I think I have a problem similar to the ones being discussed in this thread and maybe this is the place to find some help or at least some commiseration.

I have a new lappy with 64-bit W7 dedicated just to working on music and performing. I bought the new 2010 with Real Band. Based on the raves for the TTS-1 synth's sounds on PG forums and from PG techs, I bought the Music Creator-5 to get the TTS.

I started having problems almost immediately. I thought they were caused by something to do with heavy pitch bends, but now I think there are always bank change entires involved. I have about 500 strictly midi files I carry to every job. I have been trying to play them through Real Band and the TTS.

Some files with bank changes don't play correctly - usually an instrument setting is changed to a piano. In one file I have four channels changed; in another almost all were changed in a Big Band 16 channel file. If I go on immediately to a subsequent file one or more channels in that file are also affected - usually a drum to a piano.

I have talked to Kent at PG Music. He has not been able to replicate the problem. I have talked to people on the Cakewalk forum about the TTS. They believe it is not a TTS problem at all as they have many W7 64-bit users who are not reporting problems. They believe it is a problem with the way Real Band implements upper bank changes that causes the TTS sounds to be incorrrect.

It seems that all the files play correctly when I use MME and the midi mapper. And all the files played correctly through the VSC in my Win 98 and through the VSC/DXi in my XP computer.

The TTS sounds are so intense I also seem to have hung notes and bleeding of high pitched sounds between files if all the resets are not loaded at the end and beginning of files. What do you think? Can we get more PG help with this?