Dave Clark,

You've presented a great overview of how VSTi works with Band-in-a-Box 2025. Thank you for that as your overview is one of the better descriptions I've read.

Part of the issue you described is BiaB expects the default VSTi to be multi timbral. That is, a single instance of the VSTi can play multiple instrument patches simultaneously. Unfortunately multi timbral VSTi has become the exception rather than the rule. The one I use is Cakewalk's TTS-1. PG Music provides two more. I'm not at my computer so I can't list them right now.

SampleTank and most other VSTi are not multi timbral by default but can be configured to work that way.

In my opinion as you stated the issue is BiaB remembers the last used VSTi configuration. I believe the better answer is to save the custom VSTi configuration with the song project.


Jim Fogle - 2025 BiaB (Build 1128) RB (Build 5) - Ultra+ PAK
DAWs: Cakewalk Sonar - Standalone: Zoom MRS-8
Laptop: i3 Win 10, 8GB ram 500GB HDD
Desktop: i7 Win 11, 12GB ram 256GB SSD, 4 TB HDD
Music at: https://fogle622.wix.com/fogle622-audio-home