VSTi's in Vegas (audio only)

Mincer wrote on 2/22/2004, 7:21 PM
I have tried to use freestanding softsynths, like Native Ins Pro 53 and patch the audio output of the synth into the input of Vegas via Virtual Audio Cable. Doesn't work. Anytime I set the output of the softsynth to be a 'virtual patch cable', Vegas says it doesn't recognize the input. In other words, there is no way to use an output of one program to be the input of another...right? All I want to record is the audio without setting up a laptop to send its output to my desktop's input. I'd like to see if I can do it all in 1 machine, using Vegas.
BTW I am using an Echo Mia card which uses 2 analog inputs and 8 virtual outputs.

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cosmo wrote on 2/22/2004, 9:21 PM
you've got the wrong app my friend. I started in Vegas and quickly figured out that if you reallly want to get crazy with synths etc on the PC you have to use better software. I moved to Cubase SX and Reason. I have Pro53, Absynth, Kontakt and others all running through Cubase with Waves plugs etc etc and I get as many tracks as I want...Rewire running and all. My P4 2.4 never goes over 50%...it's amazing. I couldn't get that stuff done in Vegas, not powerful enough. Awesome, awesome video app and great surround mixing app but it lacks a little in pro audio I think. At least when talking about integrating soft synths and Rewire etc....
drbam wrote on 2/23/2004, 6:41 AM
Sonar will accomplish this as well. Its more intuitive than Cubase IMO and a bit cheaper.

drbam
cosmo wrote on 2/23/2004, 7:00 AM
Interesting. I started with PC audio in Cakewalk and moved to the first release of Sonar. Haven't tried it since but I've heard good things. I would agree that Cubase isn't the most intuitive program, but it's not much worse than the Cakewalk products I was used to! I think Vegas wins in the intuitive interface category!
Mincer wrote on 2/23/2004, 10:12 AM
I actually have Sonar, in hopes of correcting my problem. It is nowhere near as user friendly as Vegas, but is usable. If only Vegas could use ReWire...I guess its back to Sonar.
Erik_Nygaard wrote on 2/24/2004, 5:46 AM
Sonar-3 is getting closer to Vegas in user-friendliness and is a huge improvement to Sonar-2 IMO.
The new completly configurable bus-system along with the now much improved console-view makes it a breeze to work with.
I've used Vegas a long time, but are switching to Sonar for all my midi and most of my audio-work. Also my experience is that I can run more tracks/plugins in Sonar without audio breaking up.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 2/25/2004, 10:11 PM
Mincer - That's odd. I never have problem running output from B4 (or softsynth running from Cakewalk) through VAC to Vegas. Are you sure you are getting your sample-rates/bitdepths/etc all synchronised ?

Mere Cekeron 1G1. However some softsynths can be real CPU hogs....

geoff
Mincer wrote on 2/27/2004, 11:17 PM
Yeah, the weird thing is, when using ASIO drivers, VAC doesn't even show up as a routing option in B4. If I switch to MME drivers, it does, but latency issues make it near impossible to use. ASIO Drivers seem to be much faster.
So far, I have made the switch to SONAR, and I am waiting to see is Vegas 5 brings in VSTi support.