• Introduction (00:35) - Eli welcomes you to Vienna Ensemble Pro 5 Explained.

• Installation (06:03) - See how to download and use the eLicenser Control Center app to manage your activation codes, how to download the Vienna Download Manager, Vienna Instruments, Vienna Ensemble pro, and the *vsldownload file for the Epic Orchestra library, how to use the Library Installer if installing from a DVD, and how to use the Vienna Directory Manager to keep track of the drives and folders your data is stored in so that it is recognized within your Vienna Instruments.

• Vienna Instrument Basics (07:44) - Discover the fundamental architecture of Vienna Instruments. Articulation units are called patches. Matrices are a two dimensional array of cells used to combine and manage patches. Cells are switched between using real time performance controls. Presets allow you to combine multiple matrices. Watch as a simple matrix is built up using key switching and mod wheel switching.

• Switching Between Articulations (07:51) - Explore the use of speed and velocity as a means of switching between cells, and learn how to assign and use the Perform Slot Xfade slider to crossfade between articulations contained within the same cell.

• The Slot Rack (09:33) - Learn how to use the slot rack to stack patches for a layered sound, transpose the slots individually, set independent velocity curves, independent ADSR settings, crossfade between them using the velocity crossfade fader, and adjust their volume and pan settings.

• Global Controls (06:15) - Learn how the global controls found in these tabs are used to affect the whole Vienna Instrument instance.

• Working With Matricies (10:13) - Explore some simple ideas on how to personalize the factory Epic Orchestra matricies. Learn how to work with multiple matricies in a single preset, and how to save all the customized settings.

• Vienna Ensemble Pro Overview (06:27) - Discover the Vienna universe, where server interface plug-ins connect to server instances hosted within a server metaframe, which are in turn connect to Vienna Ensemble Pro projects.

• VEP Connections (07:16) - See how the three main elements, the server interface plug-in, the server, and Vienna Ensemble Pro act and function together when accessed from within Logic Pro X.

• The Preserve & Decouple Functions (15:44) - See how the Preserve function is used to save and recall the connection between the Vienna Ensemble Pro Server Interface pug-in and the Server app instances, as well as to recall and load the VEP project data. Learn how to save VEP projects as viframes, server setups as metaframes, and how to use the Decouple function to prevent the server interface plug-in from saving and loading the associated VEP project data.

• VEP Interface (07:44) - Learn how to work with channels, channel sets, selection groups, windows, and basic project navigation and settings.

• Ins & Outs (07:19) - See how to set up a multi timbral / multi output instrument within in your DAW to communicate with multiple independent single channel instruments hosted within a VEP project.

• VEP Sends & Busses (04:28) - See how busses are created and used either as send destinations or as subgroups for VEP instruments.

• VEP & Multi Timbral Instruments (05:07) - Learn how to host multi timbral / multi output software instruments within VEP and access the instruments discreet outputs via VEPs aux track function.

• Multi Port Setup in Logic Pro (06:39) - Watch how, using the template provided from the Vienna website, Logic Pro is set up to access multiple discreet MIDI ports within a single VEP project.

• The Event Input Plug-In (04:31) - See how this plug-in is used as an alternate way of addressing multiple MIDI ports within a single VEP project.

• Multi Port Automation (11:17) - See how the VEP Event Plug-in is used to manage automation on multiple ports within a single project, and how to use the VEP automation mapping window to assign parameters on Spectrasonics' Trilian and Omnisphere plug-ins for automation.

• Audio Input Plug-In (08:03) - See how this plug-in is used to route audio out of your sequence and in to VEP for processing on Input tracks.

• VEP & Pro Tools (06:18) - Learn how to set up and route to a multi port VEP configuration from Pro Tools.

• Conclusion (05:39) - A summary of useful VEP workflow tips and keyboard shortcuts.