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Hello everyone! I have created some 3D icons for my new Cubase orchestral template and uploaded them to my website for free download. They are made with AI and are not necessarily an exact representation of the instruments, but I think they are close enough for a good visual orientation. They...

Logic Pro user here! Title is pretty self explanatory, but basically, I've got all my articulation mapping set up and my instruments saved as patches so that the articulation keyswitches always start at C-2. Currently, I have my keyswitch notes mapped to my drum pads, but because I only have 8...

Hey folks, So, I'm just in the process of reviewing our studio's approach to our DAW setup, templates, storage, etc etc - something we do every year in July. Not just for music but everything, including editing and video production, etc etc. Anyway, as many of you will know, we've been using a...

The title basically says it, but here are the details. I have two computers, and both are able to run my template. One is a Mac Studio, and the other is a MacBook Pro. My problem is this - Every time I open a project on the other computer, kontakt loses a lot if not all of the samples, and I...

Hey all! Feedback highly appreciated. It has been a long time since i've uploaded some more Room Impression tests. These are done to check my template's balance and response of the room. What do you think? I'm using mostly CSS series together with Pacific and Berlin Studio from...

Greetings, everyone. I've got a question about Cubase/VE Pro: About a year ago I switched over to Cubase/VE Pro from Logic for all my media scoring projects and have been super happy with it. I do miss a couple things from Logic however, such as the track stacks in Logic sending...

Hello, Improving my template with Cubase and VEP, I found very convenient to use VEP enable/disable function (in conjunction with Kontakt purge option) the way Jason Graves shows in this video : (Basically, using VEP automation pannel, he assigns CC24 on MIDI Channel 1 to enable/disable the...

Hi guys, I'm hoping you can save me many of hours of work... I just discovered Cubase Quick Controls to handle the CC's of your instruments. Kontakt has a handy option to combine each patch's controller into a single host automation controller via the "unwind automation ID's for additionally...

Hey all —I'm curious about others' approaches to handling mic positions in your libraries. Having all the mics enabled for your instruments is, of course, resource intensive. My template is large, so having enabled all the mic positions for each instrument is not possible. Here are some options...

Hey there, I've been an Izotope Iris2 user for ages and have enjoyed its simplicity a lot. However, lately its behaviour has been more or less clumsy and all DAWs I use are prone to crash, sooner or later. That aside, I'm willing to replicate one of its functions with either Kontakt (6 or 7) or...

How do you guys handle adjusting mic levels for each section? With my current setup, if I want to add close mic to the strings for instance, I have to go into each individual string patch and update the close mic level. This is super tedious and time consuming and any time an additional tweak is...

Hey there, building the ideal template is a big issue for many of us here, so I thought it's time I shared mine for I'm quite comfortable with it so far. I think it's important to listen to what it actually produces sound- and style-wise, so I'm sharing this along with this composition that...

Hey everyone, I'm just starting out with VEP, and trying to create a simple decoupled template with Kontakt instruments that are not specific to a project, so that I can save my project in my DAW quickly. But the thing is, sometimes I still want to tweak small things here and there, for example...

Hey everyone, With all the recurrent questions about building orchestral templates, I thought I'd make an in-depth "guide" showing how I proceed for my own use. I'd love to have your thoughts and know how you work with your orchestral templates too. Please note that my number 1 goal is maximum...

I have some questions about this, and think it can help us to manage templates/projects with more accuracy. This feature is also a bit overlooked, probably because of the key command to it. 1.Does "region" in Project Settings means "track" ? The number does not match real regions as we know...

Hi there! A couple years ago I posted about troubles I was having trying to put together my orchestral template. After using my pretty bad template (only had faders for entire sections) for a few years, I realize it's time for me to try this again. I am very technologically challenged and could...

Hi Guys, i am interested if anyone is using CRP with an orchestral template and how they are using it. I have seen people only use this as you can tweek everything and its super versitile. For example, i usually use Altiverb for my early reflections and then disengage the tail and then use an...

I thought I would share this template I made for the Behringer X-Touch. Out of the box, the X-Touch buttons don't match up with what they actually do in Ableton Live, so I made a template that is a more accurate reflection of what the buttons do. You can print out the template and stick it onto...

I'm not a huge template guy, but I've just updated mine for general purpose scoring. What are some must-haves in your template?

I'm creating a template in Studio One focused on BBCSO Pro. I have checked the template that can be downloaded from THE PAGE (it is for Core) and it allows me to do one thing that I cannot do in the one I am creating. When the instrument folders are expanded / collapsed, the same happens with...

