The Ensemble Pro plug‑in comes in both VST 2.4 and VST 3 flavours - Mac users also get RTAS and Audio Units formats - and communicates with the host application by way of the Ensemble Pro server. However, the real power comes when you start using the host application in conjunction with the plug‑in. The Ensemble Pro application is the host, and this can be used as a stand‑alone audio and MIDI application, just like any other host. The Ensemble Pro plug‑in running in Logic Pro 9.Įnsemble Pro comprises three main parts: the Ensemble Pro application itself, the server, and a plug‑in. And that's exactly the request that's been answered with Vienna Ensemble Pro.

However, one request from existing and prospective users alike has been for Ensemble to support third‑party instrument plug‑ins. Among the most eyebrow‑raising features added has been the support for network‑based MIDI and audio routing. Over the last couple of years, Vienna have been steadily improving Ensemble. So in order to make it easier to run these plug‑ins across multiple computers, VSL launched their own host software in 2007: Vienna Ensemble.

Even putting aside processor requirements, orchestral libraries tend to be rather demanding on memory and one computer often struggles. These plug‑ins enabled musicians to employ VSL's instruments directly in their sequencer of choice, but also placed the entire burden of running the instruments on the sequencing computer. VSL originally made their libraries for other samplers, but later created a custom playback engine and released the Vienna Instruments plug‑ins. Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) are well known for their sampled orchestral instruments. But it's often hard to find a host application that does everything you want, and even harder to figure out the complexity of routing audio and MIDI between your extra systems. A common approach is to use an application specifically designed for hosting plug‑ins on your additional machines, since running a fully featured sequencer brings to mind sledgehammers and nuts. And while the answer of adding another computer to your rig may seem obvious, it is often anything but simple. One of the biggest problems when working with software instruments, in my experience, is that one computer is never enough. Ensemble Pro opens up VSL's hosting technology to third‑party instruments and allows 32‑bit and 64‑bit Mac and Windows systems to communicate over a network, spreading the software instrument load.

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