Can't load Proteus X LE

I just installed an e-mu 1616m pci audio interface that includes Proteus X LE with the package. I've installed the synth and ran the VST Adapter (I'm still at Sonar 4 PE). The adapter reports that the synth had been registered, but it doesn't appear in Sonar or P5 when I try to insert a new synth. Anyone else have this problem?

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Have you tried uninstalling it, then rescanning your VST directory (clear it out of the wrapper), and then reinstalling it and scanning again?

Might be worth a try.
I never had Sonar 4, but I used Sonar 5 (and the wrapper) with Proteus X LE and a 1616m, and it worked fine for what it does. That was on XP though.
As of Sonar 6 (no wrapper) and Sonar 7, I've been using Proteus X2 (full, not LE) with the same 1616m, and it also worked fine. That's also on XP.

Just so you know: both Proteus LE and Proteus X (full) are listed on the EMU Vista support site as unsupported with "No Development Planned."
http://www.emu.com/support/vista.asp

IIRC, Sonar 4 isn't supported for Vista either.

Neither of those things means it won't work, of course, but it does mean that 2/3 of the formula in your case isn't Vista-proper (1616m - good / proteus le - not / sonar 4 - not).

Have you tried over here:
http://www.productionforums.com/viewforum.php?f=114

That's the official/unofficial EMU forum, and perhaps there are some folks that can help out.

Good luck,
- zevo

I understood that you were trying to use Proteus LE as a soft synth in Sonar.

Whatever driver you have for your interface will not affect the fact that there is no Vista driver for Porteus X and LE (unless it is packaged inj the 1616 software). As EMU officially declared X and LE unsupported, I think your problem is there.

I had just invested in an EMU control keyboard and EMU Proteus X when they made this helpful statement. I don't think I will buy EMU products again.

I hope you get sorted out.

I don't think I will buy EMU products again.

I definitely won't buy another EMU product again... ever.

At least they got around to making 1616m drivers, though it took FAR too long, and they're heavier than the previous drivers with lower performance capabilities on my system (in XP and Vista).
The dropping of planned and announced Vista updates to the Proteus X line is also disappointing, as is the restriction on EMU hardware for such an inexpensive plugin. The only way to get around the hardware restriction going forward is upgrade to Emulator at significant expense.

Bummer too, I'd likely have paid for an upgrade to a Vista-ready version of Proteus X, particularly if they'd given it the proper 64-bit capabilities like Emulator got. Instead, it appears that the Proteus X line is actually over... just Emulator going forward.

Whatever driver you have for your interface will not affect the fact that there is no Vista driver for Porteus X and LE

Keep in mind that there are 3 things that have to work to be able to use Proteus X:
- the 1616m has to have drivers for vista
- the cdillo copy protection service has to be running in vista
- proteus x has to install and start properly on vista

The 1616m vista drivers and associated copy protection service have been ported, and as long as the OP has the 2.0 version of the drivers, he should be good there.
My guess is that Proteus X LE is just flaky on Vista, or can't talk to the copy protection service on Vista, or something like that. If it doesn't think you have EMU hardware, it won't start.

- zevo