Hello all, I’ve had an issue for quite some time but I just decided to address it because I’m running out of space in my computer. For some reason, my logic projects and my custom template are huge, over 400mb without any audio or midi information. I don’t know what could be the problem, I have...

I wanted to know if anyone is using a handy Dorico template for EIS he/she wants to share?

Short version: Will I notice a big performance boost by using VEPro to host all my instruments, (for a large orchestral template in Reaper) even without having a slave PC? Or should I not bother with VEPro until I can afford a slave? Longer version: Been trying to put together an orchestral...

This is a Logic Pro template for Spitfire Audio's Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations sample library. It is similar to the template provided by Spitfire for their BBCSO libraries. It is attached to this post as a .zip file, and is also available on Github. It is distributed under the GPL v3...

Can you please recommend me some videos or courses (free or paid) that explain in detail how to build an orchestral template, routing etc.? I use Cubase 10.5 and Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra plus some pianos and synths like Omnisphere, Zebra and Diva. Thanks

Hey there, I finally have found my way to this amazing website full of experts. :) To make things clear: I am quite new to the usage of a DAW to write music, so I'm most of the time kinda lost when I try to accomplish something on Cubase 7.5. Some things work very intuitively, especially the...

Hi folks, For 3 days now I've been trying to get it work but only with partial success. While the Generic Remote for visibility and general Cubase controls (modwheel, play, record, save, export etc.) works perfectly fine, there are always problems when returning data to Lemur. I have adjusted...

Hey guys, I didn't find any poll about this...that's why I start this poll about your buffer sizes combined with your templates. So here's how to cast your vote: If you start your empty template with (let's say) 128 samples but later on change over to 512 samples (because it crackles here and...

As I'm building my new Cubase/VEP template, I'm wondering how to best integrate instruments that have a large list of patches into the whole thing. Ideally, I'd like to have a VEP template that remains static and do any changes that are specific to a piece of music inside the Cubase project (so...

I'm in the process of building a big Cubase/VEP template and I'm wondering about the nitty-gritty of how folks manage track visibility. Here is how I was going to approach it, maybe you can give me pointers if I'm heading in an inefficient direction or let me know how you handle it differently...

LATEST UPDATE (JAN 2023): Beyond The Storm - demo project for Cubase and Hollywood Orchestra - now updated for OPUS! ======== ORIGINAL POST FROM JULY 2020 ============= Hi all, Earlier in the week I "re-launched" a website that I've had sitting in my lap for a little while now -...

Hi there! I am looking someplace to learn better how to create a good template for Logic Pro. Do you know any course or tutorial where is covered everything? From the basics to how to set up the groups, buses, articulations, configuration of TouchOSC or Metagrid, etc. By far I found the...

I have been building an orchestral template using VEPro into Cubase (Nuendo actually). I have been building it with 2 outputs per Kontakt instrument, one for long articulations and another for short articulations so I can apply different processing to them within Nuendo. I don't have many...

Hey guys I was wondering if any of you guys use midi tags to balance your templates. Usually CC7 and CC1 are used I think, anyway the reason I ask is, i have setup my template with this procedure and it works great except when I need to skip to a section of a track, and then all hell breaks...

Spitfire Audio has released some templates for the BBC Orchestra. Do you think they can also work for the Spitfire Symphonic Orchestra (+ Spitfire Percussion) ? Thanks in advance for the advice! I also ask @Spitfire Team @SpitfireSupport @christianhenson

Hi to everyone, I have a lot of questions, but, of course, I am not going to put everything at this point. My DAW is Logic Pro X (although it doesn't matter), and I want to establish a new starting point with a new way of making my template, since I don't change the style of composition much. I...

Hi everyone, i'm quite new in here, probably my first post. I was searching for the most suitable orchestral template for my workflow (Cubase 10 Artist + MBP 2015 16gigs ram and i7) but probably heavy load of samples or something else, quite staggering to work. I mostly use Spitfire Symphony...

Dropbox Links to BBCSO template v2.5.2: Template all mics deactivated Template Mix 1 mics activated Update 2 from January 16th 2021 version 2.5.2 for FL Studio 20.8+ - Bass Flute Long Flutter articulation was missing - Some "extended legato" weren't actually extended, but normal legato...

Good day everyone, after lurking for months, I decided there is no better place to ask my question. I very recently got into VSTs and decided to go with EW's Composer Cloud for now. It's affordable and, IMHO, a great way to 'get into things'. I first made the rookie mistake of loading a single...

