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Mr Beverage

Hi Mike, Not sure where you want this posted, so here it is: Forte 4.5.0 64-bit (running on Windows 10) is clearing all instruments (pianos, clavs, organs, etc.) out of the Kontakt 5 instrument rack, when performing a re-order of the instruments of the rack file, from the rack editor page. After re-...

Mr Beverage

Hi, Does anyone know if it's possible to have Forte set Vsti's knobs to LINEAR control (instead of circular). It's just a major pain to work with some plugins that don't offer the option to set knobs to linear. I've read that some hosts offer the setting to force all knobs to be linear. I checked al...

Mr Beverage

Just a question for Mike.
Does doing a "Save As" also perform a "Trim Rack" at the same time (as long as it's rewriting the file anyway)?
I've wondered about this for a while now.
Thanks,
Mr B.

Mr Beverage

Hi, I'm having a problem with the Arturia Prophet-V2 plugin that the Device Compatibility file doesn't seem to fix. When I switch to the scene, all notes hold as if the "HOLD" button is on. I can get it to stop by cycling the "HOLD" button on the VST (on/off), but the next time I...

Mr Beverage

Okay, Just to be clear though, it was the BACKUP file folder that didn't exist on mine that was causing the problems.
Good luck solving this problem.
Mr. B.

Mr Beverage

Here's my original post from last year:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5077&p=24805&hilit=save+error#p24805

(Simple problem with a very confusing error message)

Mr. B.

Mr Beverage

I had that problem last year and discovered that my "Default Save Rack location" and/or "Default Backup Save Rack location" DID NOT EXIST! (Because I forgot to create them when I decided to change their names) Solution: MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SUB DIRECTORIES EXIST ON YOUR COMPUTER....

Mr Beverage

I've been "window shopping" the web for a controller to replace my QS8 (used only as a controller) for some time now. I love the action of my QS8 but I'm getting too old to haul that thing around. Anyway, for what it's worth, I think my replacement may be the StudioLogic SL88 Studio, weigh...

Mr Beverage

Forte Plugin Manager has a tab called "VST Scan Folders" where you define the path for Forte to find your plugins. You'll want to check that screen and remove any search paths that you no longer want Plugin Manager to use before you rescan.
Hope this helps,
Mr. B.

Mr Beverage

Me too. All fine. What I do: I have programmed a switching of MIDI channels of the note-on messages by a MIDI controller in Bome MT. Important thing is not to switch but always duplicate note-off messages to avoid hanging notes. Thus, I can switch sounds in Forte easily by pressing a controller swi...

Mr Beverage

Hi Mike, I'm running Win 10 - 64 bit with 8 gig of memory and so far I'm loving it! The only issue I've found so far is sometimes, when I quit Forte, I get a pop-up window that says Forte has stopped running. It seems to happen after Forte has been running for long time. This is a very minor issue. ...

Mr Beverage

I had that same problem with many of the Arturia V Collection instruments. (Continental V, Wurliter V, etc...) My "go-to" fix is to try adding the following lines to the Device Compatibility file for each instrument that gives me trouble: <Device Name="Vsti Name Here"> <saveFXB b...

Mr Beverage

I got the same email and it also showed up as a reply to one of my posts.
I think Mike may want to delete WORMIXehbjxc user account???

Mr Beverage

Hi All, This may be a dumb question but I'm wondering if I choose NOT to use Scene View page while gigging, would there be any cpu/memory performance degradation or issues? (I don't use the song or set features. Just 1 scene per song.) Also, how much more memory IS used by the song/set features? Tha...

Mr Beverage

I just wanted to give a status update here. The short story is: I'm a knucklehead and the problem if fixed. The more detailed story is: The dedicated directory that I assigned Forte to use for backup files did not exist. Instead of the system giving me an error of "Directory does not exist"...

Mr Beverage

Ah, I see. So any dedicated sound card (PCI or USB) has a dedicated processor. The integrated sound chips still must use the main CPU for processing sounds (digital to analog converting)? That makes sense.
Thanks much.
B.

Mr Beverage

Hi All, I'm thinking of upgrading my system and was wondering if anyone has tried using the integrated sound that comes on a high end gaming motherboard? I think the sound quality on the latest gaming boards has come a long way. Has anyone tried it? How did it sound compared to dedicated sound cards...

Mr Beverage

Hi, Does anyone know how to disable aftertouch with midi filtering/routing?
I would think a great place for it would be another check box next to the "Enable MIDI Notes" check box.
Thanks,
Mr. B.

Mr Beverage

Oh, okay, so if I do all of my rack development and sound design on system "A", I can copy finished rack files to system "B", adapt, point to sample directories, re-save rack, and all should be gig ready? Great! Although I am wondering why I got a message saying something about &...

Mr Beverage

Hmmm, all I did was copy rack files from system A to system B.
I guess I'll ponder it for a while.
I'll check back here once in a while in case you think of anything to suggest.
Thanks.

Mr Beverage

Cool, thanks much.

Mr Beverage

Hello again, I copied all my rack files as well as the 3 directories in "...forte 4" from my gig system to my spare backup system and adapted the racks. The problem I encountered is when I changed a setting and tried to save the rack, I got an error message saying I didn't have authorizati...

Mr Beverage

Hi everybody,
Does anyone know if there is a way to replace an instrument with a different instrument?
Also, how to use an existing instrument to replace a proxy?
(and have it use the same instrument module with all the same midi settings etc.)
Thanks for any info or suggestions.
Mr B.

Mr Beverage

I maintain a backup (mirror) system, always ready to go, in case my main giging system fails. Can anyone please tell me where I can get information on the files in the 3 directories under "AppData/Roaming/...forte 4/" named "Dx User Presets", "MIDI Configuration Presets"...

