BUT, the test-version DID work first time I open it... Then clicking a wrong place made a failure box come up, and then it gave no sound.. Then I shut down BiaB and open it again. Then BiaB said; Cannot contact this VST.. SO I restarted my computer and tried again. Then biab said;
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
Works perfectly well in REAPER 6.03 (64 bit) as well.
I am not user about how important this feature is, so if we continue to run into difficulties I will have to drop it for now as I have some other more pressing issues at hand.
Cheers Kenneth
SO, shall we let him know how important this is? Should not PG music give him a free BiaB to test it for us BiaB users?
But ok, maybe I am the only one see it as important?
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
BTW, how do I put this attachment so that I can continue to write under the image?
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
BTW, how do I put this attachment so that I can continue to write under the image?
If the attachment shows or don't show after you post it then right click the attachment copy link location, now go back in and edit and insert an image from the icons and paste that link in then type under the link.
Man that was quick, can you ask if he wants to work for PG. I just loaded the 64 bit version, loaded RealStrat, clicked on Prg number:
Man, that was quick respond from u also...;) IF PG need or look for technical employee to solve issues and come up with more creative solutions, they should hire YOU !
Great to see that u made it work..
Can u report back to Kenneth in the forum what u found to be issues? I feel he deserve more support from us users for all the great work he does for us, often for free...
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
I already did that about 10 mins ago It's just waiting for moderator to approve.
Wow! Are u on speed today ? In what forum was that?
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
Kenneth of SF is a very dedicated man. He definitely should have a copy of BIAB for testing. I do not believe that there is anything similar to his VST. All other "similar" vst's that support GM midi + Program changes are not remotely close. I spoke to a couple of developers of similar software before Kenneth and they told me that their VST's will remain in "legacy" state and any kind of updates/fixes are not planned.
Why I am writing this? If you find bugs in it, please write to Kenneth, I am sure he will try to address them.
Wow! Are u on speed today ? In what forum was that?
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Re: VST synthfont in IL Minihost module plays piano only
This post is not visible to other users until it has been approved by a moderator. Thanks for this ! an issue is when you click program number to bring up the VSTi GUI you can't access the host with the window open.
Pipeline, for that task, to do it right, you would need 2-3 Keeneths (so they have some rotation for sleeping/resting needs) and 1 Noel.
...sucks we can't just clone 'em.
Haha, are u underestimating Pipeline _ He seems to be on here 24/7 and sometimes on speed...;) But hey, I am bowing down in deep respect for Kenneth and his dedication to entertain his customers and does extremely quick fixes to all kind of request from customers...
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
Works perfectly well in REAPER 6.03 (64 bit) as well.
I am not user about how important this feature is, so if we continue to run into difficulties I will have to drop it for now as I have some other more pressing issues at hand.
Cheers Kenneth
SO, shall we let him know how important this is? Should not PG music give him a free BiaB to test it for us BiaB users?
But ok, maybe I am the only one see it as important?
Thanks for keeping up to date on this, is the above a beta time limited version?
Windows 10 (64bit) M-Audio Fast Track Pro, Band in a Box 2025, Cubase 14, Cakewalk and far too many VST plugins that I probably don't need or will ever use
Thanks for keeping up to date on this, is the above a beta time limited version?
It is a test version, he said.. But if u make it work, I don't think it is any time limitation. Kenneth said he was not sure of the need for implementing the VSTi feature, as he put it;
"The reason why I can't see the need for this feature is that in all DAWs I know you can have many tracks and separate VST Instruments for each of them - as many as PC memory allows. So, you can have VSTSynthfont in one (or a few) track and Kontakt in others."
And, as I said, it crashed in BiaB for me. Kenneth have this DAW's to test it in, as he wrote;
"My test bench includes Cubase, Cakewalk, Reaper, Mixcraft, Traktion, Magix - and of course my own SynthFont2. But no, not BiaB - for no particular reason!
Just a reminder - when you test this new feature, remember that you always have to manually load any preset or program setup when loading the VST, as this cannot be saved within VSTSynthfont."
So, we can't expect him to BUY a version of BiaB to test it in, can we?
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
I get an error loading the new B version, would not load in BB or Reaper. I see it has gone back to A. Still waiting on all my posts to be approved as I found other issues.
Thanks for this ! an issue is when you click program number to bring up the VSTi GUI you can't access the host with the window open. EDIT: you can open the the vst window while playing so this might be okay.
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Just trying other VSTi's EZKeys, EZDrummer no sound Sforzando working but not bringing up the instrument panel and controls in Sforzando
They need a volume control for the VSTi's audio out, don't know if you can make SynthFont's track volume slider adjust the volume out level ?
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Also Ctrl+click to solo more than one track at a time would be helpful. EDIT: and the mute solo don't work on the VSTi
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When you choose a VSTi like RealGuitar there is no sound until I open the GUI then it loads the samples, maybe it could open the GUI directly after loading ? Now if I change back to the default soundfont it stills plays the VSTi.
we can't expect him to BUY a version of BiaB to test it in, can we?
Trygve, just give him the data of your BIAB account, so he can download the program and install it, as PG music allows three installs in different computers at the same time.
Good idea Pepe ! I actually have the 2019 version on a USB, so I can give that one to him.. Thank's !
Forever Grateful, BUT, sometimes pissed of. Trygve "Leo" Larsen BiaB 2020, Windows 8.1, Intel Core i5 CPU, 270GHz, 32 Gb RAM My OLD tracks on Soundcloud; https://soundcloud.com/trygve-larsen My NEW is unpublished The Universe = Uni-verse ie one song.
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