Hello, I'm halfway through building my first grand template on Vienna Ensemble Pro7 and Cubase10, but some concerns are arising. I wonder what would be the ups and downs of having too many VEP instances vs too many Plugin Channels vs too many Midi channels coming from less Kontakt Instances...

Hi All, I use Cubase and created an Orchestral template with all sections (Woodwinds/Brass/Perc/Strings/Choirs/etc). I used multiple Racks with Kontakt and Play instances for the VST instruments. Then I would like to backup sections by using Cubase Track Presets. But it seems that rack and...

I'm using VEPro 7 and Logic 10.4.4. I have created a VEPro template 4 Instances (WINDS, PERC, STRINGS, BRASS), and I want to use the Logic AU3 BETA Template. But the project only has 24 port with 3 instances. I know I could move merge my instances and then it would be fine. But I want there to...

I see a lot of talk about templates when it comes to sample mockup work. I've never really understood all the hoopla. I mean, put an instrument on a track, repeat process, add folders, blah blah, save when you've got all your standard instruments lined up and color-coded in a way that works best...

I'm looking for ways to be able to deliver 1 minute of good-sounding tracks in 30 minutes or so, so any comment on the sound/mix/etc. would be much appreciated. Thanks! Here a quickly improvised track to test my new template for fast production (Tundra, A1 and DBT): Thanks for listening!

Hi, Ladies and Gentlemen. I need help. It' been more than one-month building computer installing programmes and software... Now, I'm creating a template But I couldn't finish it. I have more than 100 Articulations in my sample library. Can someone please tell me what is the most used...

Can we try put together a list of all percussive elements/instruments needed for this kind of music? I am trying to set up a percussion template, which can get me started layering elements instantly without having to go thru the kontakt libraries each time. For the most part ive just banged away...

Composer Sascha Knorr provides an in-depth insight into producing a demo track for Iconica Opus. Sascha describes the process of composition and MIDI programming with Iconica’s instruments, articulations and different microphone positions to show the quality and realism that can be achieved...

What do you think the most and least 'wet' (reverb) instruments are? Bonus points if you list them in order from most to least! I've been working on a new template and this would help a lot. Thanks!

I've googled this and searched the forum, but I didn't come up with anything pertaining to my situation. If I messed up and this is a frequent question - I'm genuinely sorry. I recall some people saying they freeze tracks in Cubase (with a VE Pro template) for faster loading, but I can't really...

Hi guys, Last year I started to build my orchestral template because I had so much sample libraries but I felt I had lost the control. After one year of work and development I have finally released FLOW. It offers a ready to use integration between Cubase Vienna Ensemble Pro 6 Lemur Almost all...

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Hey VI'rs! I'm gonna do a couple days in professional studio recording a bunch of drums, cymbals, hand percussion etc. for my personal library. Wanted to know if there's any instruments/sounds/techniques you all were missing from your templates that you're dying to have. Was thinking I'd put...

I’m currently working on balancing my template, and I’ve realized that I don’t have any concept of how loud the sul ponticello and sul tasto articulations should be, relative to the standard longs/staccatos/pizzicatos/con sordinos. So I’d like to ask either string players or composers more...

Hey guys I've roughly set up my full orchestral template in Cubase with Vepro 6 and Lemur. It is all working not too bad, while I still have to get the levels and balances right. Unfortunately there is one thing that doesn't seem to work right. In Lemur I set all articulations up which...

Anyone using Studio One? I am trying to build an orchestral template with kontakt libraries. How do you deal with recording automation and midi cc like dynamics and expression in Studio One? Are these set up and included in the template you use? And since there are 3 automation options to choose...

The very first John Adams' composition I have been introduced was "The Chairman Dances". I felt in love instantly, it was so rich in texture and I also like the fact that the music has a very strong allusion to the swooning romanticism of Hollywood. This is a very fun piece to sequence as there...

In my new template (almost done!) I am heavily leveraging Logic Pro X 10.4’s new articulation maps feature, along with ARTzID v2, in order to have a (slightly) more concise template where parts aren’t spread across as many tracks, and also to make a far larger set of instruments and...

I currently have 17 Summing Stacks (Stems) for different instruments / groups i.e. Strings, Brass, Keys, Epic Percussion e.t.c. Is it advisable (or even necessary) to be more specific i.e. Strings Short High, String Short Low, Strings Long High, Strings Long Low to avoid EQ / Reverb issues...

Hello fellow composers! I have a question regarding making a library rather than composing for one: Does anybody by any chance know of a good template for a music library? I have of course already searched the internet and there is plenty of templates but so far I have found only one ( a...

