UVI Workstation (release)

[otristan]

K. Just loaded up the standalone.

First thing is that "File..." should be "Options" if you are only going to include audio/midi settings in that menu.

Second thing is that under devices, my DVD drive does not show up (was trying to load a M5 disk without having to copy the whole thing over).

[EDIT]I guess that it does not read UFS file images then??

UVIWorkstation read UFS file even MachFive ones.
but by UFS file images, if you mean DVD iso file, then indeed it's not supported.
If you copy UFS files into the UVISoundbanks dir then it should open correctly.

HTH

[otristan]

1- CPU FX drop out only happens about 8 sec after I stop monitoring any audio activity in Cubase mixer, isn't it a bit long? I though these things happened in milli second at the audio engine level.

if you have multiple Inserts FX like a ping pong delay then a reverb, it can be quite long.
We gave preferred to use very safe values regarding tailsize computed for the worst case scenario and not based on the actual audio content.

2- Auxiliary default or close value isn't totally off or bypass, but set at -400db which cause Auxiliary FX to be processed on any channel at all time using CPU when it shouldn't. The default value should really be bypass and I soon as you move the slider start from -400 grading up.

Humm very possible.

-400dB is in fact -infinty, as we multiply the signal by 0, so we must be able to avoid some processing.

We'll take a look.

[otristan]

Hello,

I noticed a bug with v1.0.2, standalone and PC VST.

I have problems with Plugsound Pro's presets in the category :

Synths & co > Short-Rezo

All the presets have velocity and volume spikes problems .

Please fix it, I would like to be able to play them properly.

Thanks .

We'll take a look.

Thanks for the report.

[otristan]

Yes. I even tried reinstalling to see it had any difference. Aren't these wav samples not supposed to be able to be sliced??? You say that it isn't possible but why does it work here? The map works and sounds fine.

And if it is a mistake and there is no way to be able to do this UVI, will you clarify for me that the only way to chop up samples and play them as midi is to convert to rex? I just want to know.

Also I am still getting frequent crashes when switching from slice to stretch still. I am usually hitting the notes on the keyboard with the mouse at the same time.

Do you guys not hear what I am hearing with these loops samples from uvi presets (mayhem) when you play them on the keyboard? They sound terrible.

You can use in slice already sliced loops like REX, apple loops, acid wav and loops sliced in UFS.
You can't slice loops that haven't already be sliced.
There might be some loops in Mayhem that use to be sliced but as been moved to strech because the slice algorithm wasn't good with those because of the nature of the sound.
The default behaviour is what is loaded when you first load the loop.

alright. so caf does work but you guys imply that you can use apple loops. How can I use them? Especially if they aren't recognized at all because of aac encoding. I can certainly convert them to aiff and use them but in their standard form they don't work.

caf and apple loops are not the same things.
apple loops use to be just plain aiff files with specific chunk regarding loops ingo and slice.
Until last logic and GB version, apple loops bundled was plain aiff file.
Still most apple loops CD or DVD are plain aiff files.
So yes we read apple loops.

Recently, apple has decided to moves its own apple loops to caf files with aac encoding.
There might be the same chunk regarding loops ingo and slice.
Unfortunately, format for those files is not freely available.
Still there might be a way to read those files but on mac only as opposed
to aiff apple loops.

Hope this answers your question.

[tonyxx]

I cant extract UFS file from soundpack ZIP (download complete successfully).

Hummm what's the error message?

7-zip message: is not supported archive

mac, pc ?

PC WinXPsp2
Cant extract UFS But I have no problem with exe-file (uviworkstation-1-0_public_beta.exe download complete successfully, installation complete successfully)... maybe you can compress UFS in exe-archive?

[otristan]

I cant extract UFS file from soundpack ZIP (download complete successfully).

Hummm what's the error message?

7-zip message: is not supported archive

Looks like a corrupted download.
Please download it back as I was able to unzip the archive that I've downloaded
from the exact same website.

Thanks,

[Bass108]

thanks oliver. everything is clear now for me with getting sliced loops into here. sorry for the trouble with the caf files.

but i have a bigger issue with the way these loops are sounding since 1.0.2. atleast for the ufs loops - there is something really wrong with them for me in standalone and in logic 8. in sample mode when i am playing the lowest key on the keyboard they are playing about 3 times faster than the original tempo. stretch doesn't seem to be reacting at all. and only when i am setting the loop to constant pitch or playing it from the play button do they sound right. does any one else here hear what I am hearing?

the one implementation and this probably is on logic's side is i wish i could drag files from the audio bin directly onto uvi. it works as a drag n drop system but uvi doesn't see it. but its nothing really.

i hope this loop thing gets fixed in 1.0.3. I want to be able to use my mayhem loops. onto fixing real bugs now. thanks

~jay

[otristan]

thanks oliver. everything is clear now for me with getting sliced loops into here. sorry for the trouble with the caf files.

but i have a bigger issue with the way these loops are sounding since 1.0.2. atleast for the ufs loops - there is something really wrong with them for me in standalone and in logic 8. in sample mode when i am playing the lowest key on the keyboard they are playing about 3 times faster than the original tempo. stretch doesn't seem to be reacting at all. and only when i am setting the loop to constant pitch or playing it from the play button do they sound right. does any one else here hear what I am hearing?

