Synth 1 Mac and Zen
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Don't know why but the Mac VST version of Synth 1 doesn't seem able to download Zen presets that I presume were uploaded using the Windows version.
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- KVRAF
- 3388 posts since 29 May, 2001 from New York, NY
Simply because Synth1 Mac has a different synth ID than Synth1 PC. That's a major oversight from Ichiro, if you ask me.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
I seem to remember there's a method of hacking a vst ID
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- KVRAF
- 3388 posts since 29 May, 2001 from New York, NY
A very convoluted method yes, involving editing the sqlite database. Not recommended really. I just wish this was fixed in a Synth1 update, because as it is, it is not only with Zen - if you export a synth1 fxp in Live on PC, you can't load it back in Live on Mac.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Sucky! Unfortunately he seems to be hard to contact.
btw the method - I remember now - involves finding out the ID the plugin is using, finding out the ID you want it to have, opening the dll in a HEX editor and doing a search replace for the ID string - not too convoluted but I'm not sure if I could accomplish it on Mac (no dll) but I did use it on Win a couple of times to resolve ID conflicts.
btw the method - I remember now - involves finding out the ID the plugin is using, finding out the ID you want it to have, opening the dll in a HEX editor and doing a search replace for the ID string - not too convoluted but I'm not sure if I could accomplish it on Mac (no dll) but I did use it on Win a couple of times to resolve ID conflicts.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Actually I think I can do it - if I open package contents to see inside the VST there are two files that look like one of them contains the ID info - one is the VST binary (which I guess should be openable in a HEX editor), the other is a plist file which I can open and edit more easily in X-Code. The plist contains several number strings but I need to know which one is the ID string (if any) and what to change it to (what the ID string is on Windows)
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- KVRAF
- 3388 posts since 29 May, 2001 from New York, NY
Most probably the ID is also inside the Mac binary.
I have a million changes ongoing in Zen, among which, the ability to have several plugin IDs for a single plugin. This would solve the synth1 issue. I can't commit on a date though, as the Trigger Finger Pro versions are also keeping me quite busy.
I have a million changes ongoing in Zen, among which, the ability to have several plugin IDs for a single plugin. This would solve the synth1 issue. I can't commit on a date though, as the Trigger Finger Pro versions are also keeping me quite busy.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 35265 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Oh I see - just took a look at the Arsenal manual - so Arsenal is Zen (expanded)!
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- KVRAF
- 3388 posts since 29 May, 2001 from New York, NY
Yes, it's Zen with a ton of bug fixes, a better UI, a lot more features for parameter controls, a dedicated interface to the HW. It doesn't have the cloud part of Zen though.
