Free major update of the Professional Template is released

marcodistefano · April 2, 2021, 1:10pm

Hi all,

Last night I released a new major version of the professional template v2.1.0, you can just download it from your admin area again, good news it is a free update
Change log available here

Very important you need to set the number of instances in Vienna to be at least 4 (and not 3)

6 new libraries have been added to the template

Abbey Road One
Albions Neo
Aluphone
Fragile Strings Evolution
Angular Strings Evolution
Woodwinds Evolutions

It also contains a major update in the naming of the Vienna instance, which is key for upgradability.

All Professional users are highly recommended to use this version, specially if starting to extend it with other custom libraries

Change Log

0000025: [improvement] Change the name of the Vienna instance with a name that will never change (artificial harmonics)
0000024: [new feature] Add Spitfire Aluphone in the template (artificial harmonics)
0000023: [improvement] Move Spitfire Titanium Euphone in the Spitfire Percussion Redux instance (artificial harmonics)
0000022: [improvement] Move Spitfire Harp in the Spitfire Percussion Redux instance (artificial harmonics)
0000021: [new feature] Add Spitfire Fragile Strings Evolution in the template (artificial harmonics)
0000020: [improvement] Improve mixer and groups (artificial harmonics)
0000016: [new feature] Add Spitfire Abbey Road One in the template (artificial harmonics)
0000019: [new feature] Add Spitfire Woodwinds Evolutions in the template (artificial harmonics)
0000018: [General] Increase Vienna instances from 3 to 4 (artificial harmonics)
0000017: [new feature] Add Spitfire Angular Strings Evolutions in the template (artificial harmonics)
0000011: [new feature] Add Spitfire Albions NEO in the template (artificial harmonics)

Thanks
Marco

alex.van_der_plas · April 2, 2021, 4:07pm

Hello Marco,

Hope you’re doing well. You are not gonna believe it but last night i finished uploading al my libraries in my own template using yours as a base model. This morning i saw you’ve uploaded an update for flow. Great stuff!

Here’s my question: Do i need to update flow if i modified it with my own stuff? Is the process of updating the same and could you please explain that some more? Maybe like what to upgrade and what to leave alone during the update.

Thanks for all the great stuff you’re putting out
Greetz Alex

marcodistefano · April 2, 2021, 6:30pm

Hi Alex

incredible that you already were able to add libraries! congrats!

Unfortunately I realized there was something wrong in the template and had to take an action asap.
The name of the vep instances in version 2.0 contains the libraries that are in it

simple cause in a moment you know where a certain library is
not good because if I add new libraries in the instance and change its name the connection with Cubase is lost.
So I had to change this, and now the name of the instance is like in Flow1 something more generic and that will never change.

Another thing I did is to improve the mixer of Cubase, before the layer 1 and layer 2 were mixed. Now they are totally separated, I suggest you to read this:
https://artificialharmonics.com/docs/flow-2-mixer-setup/

What you have already coded for Flow+ can stay, just copy your content inside the standard Flow content.

For the template unfortunately there is no simple way to import a rack, I have spent days looking for this and there is no solution.
Here is the process I have found to be the simplest one:

open the new flow cubase project
import from your project the midi tracks you have created
recreate in the new flow project the rack and connect them to Vienna
redo the routing of the midi track to the right vienna instance (the midi port will stay)
reactivate in the rack the output and fix the mixer

What will stay

midi channel
expression maps
midi sends
naming of the track

Let me know if you have any doubt
Marco

alex.van_der_plas · April 2, 2021, 7:23pm

I’ve got a little doubt . I’ve created a template that i’m very happy with(read lots of hours hahaha). i’ve created my own routing, added a lot of tracks(not only midi) and inserted all my plugins in the spots where i want them. So rebuilding that is gonna take some time.

Now the last step for me is to integrate the touchscreen(flow+) into my setup with the tracks i’ve added. After this i’ve got a beast of a setup that will keep me happy for years and years. Will i be able to do that still without doing your updates and keeping it like it is?

peace!

marcodistefano · April 3, 2021, 1:01pm

Hi Alex

in that case you do not need to upgrade, you can still live with your template and do not plan to upgrade with mine, or maybe you could do the opposite and import the tracks from the new version inside yours (if you need them)

the new update does not have any impact on the integration with Flow+ so you can still use your cubase and vienna template with all the new releases of Flow+

I understand redoing is not nice and you have already invested a lot
Up to you, but I would tend to answer you to just stay with what you have done

Maybe, just check the new mixer in cubase and see if you can do the same on your side

Marco

alex.van_der_plas · April 3, 2021, 2:33pm

Thank you for your detailed answer. I’ll stick with what I’ve got for now and have a look at the mixer! Might have already done that