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Now, the propblem is if I have selected a RT Style (with say an empty track for the midi strings),
and I try to select a midi string patch (from the patch selector at the far left, right above the keyboard), the patch never sounds as it should for the selected patch.
Most of the time it just plays the same patch regardless of what I select from the "patch selector".





Could there be an embedded patch change (CC) at the beginning of your midi track which is immediatley overridding what you set to start? Use the Event Editor on that track to see if a CC exists to change the patch.