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TL;DR - Aux vs MIDI, which is better with VEP routing in Logic Pro?
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I’m working in Logic X with VEP 6 & mostly Kontakt libraries on the PC Slave.
In VEP I’m using 1 instance per 1 library instrument family (SCS Ensembles, SCS Vl1, SCS Vla, Albion ONE, Mural Vl1….)
Multiple instances of Kontakt are loaded in each instance (I heavily use the disable feature of VEP6) and each instance has 1 articulation (1 articulation per track is the way I compose atm)
I’m looking at ~200 track template, with time it will increase (I still have to buy my brass, woodwinds & tuned perc. libraries).
Now, on Logic side I have 2 options:
Aux
Pros
● Compose, arrange, automate, mix all in one track (this is a biggie)
● Less & easy office work (naming, arranging, icons, channel color, etc) while creating or updating the template.
Cons
● 255 Limit
● Can’t arm multiple channels for recording together.
● Can’t use Logic Remote for composing features (This is one of my main MIDI input devices)
● No MIDI-fx on individual track
MIDI
Pros
● Can have 255 x 16 = 4080 MIDI tracks
● Logic Remote recognizes it as an instrument track.
Cons
● Can't mute, solo, change levels, add effects, etc. of an individual track without creating a corresponding aux.
● No Midi-fx here either.
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I’m working in Logic X with VEP 6 & mostly Kontakt libraries on the PC Slave.
In VEP I’m using 1 instance per 1 library instrument family (SCS Ensembles, SCS Vl1, SCS Vla, Albion ONE, Mural Vl1….)
Multiple instances of Kontakt are loaded in each instance (I heavily use the disable feature of VEP6) and each instance has 1 articulation (1 articulation per track is the way I compose atm)
I’m looking at ~200 track template, with time it will increase (I still have to buy my brass, woodwinds & tuned perc. libraries).
Now, on Logic side I have 2 options:
- Routing tracks to Multi-timbral instrument having 16 MIDI channels each & creating corresponding Aux channels depending on my mixing needs.
- Using Aux tracks itself to send MIDI as well as receive audio.
Aux
Pros
● Compose, arrange, automate, mix all in one track (this is a biggie)
● Less & easy office work (naming, arranging, icons, channel color, etc) while creating or updating the template.
Cons
● 255 Limit
● Can’t arm multiple channels for recording together.
● Can’t use Logic Remote for composing features (This is one of my main MIDI input devices)
● No MIDI-fx on individual track
MIDI
Pros
● Can have 255 x 16 = 4080 MIDI tracks
● Logic Remote recognizes it as an instrument track.
Cons
● Can't mute, solo, change levels, add effects, etc. of an individual track without creating a corresponding aux.
● No Midi-fx here either.
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