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Hi,
today I seem to come up with all my RB questions...
I have Forte as my regular synth. For horn tracks I just bought 'Virtual Horns' that have to be used via the Kontakt 5 VST plug-in. When I re-open the song, the horn tracks are no longer connected to Kontakt, but use Forte again. That means that I have to reset the whole Kontakt environmen every time I want to work in that song.
Does this have to be that way, or have I overlookede any setting?
Thanks for your help
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what build are you using
Summary of Changes for 2016 Build 3 (Dec 28, 2015)
Fixed: VST plugin settings were not being loaded in correctly from .SEQ files.
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I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
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Thanks for your hints, but I am using RB 2016 Build 3.
Since I saved my work with that same version I cannot tell, wether it saved or loaded incorrectly. Perhaps there is still a problem with saving the VST settings...?
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Just curious. Are you saving your songs as a .SEQ file or as a .MID file? If a .MID file, it will not save any of your VSTi information. You have to save as a .SEQ file to preserve the instruments and effects.
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Thanks John.
Of course it's a SEQ-file - it's packed with audio tracks. I tried a completly new .SEQ-file: no VST settings when re-loaded...
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Just thought I'd ask, since you mentioned Kontakt, which implies MIDI data. Others have made that mistake of saving as MIDI, then wondering what happened to their VSTi assignments.
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Something I should add:
If I unselect the box 'Route to dvx...' (Options / Preferences / MIDI Devices) before saving my file, nothing changes: When re-loaded there isn't any information about the Kontakt-VST-plug-in I used in my horn tracks.
If I re-route RB to Kontakr there generally, Kontakt is of course shown among fx in every MIDI track, but still there is no information that I connected Virtual Horns with my tracks...
Just to make it clear: This only happens with VST plug-ins, any other fx works fine.
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Having the Virtual Horns load up as the sound in Kontakt may be something that RB has no way of saving.
After you load Kontakt in RB, do you have to make adjustments to it so it uses Virtual Horns? In other words, does it have to be told to use a certain library of sounds?
How is the original file set up to use Kontakt (as the default synth or on an additional Port)?
Have you tried testing Save Preset or Save Group in the FX window (and then loading them as needed)?
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Hello rharv,
thank you so much: Saving the Kontakt set-up as an FX preset is the solution.
You asked how Kontakt works: Well, it's sort of a container for samples made by various companies (like Native Instruments or Big Fish, just to name some real good ones). After assigning Kontakt as a VST plug-in to one or more tracks, you can load any instrument of any compatible sample library you bough into it. Every instrument gets assigned to one MIDI channel, you always can specify certain settings within every single instrument, e.g. room etc.
And an FX preset is able to store everything - one click, and the original settings are there again .
You really made my day - thanks again.
TC Crossroads
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I have some synths that this is the best available work-around, so thought I'd share. Glad it helped.
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