Blue Cat Patchwork and HOFA 4U+ Blind Test
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 2:08 pm
This problem involves a three way interaction among Mixcraft 8 Pro Studio, Blue Cat Patchwork 2.0 and HOFA 4U+ Blind Test. I think it should probably be reported to Acoustica first because the configuration works as expected in the other DAW I tried (Reaper).
Open an instance of Patchwork. Put an instance of 4U+ Blind Test in one of its slots. Select Blind Test for editing. Click on a text entry field, for example "Click here to enter name". Start typing. On my system, at least, the first two characters you type are entered in the text field but the third and subsequent characters are directed to Mixcraft, not to the plugin. If those characters are keyboard shortcuts, Mixcraft executes the corresponding commands. It's disconcerting when Mixcraft suddenly starts recording while you are trying to set up your plugin chain.
Opening 4U+ Blind Test directly in Mixcraft works fine. Opening plugins from developers other than HOFA in Patchwork slots also works fine. Note: I only tried a couple of other developers, so I can't say that Blind Test is the only problem. I also have not tried HOFA plugins other than 4U+ Blind Test. The handful that I have may not even have text fields.
VST3 plugins and the corresponding VST2 ones have the same problem.
Reaper 5 is the only other DAW I have tried. If it would help, I also have access to Studio One 3, Ableton Live 9, Mixbus 4, Tracktion 6 and MuLab.
I'm running the most recent build of Mixcraft Pro Studio on Windows 7 Professional SP1. Everything, including all the plugins, is 64 bit.
Open an instance of Patchwork. Put an instance of 4U+ Blind Test in one of its slots. Select Blind Test for editing. Click on a text entry field, for example "Click here to enter name". Start typing. On my system, at least, the first two characters you type are entered in the text field but the third and subsequent characters are directed to Mixcraft, not to the plugin. If those characters are keyboard shortcuts, Mixcraft executes the corresponding commands. It's disconcerting when Mixcraft suddenly starts recording while you are trying to set up your plugin chain.
Opening 4U+ Blind Test directly in Mixcraft works fine. Opening plugins from developers other than HOFA in Patchwork slots also works fine. Note: I only tried a couple of other developers, so I can't say that Blind Test is the only problem. I also have not tried HOFA plugins other than 4U+ Blind Test. The handful that I have may not even have text fields.
VST3 plugins and the corresponding VST2 ones have the same problem.
Reaper 5 is the only other DAW I have tried. If it would help, I also have access to Studio One 3, Ableton Live 9, Mixbus 4, Tracktion 6 and MuLab.
I'm running the most recent build of Mixcraft Pro Studio on Windows 7 Professional SP1. Everything, including all the plugins, is 64 bit.