Blue Cat Audio Patchwork Synth Problems

[Aaron Katz]

My main purpose for purchasing this software is to use it to host multiple software instruments inside Make Music Finale scoring software. Many of the instruments I want to use inside Finale are single MIDI channel software instruments, and Finale only hosts 8 multichannel software instruments. For an orchestral score 8 instruments is not enough! My idea is to use PatchWork Synth as a 16 channel instrument with multiple single channel instruments inside it.

The problem is, its does not show up in the instrument list inside Finale.

In Logic Pro, it also does not show up under AU instruments. It does (From the instruments pop-down menu!) as an AU MIDI-Controlled effect.

I suspect this last tidbit is a clue to the problem.

Any ideas?

thanks!

- Aaron

[Blue Cat Audio]

Hi,

Thanks for getting in touch. Can you check in Logic's Audio Units manager if the "PatchWork Synth" instrument is listed? It should have been installed with the two other components (MIDI-controlled effect and MFX).

[Aaron Katz]

Yes, it is installed and validated, but as a MIDI-controlled effect, not as an instrument. I may be able to use it in Logic (as strangely enough, Logic allows you to install MIDI-Controlled effects AS Instruments(!!)", but not in Finale, which doesn't even recognize MIDI-Controlled effects.

help appreciated.

[Blue Cat Audio]

As discussed in the support ticket, sometimes a re-install, and especially a reboot may help MacOS properly identify newly installed Audio Units.