Support multiple MIDI ports on plugins like Vienna Ensemble Pro Client

[nonchai]

For those writing a lot of orchestral stuff using the Vienna Ensemble Pro plugin server - users this allows us to require less VEP instances. Currently we are forced to use many instances each with a max of only 16 MIDI channels. If Ableton supported more than one MIDI port per plugin ( Like Cubase and Studio One do for example ) we could have 16 X 10 instruments in a single instance. And the less instances one uses in VEP the lighter the load on the server computer.

[nonchai]

bumped

[Crystal Jack]

Ableton, can we get a response to this please? This is a significant limitation specifically with Ableton for trying to conserve CPU, whether you're doing orchestra or not.

Since Ableton doesn't provide any way to completely disable tracks, we are forced to rely on 3rd-party M4L devices like Mudo, but this is still not sufficient because it requires loading Mudo itself on each track which must remain enabled and also takes some CPU itself.

You've effectively blocked every opportunity to conserve CPU when either doing orchestra music requiring a large number of instruments, or when trying to build a template of curated sounds for EDM or any other genre.

This is a long-time active issue with support from many many customers. Several other major DAWs support this functionality, and it makes no sense for VSL and VEP to change it. This is something that needs implementation in the DAW, to support multiple ports.

Without either this or completely being able to disable a track to conserve CPU, you are seriously impeding my workflow and productivity.

Please give us a response, please make this a priority.

Thanks