Mr Beverage

(I know this is too late to help your immediate situation but, I hope this friendly advice isn't "too little") My advice is to be sure to make and keep back-ups of any and all "work" files, or files that you have edited (or that the system edits), such as the Device Compatibility...

Mr Beverage

I'm also interested in getting to a conclusion on this. I think this probably has something to do with how DeviceCompatibility settings work for Kontakt 5. I only recently added K5 settings and they apply on scene capture, not scene apply. I may try to add some options to determine how scenes are a...

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Mr Beverage

I seemed to have the same problem (described in my post from Jul 6th) http://www.brainspawn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4974 I THINK that I MAY have solved this problem by adding the following lines to the Device Compatibility file: <Device Name="Kontakt 5"> <saveFXB bool="1&qu...

Mr Beverage

Have you seen this? http://feedback.brainspawn.com/knowledgebase/articles/461935-plugin-problems especially the device compatibility file stuff? Mike Thanks Mike, I didn't know about that page. At first glance I see that I tried a couple of those bits of advice, but I'll certainly investigate them ...

Mr Beverage

My observation is that when an instrument bus is un-muted (for the first time ONLY after a rack file is opened) or Forte loads a rack to it's first scene, Forte "talks" to that plugin and somehow adjusts/re-adjusts parameter settings. That "message" sent by Forte and recieved by ...

Mr Beverage

There seems to be something causing plugin preset settings to be changed (to lowest values?) upon loading a rack, or moving to certain scenes for the first time after loading a rack. (what I mean by "low" values is, all the synth controls are turned to the left, resulting in no sound at al...

Mr Beverage

Thaks much evilantal, I will work with that.

Mr Beverage

Navigation: User Interface Control Module ==> Rack Editor (takes you to the Setlist and Scenes Editor page) On the Setlist and Scenes Editor page there are "Image Cue" ADD/REMOVE for both the song and scene pools. Select a song or scene and click on ADD image cue. Navigate and select you d...

Mr Beverage

Can someone please explain the difference between: "Do not set per-Scene plugin configuration data" vs "No: Do not set plugin configuration when changing to this scene" on the Scene Command page? Why might I want to use one setting choice over the other choice? etc... Thank you.

Mr Beverage

Organ settings (draw bars, or Upper/Lower selection knob) seem to randomly change when performing scene change. I have the Scene Command page set to "Do not load..." blah blah... Is anyone else experiencing this? Thanks in advance for any input, Mr.B. UPDATE: I have verified the problem to...

Mr Beverage

Can anyone please explain to me what checking the box "Disconnect this instrument while loading configuration data" does exactly?
And, why would this be useful?
Thanks much.

Mr Beverage

Can I get a comment on this? Am I not allowed to have more than one scene with the same name? Regardless, the rack editor shouldn't be rearranging scenes for the reason given (screws up people using program changes to directly select scenes). Should I submit a support ticket? I'm not an expert on B...

Mr Beverage

That's what switching to the next scene is for, I think... I guess I could try and experiment with switching to next scene, but scene changes don't seem to be as "instantaneous" as I need. Sometimes I notice a slight and random "hesitation" while changing scenes. Scene changes a...

Mr Beverage

Hi,
Is there a way to import a scene without having the whole rack of instrument modules imported with it?
In other words: Importing a song with ONLY the un-muted modules coming with it?
Thanks,
Mr.B.

Mr Beverage

To whom this may interest, Is there any way to automate a "MIDI Receive Notes" toggle switch function? I am currently using the Automated Fader to swap instruments on a keyboard by setting up Automated Faders 180 degrees "out of phase" with each other. The problem is when I make ...

Mr Beverage

I solved this problem by adhering to a VERY SPECIFIC ORDER of implementation. STEP #1: Change the CC you are using on the Controls page to TOGGLE 0 - 127. STEP #2: Remap that CC to Attenuation. I found this by trial and error, just trying different things and found that if I didn't change my CC peda...

Mr Beverage

I'm using Automated Faders on three instruments. Piano is set to: Attenuation Toggle 0 127 <== when cc=127 piano fader goes to 0 Synth is set to: Attenuation Toggle 127 0 <==when cc=127 synth fader goes to 127 (reverse logic) All is well with these two plugins effectively toggles between piano and s...

Mr Beverage

Thank you, I didn't think to try and double click the name. That helps a lot because I always rout my pianos, organs, pads, strings, leads, etc.. to the same output bus for consistency. And I use the same piano throughout a set and organs in different modules anyway so that also will work for me. I ...

Mr Beverage

It would be nice to have an option to show the system time clock on the Scene View page.
I don't wear a watch and would love the convenience to check the time while the guitarist is soloing over my organ chords and I'm day dreaming about the burger and beer I'll have during the break.

Mr Beverage

It would be nice to be able to attach a label or rename the bus/instrument modules. I'd like to see "Pianos Out" and "Organs Out" and "Synths Out" and "Vocal In" and "Vocal Out" on the buses. And I'd like to see "Firth Flute" and "In T...

Mr Beverage

I recently created a "new" rack without copying from and old rack and without using the "save as..." from an old rack. My new rack was created from scratch. When I added an instrument to the empty rack and opened the Plugin Console I discovered that the Preset Manager user preset...

Mr Beverage

So once you have added an instrument (which will also create the first bus); ⋅ Right Click on the insert channel and add the automated fader (I am using Dirk's Basic Strip which you can find here - http://brainspawn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4119 ) ⋅ Double click the ins...

Mr Beverage

Thanks much.

Mr Beverage

I experienced similar issue with a DX7 vsti. Every time I advanced to the scene the DX7 was loaded with it's "initial" preset, NOT the one I saved with the scene. I solved the problem by entering bank and program number in the Enter Bank/Program dialog box: Using Plugins > Plugin Console >...

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