about choosing a VSTi in MX9 Pro Studio

[Impulseman]

Hi,
I don't know if it's a bug or not but here it is:
I load a VSTi in a track but afterwards, if I decide to change it to compare with another in the same section, but MX9 sends me to my Favorites instead of showing me which VST instrument I have loaded before and I have to search the lists to return to where I was.
Not a bad idea about the Faves but I would prefer choosing between seeing my last Instrument or section loaded and my Favorites' section.
Unless there is a way to make that choice and I don't know where it is...

Maybe you can help me...
Thank you guys for everything you accomplished with Mixcraft!

Impulseman

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

I'm not sure I understand the problem. Does this help?

Greg

VSTi categories.

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[Acoustica Greg]

Hi again,

A little birdie gave me a clue about what might be happening. We've got a bug report filed on this.

If you're having the same problem that the other person was having, searching for the instrument instead of selecting a category should help you avoid this problem for now.

Greg

[Impulseman]

Hi once more,

Thanks for the hint but I did search by instrument at first as I always do, like for example, I needed a Synth Strings so I went and clicked on Synth Strings in the lists to open that specific folder, chose Synth Strings 1, loaded it and then, after trying a few notes, I decided to try another sound so I clicked on the instrument tab on the track and the Favorites section appeared instead of the folder where I was before, showing me the sound I had previously chosen.
I must explain that it was the first sound I loaded when creating a new song, meaning I pulled a track to the number of measures I wanted (87), then did the same for the piano roll track, returned back to the track, chose an instrument, played a few notes without recording, then wanted to change the sound for another to compare, that's when it brought me back to the Favorites, like when I open a new song again.

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See what I mean? It should have showed me my last folder, i.e.: the Synth Strings, instead of this. Tried with a new song again and the same thing happens.

[Impulseman]

Ok. I understand what you mean now.
By choosing directly the sound I wanted, I did not opt for the plugins. So MX must have sent me back to make a choice between Plugins and presets but since I did not choose an option, it brought me to the favorites.
A logical alternative if I already had many of them, to show me the ones I prefer when creating a song. I always forget to choose some sounds as favorites, but even so, I think one should go back to the last sound at first, and then, like it shows here, to the faves. A nice feature indeed, but I prefer going back before making my choice for adding as favorite. I'm an old buzzer you know?

Happy New Year everyone!!

Impulseman

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

Somebody else had reported this, so we already had a bug filed on it.

I was having a hard time duplicating the problem, because I was simply searching for virtual instruments and picking from the list on the right.

To get the problem to happen, you have to select a category from the list on the left before you choose a virtual instrument.

Thanks for reporting this!

Greg

[Impulseman]

Yes Greg,
This is exactly what I did. I chose using the category list because I knew what sound I wanted. I would never have found it if I had done the Instruments list first I think.

Glad to be of help, friend!

Impulseman