Strech only have a restricted range, so it won't pitch lower than a maximum of 2 octave.
Regarding sample mode, it should slower when playing below the original key, so I'm a bit surprised.
What is you host sample rate ?

the one implementation and this probably is on logic's side is i wish i could drag files from the audio bin directly onto uvi. it works as a drag n drop system but uvi doesn't see it. but its nothing really.
~jay

You can DnD from Logic to finder ? but it does not work from Logic to UVIWorkstation ?

Thanks,

[Bass108]

no i thought i could drag to the finder in logic but i can't.

stretch doesn't have a range at all except for when it is mapped.

the sample rate doesn't take any effect at all.
-i am in standard 44.

i wish i could let you listen to what i listen to cause its pretty bad. keep in mind that this is only happening to ufs loops and that rex files are fine. if you guys can open logic files, has to be 8 though, i can record the sounds i am hearing and send you a link to dl the session.

let me know. its really messed up.

~jay

[otristan]

no i thought i could drag to the finder in logic but i can't.

Logic issue in that case

stretch doesn't have a range at all except for when it is mapped.

it's slice then not strech.

i wish i could let you listen to what i listen to cause its pretty bad. keep in mind that this is only happening to ufs loops and that rex files are fine. if you guys can open logic files, has to be 8 though, i can record the sounds i am hearing and send you a link to dl the session.

let me know. its really messed up.

~jay

Sure, we have logic 8.
If you only use UVIWorkstation and ufs file then we should be able to read your session.
Please send it to publicbeta@uvisoundsource.com

Thanks,

[elv]

Any reason the browser dosent load multis ?

[SARcazm]

K. Just loaded up the standalone.

First thing is that "File..." should be "Options" if you are only going to include audio/midi settings in that menu.

Second thing is that under devices, my DVD drive does not show up (was trying to load a M5 disk without having to copy the whole thing over).

[EDIT]I guess that it does not read UFS file images then??

UVIWorkstation read UFS file even MachFive ones.
but by UFS file images, if you mean DVD iso file, then indeed it's not supported.
If you copy UFS files into the UVISoundbanks dir then it should open correctly.

HTH

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REQ: allow user to specify dir for UVISoundBanks in the install.
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K. All my large sample banks are in a separate drive, so I created a shortcut to a UFS image and dropped that into the Soundbanks folder, but that didn't work; the shortcut did not display.
I then reinstalled the workstation into my sample drive, but that also didn't work as the SoundBank directory still defaulted to C-program files (see req above).
Also, you didn't say anything about the DVD drive not showing up in the devices list, so am repeating it here (altho there are probably differences between the two products, M5 does read UFS volumes directly from the DVD drive).

Will download the sample soundbanks and see if a shortcut works to them.

Thx

S

[SARcazm]

Quick question to the devs:

Is the new audio engine and GUI the same as in M5 2, as I still have problems with that program on a PC, especially graphics related?

Nop. UVIWorkstation use a new UI engine as well as brand new audio engine.

Cool. Looking forward to an update to M5 in the (relatively) near future then.

[mdsp]

REQ: allow user to specify dir for UVISoundBanks in the install.

Standardization is great. Having soundbanks installed in one single place should be easier for all of us in the long run.

Flexibility is great too so we support aliases.

K. All my large sample banks are in a separate drive, so I created a shortcut to a UFS image and dropped that into the Soundbanks folder, but that didn't work; the shortcut did not display.

that should work, however your alias has to have the .ufs extension.

Also, you didn't say anything about the DVD drive not showing up in the devices list, so am repeating it here (altho there are probably differences between the two products, M5 does read UFS volumes directly from the DVD drive).

Volumes are only checked once when opening the plugin to avoid spending time with that during the playback. And you can't mount UFS on the fly with UVIW like MachFive does.

Different products, different features, different prices...

thanks for you interrest

remy

[mdsp]

Any reason the browser dosent load multis ?

to separate tasks, the brower is for browsing sounds and instruments, while the multit load/save uses native OS dialogs and should only show compatible multi. Saying that, I realize that we show *.* but that should *.uviws; *.pspro