Hi,
Although I have several commercial virtual synths I keep going back to the PG-8X as the sound is so analog and characterful.
I'm using the Metaplugin synth as a wrapper. It would be great to have an A.U. version at some point though?
The problem is... I normally create my own sounds but downloaded some .fxb patches... but I don't seem to be able to load them, that are greyed out?
(Logic Pro X)
PG-8X.vst
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Sound Mechanics Sound Mechanics https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54454 - KVRAF
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- 1618 posts since 10 Jan, 2005 from UK
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- KVRAF
- 2802 posts since 31 Aug, 2011
Im no Logic user, but if the banks/presets youve downloaded are 'greyed out' as you say it could mean that they are incompatible with the PG-8X version youre running.
(Remember, the first release of PG-8X was SynthEdit based, so if youre running the new version and the banks/presets were made for the old SE based version then you wont be able to use these unless you install the old SE based version too.)
(Remember, the first release of PG-8X was SynthEdit based, so if youre running the new version and the banks/presets were made for the old SE based version then you wont be able to use these unless you install the old SE based version too.)
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Sound Mechanics Sound Mechanics https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54454
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1618 posts since 10 Jan, 2005 from UK
Ok, I'll check that thanks.
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- KVRAF
- 2802 posts since 31 Aug, 2011
Quickest way is to take a look at the files.
The VST ID of the old SE based version was 'pg8x' (lowercase), whereas the new WDL-OL based version has 'PG8X' in uppercase.
So if you drag the files into Notepad there should be one or the other right in the first line.
If its lowercase then theyre for the SE version.
The VST ID of the old SE based version was 'pg8x' (lowercase), whereas the new WDL-OL based version has 'PG8X' in uppercase.
So if you drag the files into Notepad there should be one or the other right in the first line.
If its lowercase then theyre for the SE version.
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Sound Mechanics Sound Mechanics https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54454
- KVRAF
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- KVRian
- 960 posts since 27 Jun, 2009 from Germany
Where did you get the banks from? The extension *.fxb indicates that they are most likely from the old (SynthEdit) version. The new banks are normally named *.PG8Xbank.Hemmick Reef wrote:Hi,
Although I have several commercial virtual synths I keep going back to the PG-8X as the sound is so analog and characterful.
I'm using the Metaplugin synth as a wrapper. It would be great to have an A.U. version at some point though?
The problem is... I normally create my own sounds but downloaded some .fxb patches... but I don't seem to be able to load them, that are greyed out?
(Logic Pro X)
Cheers,
Martin
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Sound Mechanics Sound Mechanics https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=54454
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1618 posts since 10 Jan, 2005 from UK
I think I picked them up on this site, could you send me a link to the newer ones please?
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- KVRian
- 960 posts since 27 Jun, 2009 from Germany
On which site? On the KVR page, there are still some old ones (they should have a warning in the comments). Whenever a bank is saved as PG8Xbank, it should work with the current version. Patches saved as *.fxb will most likely not.Hemmick Reef wrote:I think I picked them up on this site, could you send me a link to the newer ones please?
Cheers,
Martin
