 and *.viframe64, depending on the version (32/64 bit) of the Vienna Ensemble Service.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Navigation / The Mixer The Vienna Ensemble GUI will open in the background of your sequencer. Hover with your mouse over each icon and you will see a description in the lower left corner, as well as a “mouse-over” description (with the corresponding shortcut, if available)! The taskbar in the upper left corner contains the following icons: Start/Stop Engine...
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Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual In the lower left corner, you can add Vienna Instruments PRO and Vienna Instruments instances, virtual instrument plug-ins (Vienna Imperial as AU/OS X and VST/WIN plug-in), Audio Input Channels (for the outputs of VI PRO) and busses. You can delete selected channels and toggle the narrow channel strip view on and off for the left channel pane.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual RE-ARRANGING WINDOWS To undock a window, double-click its title bar or click the small undock button in the upper right corner. To dock an undocked window again, double-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.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual CHANNEL OPTIONS Right-click on the channel you want to change and 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).
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Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual All MIR PRO options in the screenshot above are of course only available if a MIR PRO license is present, and are described in the separate MIR PRO manual. Merging existing 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.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual POST EFFECT PLUG-IN RACK The default stereo power-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.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual CHANNEL OVERVIEW MIDI Ports Each Vienna Ensemble instance offers up to 32 MIDI ports with 16 MIDI channels each (= 512 MIDI channels) and a virtually unlimited number of audio ports. You can set the number of ports in the Service Preferences of each instance.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Power panning/Secondary FX Rack Vienna Ensemble offers two different pan modes: Normal balance, where the volume of the “weaker” channel is lowered correspondingly, and power panning, where you don’t lose any stereo information but can narrow or even collapse a channel’s stereo signal as desired by dragging the left and right handles.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Outputs The output assignment offers flexible routing possibilities including 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.
Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Vienna Instruments PRO in Vienna Ensemble PRO Vienna Instruments PRO is a multi-timbral plug-in, which lets you add 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual MIGRATING TO VIENNA ENSEMBLE PRO Upgrading from Vienna Ensemble 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Service Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 4) Load the saved 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.
Vienna Ensemble Stand-alone Vienna Ensemble – User Manual VIENNA ENSEMBLE STAND-ALONE Vienna Ensemble can be used as a plug-in or as a stand-alone software. To launch Vienna Ensemble as stand- 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Stand-alone Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Stand-alone Vienna Ensemble – User Manual WINDOWS: Select active channels of an audio device to improve communication with other audio applications. Audio channels of the same audio device can be used by another audio application when deactivated in the Vienna Ensemble Preferences. MIDI: Select your MIDI Input Devices for this Vienna Ensemble stand-alone instance.
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Vienna Ensemble Stand-alone Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Plug-ins: In OS X, 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.
Shortcuts and Special Features Vienna Ensemble – User Manual SHORTCUTS AND SPECIAL FEATURES SHORTCUT LIST FOR WINDOWS [CTRL+R] Start/Stop Engine [CTRL+O] Open Project [CTRL+S] Save Project [CTRL+Alt+S] Save Project as… [CTRL+P] Preferences – does not work in server mode ...
Shortcuts and Special Features Vienna Ensemble – User Manual SPECIAL FEATURES CHANNEL PANE Rubber-band Selection of channels Browsing channels with Pgup / PgDn and Arrow up / Arrow down Selection of multiple channels with [Shift/Ctrl+Click] Dragging of channels (drag on titlebar) ...
Vienna Instruments (PRO) Vienna Ensemble – User Manual VIENNA INSTRUMENTS (PRO) All Vienna Instruments Collections are powered by Vienna Instruments (and Vienna Instruments PRO), our tailor-made sample player that is loaded with features! The Basic View (see below) displays all parameters you need when playing live. Check out all the features shown below and the Advanced View in the Vienna Instruments manual! All widgets come with Tool Tips, so you get instant information when you hover over each widget with your mouse.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual The 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Now you can assign different outputs in 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 “+”...
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 3. Add 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 2) You are automatically 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 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.
Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual Cakewalk SONAR X3 1) Create a new Vienna Ensemble Instance by selecting “Insert Soft Synth” VST3 in the top menu bar. Please note that the exact plugin folder name may differ depending on where Vienna Ensemble is installed. 2) The following dialog will appear.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 3) The Service Interface will appear, and will 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 5) You will need to insert 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 7) For the newly inserted tracks you will need to pick 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 9) Finally, route the proper 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.
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Vienna Ensemble Routing Vienna Ensemble – User Manual 3) Create as many MIDI (instrument) tracks as you need in Studio One. 4) Open the mixer page. Outputs 1–2 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.
Glossary Vienna Ensemble – User Manual GLOSSARY Channel Preset: Saves all settings of Vienna Ensemble Channels (FX, Routing, Panning, Outputs…). Channel Set: Multiple Channel Presets – a Channel Set can be saved and loaded in the Channel menu Directory Manager: Shows the Sample Content of your Vienna Instruments Collections and connects it with your software.
Support, Questions, Videos, Forum … Vienna Ensemble – User Manual SUPPORT, QUESTIONS, VIDEOS, FORUM … We hope that this introduction to Vienna Ensemble 5 was a helpful companion during your first steps with our new mixing and host software and wish you 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...