Comments on Nonsense!: My orchestral film scoring template

How do you even get that many tracks? If you'r...

2011-10-10T22:43:28.401+03:00

How do you even get that many tracks? If you're using Kontakt 4, you only get 16 MIDI tracks...how do you use the other ports: B,C & D?

And, if you're not using Kontakt, what else are you running; does 'Digital Performer' allow this many MIDI tracks?

Hi Lasse. I'm very happy with your blog full o...

2011-08-19T22:13:44.766+03:00

Hi Lasse.
I'm very happy with your blog full of tips and clear tricks. What I don't understand is that you use Bidule, while you use Vienna Ensemble Pro server at the same time. Did I miss something ore is it not possible to wire it all up with VEP without Bidule?

Cheers from Holland

Arthur

Thanks Lasse for your handy blog and your advice. ...

2011-07-01T07:13:06.796+03:00

Thanks Lasse for your handy blog and your advice. It is most appreciated. I've recently added a second mac to my studio where I store my libraries and VE Pro. I get intermittent drop outs running DP 7.23 and one instance of VE Pro. It's kinda like the network drops out for a split second and comes straight back again. Any thoughts? I've searched a few forums and i saw your name come up. I see you had similar problems a while ago.

Justin

Justin: The MIDI delay is annoying, yes. I use Tim...

2011-06-05T07:33:26.793+03:00

Justin: The MIDI delay is annoying, yes. I use Time Shift plugins in every midi track in DP to compensate.

I use Bidule to save time. I switch between DP projects many times a day and I don't want to load everything again and again every time I do that.

Hi Lasse. I've been using Bidule since reading...

2011-06-05T05:07:24.545+03:00

Hi Lasse. I've been using Bidule since reading your blog last year, but I've found the MIDI delay to be very annoying in rewire. I've just been experimenting with VE Pro and I'm about to upgrade my computers to a similar set up to yours.
It looks like you have a great setup, but I'm confused as to why you use bidule. Doesn't DP talk directly to VEP? I thought that Bidule did the same thing as VEP... hosting instruments.

Lasse, thanks for your reply! So I gather that yo...

2011-04-02T00:35:17.946+03:00

Lasse, thanks for your reply!

So I gather that you're sddressing individual Bidules rather than going all-ReWire to autocorrect the inherent delay compensation issues. That of course frees you from having to worry about the ReWire only-1-core processing restriction, but the cost of manually fixing all the timings sounds like a headache.

It would sure be nice if ReWire could be re-written to operate using all the cores, and Bidule's ReWire MIDI input re-written to address more than 8 VIs (if that's possible with ReWire), so that you could have it all -- all the VIs you wanted, with automatic delay compensation.

I've tried setting manual MIDI time shifts in DP to compensate for standalone VIs with non-ReWired Virtual MIDI-in and Soundflower outs to DP, but found that it could never be reliably adjusted, as the amount of latency depended sensitively on how busy the machine was at that moment and would work one moment and not the next. Why that should be, I don't know, but it appeared to be the unfixable. At least if I were mixing outboard with inboard VIs.

Good point about VIs with memory servers getting around the 32-bit memory issue in Bidule.

I got Bidule to deal with Omnisphere, which, when I loaded it up with a template of 4 Kontakts and a Vienna Ensemble -- both of which have their own memory servers -- sent me into memory-out crash after crash, like every 20 minutes. My experience with the Omnisphere memory server was that it appeared not to be working at all, or if it were, not in a way that ameliorated the disaster at all. Since hosting it in Bidule I've found it to be running smoothly enough, with no crashes. So from that point of view Bidules a godsend.

Chuck: My Bidule is 32-bit. The bulk of my samples...

2011-04-01T23:12:39.911+03:00

Chuck: My Bidule is 32-bit. The bulk of my samples are distributed over three 64-bit PC slaves, not my master Mac Pro. I do have some samples loaded in Bidule in Kontakt, Omnisphere, Trilogy and Stylus RMX, but they all have memory servers, so no samples are loaded inside Bidule. I have not run into any problems because of the one-core 4gb issue. My 8-core Mac shows completely balanced processing between cores.

I have midi time shift in almost every midi track in Digital Performer, so the attacks all land right on the beat. This makes up for the short delays, AND also different samples on different libraries (especially percussion) have slightly different attack times, so I have them adjusted the way I have in my master template.

Never mind, figured that out, it's in Preferen...

2011-04-01T21:50:40.873+03:00

Never mind, figured that out, it's in Preferences.

Next issue: apparently the non-beta of Bidule is 32-bit rather than 64- as I'd been led to believe. Moreover for some reason the 64-bit version won't actually launch on my Mac under Leopard.

So, being 32-bit, regular Bidule can't access more than the standard 4gb of RAM. And to get access to a zillion gb of RAM, I'd need the 64-bit version, which won't launch at all.