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I'm sorry if this is in the wrong forum, feel free to movie it. After moving back from the US where I was studying, I spent the past few weeks setting up my workstation and creating a new template in Reaper. I decided to do this mockup of "The Lightning of the Beacons" form the LOTR soundtrack...

Hey guys! I recently bought a new iMac with a lot of RAM so I decided to make a new template, adding loads of things I hadn't been able to add before due to a slow computer with too little RAM. I always used a multi timbral setup (16 kontakt instances). It was always a bit of a pain because of...

Hey guys n gals, since I've arrived in LA I had several composer friends ask me for help in setting up their composing rigs for using VEPro and / or general Cubase / system tips and tricks / training. So I thought, if there is a need for such things, why not just officially offer it. So here we...

Greetings! My name is Jason. I am a drummer and I love animals. I also have spent the the last twenty odd years making music. I've been wracking my brain trying to figure out a way to share and give back, just a little bit, to the community I love being a part of so much. I lecture/teach...

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Hi, I'm working with Cubase 9, Windows 10, Have 64GB of RAM, Samsung 960 m.2 SSD (3200 MB/s read) and don't work yet with VEPRO. I have a big Cubase template that takes around 53GB of RAM - lots of it is kontakt libraries. When I open the task manager I see only 500 MB/s of loading to memory and...

I have a somewhat large template and at times, I'd also like to only show tracks that contain events. Is this possible in Cubase? I've seen it done with stuff like Metagrid but I'd rather assign a keyboard shortcut to toggle this on or off. Thanks!

I think due to reading a lot from fellow composers and here on vi-control a few years back I got drawn into the whole idea of having templates either on Vienna Ensemble Pro or disabled tracks on Cubase Pro 9.5 which is my main DAW. I have tried both, a mega template on VEP using so many tracks...

Could you recommend me the best Cubase Orchestral Template video tutorial?

After watching Mike Verta's Template Balancing class, I was convinced to finally set up my own proper orchestral template. I've been reluctant to do so for a number of reasons but time is short and I'm not getting younger. After playing around with the Active-Bow Tech Demo and River Harp from...

Hey all, I have this issue since updating to cubase 9.5, whereby, after stopping playback, or just after fast forward/rewind, Cubase won't listen to or receive keyboard modifiers. Goes back to normal after about half a second. For instance, if I record something and want to hit ctrl+z straight...

I am creating a large-ish template but only have 24GB RAM. Is having most tracks switched off by default a workable solution? In reality, does the On/Off button mean the track and plugins do not affect CPU at all or is it just a glorified mute button? I’ve read conflicting opinions on this...

Here's a video for setting up a template and loading instruments into Cubase to be played by Orb Composer.

I love the synths/plugins that have randomize feature, that makes me work with sounds that I won't/can't create and I always compose something unique with them. I was wondering if there is a way to load random patches from different Kontakt libraries and other non-kontakt libraries and synths...

I think this has been mentioned before on the forum, but I can't seem to find it. Is there a way to disable a channel in VEPro from my master if the VEPro template is on my Slave? For example a specific CC message I can send from my track in Cubase to disable the channel on the VEPro slave?

With the help of some kindly forum contributors, I recently was able to get my VERY modest template (only around just 100 tracks) running, which was crashing my system, even though I have a recent machine with reasonable specs (2017 27 inch iMAC, 32Gb RAM, around 4GHz processor), although I...

Would greatly appreciate help with this: My machine is an iMac (Retina 5k, 27", 2017); 4.2GHz, i7, 32Gb. Despite being a a fairly new and high spec machine, I'm struggling to run a template of <100 tracks. I set up my template in Logic as follows: 4 track stacks (strings, woods, brass...

Hello everyone, I spent the last couple of weeks creating my first orchestral template having in mind the following drivers: I want all the instruments ready for recording I have only 32 Gb of Ram I want to be able to scale complexity and focus on specific tracks I want to access easily VST...

Hi, My name is Jerry Growl. I started composing in the early Cubasis days more than 20 years ago. Later I studied at the Conservatory of Gent (Belgium) and got a master degree 'Music Production' in 2006. After that I ve been mixing for television (post-production) in Brussels. Piano has always...

I am looking for help to create an orchestral template using Cubase. What I will provide: - List of my VIs, plug-ins, PC spec. (please note: VI list is very reasonable) At the end of the project, I am looking to receive: 1) Cubase project file 2) The file has all the midi tracks setup and...

