Hi Allan.

As Dan above suggested, copying the Melody track to another track seems to be the best way to go.

Firstly: Set up your VST instrument on a Utility track (this only has to be done once).

1) Set your VST Piano plugin on Utility track 1.
2) I also set the channel to UT 1 to MIDI channel 1.

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Secondly: Use Melodist.

1) If you don't want the pre-chosen style to load, make sure the checkbox "Allow style change" is deselected.
2) Generate a Melodist. (As you've indicated, the resulting MIDI melody will be written to the Melody track with the preset instrument.)

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3) Copy the Melody Track to Utility track 1.

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4) Set the Copy/Move dialogue as shown on the image below.
(The "Patch Change" should be deselected so that the Melodist's preset sound is not sent to the Utility track.)

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This should now work.

While there is a bit of setting up involved, once everything is set up, you can generate a Melodist and then simply copy the Melody Track to the Utility Track. It's not necessary to delete the Utility Track before copying a new Melodist generation to it.

I hope this helps,
--Noel

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