However, that doesn't seem to matter because ReWire is a 32-bit application that can only run on one core, and you can't have MIDI delay compensation unless you use ReWire.

So I'm guessing you're running the 64-bit version somehow and keeping all your VIs in Bidule, rather than distributing them between Bidule and DP so as to avoid having your MIDI timing go all higglety-pigglety.

Which version of OS X are you on? Leopard? Snow Leopard? Curious how you're getting all this to work.

Completely confused by Bidule. I see that you hav...

2011-04-01T04:29:58.032+03:00

Completely confused by Bidule. I see that you have quite a stack of MIDI input bidules, but Bidule is giving me only 4 to work with, which a) isn't enough, and b) is less than you're getting. I see no method of adding bidules.

When I open my MIDI Devices/Input folder I see bidules 1-4 plus a stack of virtual MIDI destinations I use with DP.

How are you adding bidules to the layout, seemingly at will? Please advise. Thanks!

Great Article Was curious how you slave computers...

2011-03-25T06:31:07.993+02:00

Great Article

Was curious how you slave computers to your mac? Do all your slaves follow what you do on the Mac with DP?

Bradley Joseph

Thanks

Excellent post, Lasse! Thank you so much for writi...

2010-06-03T16:05:30.219+03:00

Excellent post, Lasse! Thank you so much for writing this. It has been a pleasure reading your article. It is so difficult to get such information on the internet. Thank you for sharing this with us!

Could you also tell us the libraries from Vienna you use?

Do you ever run into 'stuck notes' while working with Bidule rewire? How do you solve that?

Thanks again!

Thanks again for your helpful checklist Lasse. Wou...

2010-03-15T01:56:07.049+02:00

Thanks again for your helpful checklist Lasse. Would you mind removing my post that contains my email address. Thanks. Justin

I think I'm understanding now. Thanks for gett...

2010-03-14T13:34:49.181+02:00

I think I'm understanding now. Thanks for getting me started.

2010-03-14T12:51:50.070+02:00

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Thanks for your quick reply. When you say add midi...

2010-03-14T12:37:42.205+02:00

Thanks for your quick reply. When you say add midi input devices, do I select Bidule 1 for example or do I select my midi hardware (MOTU 828)? (Sorry to sound so ignorant)

Justin: 1. Open DP 2. Add an AUX track with inpu...

2010-03-14T12:12:17.234+02:00

Justin:

1. Open DP
2. Add an AUX track with input from Plogue Bidule Device
3. Open Bidule (standalone, not AU plugin). It will open automatically in ReWire mode.
4. Add midi input devices in Bidule. Add midi tracks in DP, output them to midi inputs in Bidule.
5. Create AU Music Devices in Bidule (like VE PRO)
6. Drag'n'drop connections in Bidule from midi input to AU plug-ins.
7. Drag'n'drop connections in Bidule from AU-Plugins to Bidule ReWire

Did this help?

Hi Lasse, I've just downloaded Bidule and I...

2010-03-14T12:03:13.732+02:00

Hi Lasse, I've just downloaded Bidule and I'm very confused as to how to get it working with DP 7.01. I've watched the online tutorials but really need step by step setup instruction... I just don't get it! Can you assist me at all? Regards, Justin

Good times indeed! If I'm right, it looked li...

2010-01-17T09:11:01.448+02:00

Good times indeed!

If I'm right, it looked like Mike relies more on Symphobia, LASS, and other Kontakt based libraries. They take usually less memory and also processor capacity than something like full Vienna Symphonic Library. In that case, one computer with one 1TB drive makes sense already.

It is usually recommended to split the libraries to different drives (I do that as well), but I guess if there are no hickups, then it's fine.

Awesome - the age is finally here. I read some of...

2010-01-17T01:29:27.542+02:00

Awesome - the age is finally here.

I read some of the comments below the videos and it sounded like he had all of the libraries installed to a single 1TB drive.

I would have though he would have split the orchestral sections to multiple drives, but it doesn't look like it.

I'll be getting the new quad-core iMac soon so I will probably need a slave PC or 2 for it for now.

Exciting times!

Hi Rodney! Yeah I believe that Mike is running eve...

2010-01-16T21:34:37.692+02:00

Hi Rodney! Yeah I believe that Mike is running everything from one 8-core Mac Pro. I'm planning the same for my next setup in a few years.

Excellent information, Lasse! You're right - t...

2010-01-16T21:16:20.308+02:00

Excellent information, Lasse! You're right - there isn't enough out there about the technical side of setting up complex templates. Between yourself and Mike Patti, I've learned a lot of ways to maximize productivity when writing.

However, wasn't Mike running everything off one Mac Pro (without salve PCs) and 16GB of RAM?

Kiitokset! Kiinnostavaa luettavaa... lisää tällais...

2009-12-30T00:54:32.215+02:00

Kiitokset! Kiinnostavaa luettavaa... lisää tällaisia. :)