Is anyone here running a large template in Pro Tools for composing and mixing? That is to say, in addition to instruments and midi, do you have a fair amount of processing, plugins, bussing, etc going on? I'm guessing VEP is essential to making this happen. I'm just wondering if, through your...

I’m building my first real template, and in an effort to make it Ram / CPU efficient on both my main DAW and PC Slave, I had the idea of using VE pro but instead of focusing on only a few full kontakt instances, I’m loading multiple small kontakt instances with only a few patches in each, and...

Just spent a few hours this afternoon having a go at this! I didn't have a recording at hand so its done from memory and I doubt it is all correct but was a bit of fun! Just testing a new template, any feedback for the balance? I haven't really spent a lot of time setting up the reverbs or...

Hi! Anyone knows if there is a way to make big orchestral template in logic without using vep? I have seen that cubase and studio one has enable / disable function to reduce memory/Ram. The idea is to have a large template without having to load all samples at once. Freezing not working for...

I'm finally making the move over to Cubase from Logic, due to Cubase's better handling with multitimbral instruments. I'm going to be using VEP6 to build up my template and I was wondering is it better to use Rack or Instrument Tracks. And what's the benefit over the one over the other. I'm...

Hi VI-Controllers, I've got a question about if you want to use multiple DAWs with VEP. So I'm using Logic and Cubase. But then there's the big debate on where Logic works better with single instances in VEP, while Cubase works better with less Instances and in some cases even just one big...

Hey everyone. Looking for advice from cubase users running larger templates. My current template is a singlee maschine all inside cubase/disabled tracks thing. Every artic on it's own track, enable as needed and go. Easy, straightforward. The disadvantages you all probably know: slow save...

Hey guys! I while ago there was a thread (can't find it!) about the upcoming version of the icons-pack. The author also shared a custom template for OT Inspire, but it was removed from the forum not long after. On the webpage of the new product, there is an image showing the contents: I...

I've been reading about VEP, slave pc's and orchestral templates for a while now, and I concider to go ahead with a build. Currently I'm using a Macbook Pro (16gb ram) i7 2,5GHz, and I realize that this machine has it's limits when it comes to larger orhcestral templates. So I'm hoping to get...

Hey all! I'm in the process of building a VE Pro 6 template. My current main DAW is Digital Performer, but I also want to be able to use it with Cubase. For this reason, I am using VST Kontakt instances (virtually all of my libraries are Kontakt, with the exception of Omnisphere and some EW...

Hello, Like the title says VEPRO is Superslow/totally freezes when connected with Cubase 9 (running Play template). Anyone else experiencing this problem and have a solution? I'm running one 6 i7 core machine with HWS and HOP, and another 8 AMD Ryzen core machine with HWB and HOW.

Hi everybody, here's a walkthrough video that might be useful to some. It's a detailed description of my film scoring template for Cubase and how I approach mixing and delivering of stems. Use the index number under the description if you need to jump chapters as the video is very long and some...

So I'm planning to build a new computer soon, but first I'm trying to find the exact potential and limits of mine. I'd like to build a large orchestra template (Konakt sample instruments. Strings, Brass, Woods, guitars/bass, solo instruments, synths). There are 2 ways of doing this, 1 - Have...

Hey guys! Norwegian noob trying to get some overview on orchestral mockups and writing with samples. I have never studied music, and I can not read from sheets, so I can only rely on my ear and what I can hear inside my head :) This is my first template, and my first "real" composition. If...

I use Albion One to sketch out nearly all my work and then keep a lot of the patches even in final writing. Out of curiosity I wondered how others split Albion up or what loose template they use for it. I've always found it a little counterintuitive in terms of splitting the library up for...

Hi, some might find this a trvial question, but as i am building a new orchestra Template (around 450 tracks - just finished), the question arises. When it comes to balancing and putting your VIs (Kontakt instances, VST instruments or whatever) in one room, are you only using the closed mics...

What way do you use VE Pro? I have used it a lot over the years although I am back to running everything in Logic and loading instruments when I need them whilst having a general template which has most instruments I need pre-loaded. That said, I'm working on a new project and I want to have...

Hi All, I'm a big fan of using the track settings window in Cubase while composing with track instruments. But when using rack instruments, or midi tracks that are connected to an instrument, you have to travel a bit, sometimes a long way, to get to the track settings window of that vst...

Since some time this has been a project of mine to get to a point where there is a reasonable starting point from which to work. For the study I chose a very nice piece of music from Bizet, which helps me to make the best of it (at this moment in time). Constructive comments are welcomed...