Thanks for the response, Mike. Yes, I'm aware of everything you pointed out. And I do frequently have multiple VSTis active in one piece of music.

I have concluded that this is just a "feature" of these two VSTs -- they don't recall the settings that I've saved, and yes, now I always "save special." But as I mentioned above, I've just gotten used to going back and plugging back in the preferred patch.

What bugs me much more is I have one last tune in which the Melody is stuck on acoustic piano. I've even tried loading VSTs to see if they'll unstick it, but nope. I've tried everything I know to do, short of deleting the melody track and starting over. Not gonna happen cuz I like what I have. Aggravating, but it could be worse, I suppose. It could have gotten stuck on shakuhachi or something.

Best,
Michael

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