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Something wrong, but i can´t use any VST plugins in RealTracks
with RealChart? Anybody else have this problem? Also Combo track
only allows VSTi not VST plugins.

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popboy,

Can you give the names of a couple of two of the more common VSTs that you've tried to load? If I have them, I'll try them out.

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Load any song with RealTracks w/RealCharts and try load the first slot
VST plugins, NOT VSTi

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Does the next slot down work for you? (That is, not the top slot but the second from the top slot.)


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Hi Noel96!
You can put plugins the second slot, but does not work?

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popboy,

If the plugins are important to you and they were working fine before you installed build 455, I suggest...

1.Go to the link below.

http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm

2. Download the previous build (#454) and manually install that.

(Doing the above will take you back to the previous build.)

I will let PG Music know about this thread and your problem.

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Thanks Noel and Merry Christmas for You.

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Popboy,
Thanks for spotting that. It will be fixed in a patch (likely called 456) later today.


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Originally Posted By: popboy
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You can put plugins the second slot, but does not work?
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Hi popboy, yes, I can confirm that, using _Blizzard and the second slot for a PG effect.

Still checking out 455; in general, the mixer seems greatly improved over 454, but yes, this seems a malfunction.

-Ron

PS. BTW, an issue I had loading GM2 patches appears cleared up in 455, but issue of not being able to load a midi patch to an empty midi channel, say Thru, remains.

EDIT - changed "melody" to "Thru" which makes more sense. Still testing.

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This is fixed in 456
http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#456

So build 455 will turn out to be a "coaster".*


* This is an old term from the CD-ROM era, when you'd burn a disc and then not use that version. Making the disc only useful as a "coaster" for drinks.


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Thanks Peter and PG Music´s Team.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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