The Synthmaster 3 Thread

[teilo]

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[teilo]

The tooltips on Rev 14628 on Mac, are not readable. They are showing up as white on yellow, and there's not enough contrast to make anything out.

[kv331]

The tooltips on Rev 14628 on Mac, are not readable. They are showing up as white on yellow, and there's not enough contrast to make anything out.

I am testing in BigSur and it shows correctly. You can turn off popup tooltips from Settings:User Interface

[kv331]

Is there a known issue with importing SM2 presets to SM3?
I have a preset that crashes SM3.

Not implemented yet

[KTlin]

It seems that if the main program (not the .vst3 and the vst2 .dll files) is installed on another partition/drive and not in the default location (C:\Program Files\KV331 Audio\SynthMaster3) the plugin will not work.
I tried installing SM3 on my D: partition (D:\- Audio\KV331 Audio\SynthMaster3) and both Bitwig and Reaper didn't load the plugins (neither vst3 nor vst2) and I got the following error message from Bitwig when scanning the plugins:

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C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\SynthMaster3.vst3
com.bitwig.flt.library.metadata.reader.exception.CouldNotReadMetadataException: could not read metadata: Communications error with plugin host process
exit code:-1073741819
stdout:
PluginHost: Reading VST 3 plugin metadata for C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\SynthMaster3.vst3
-------------------------------------------------------------------
D:\- Audio\Vst Plugins\VST Instruments\SynthMaster 3\SynthMaster3.dll
com.bitwig.flt.library.metadata.reader.exception.CouldNotReadMetadataException: could not read metadata: Communications error with plugin host process
exit code:-1073741819
stdout:
PluginHost: Reading VST 2.4 plugin metadata for D:\- Audio\Vst Plugins\VST Instruments\SynthMaster 3\SynthMaster3.dll

I then reinstalled the program in the default location and everything's fine.

[kv331]

It seems that if the main program (not the .vst3 and the vst2 .dll files) is installed on another partition/drive and not in the default location (C:\Program Files\KV331 Audio\SynthMaster3) the plugin will not work.
I tried installing SM3 on my D: partition (D:\- Audio\KV331 Audio\SynthMaster3) and both Bitwig and Reaper didn't load the plugins (neither vst3 nor vst2) and I got the following error message from Bitwig when scanning the plugins:

Incorrect. the dll files and application folders can be in different drives.

My data folder is: d:\program files\kv331 audio\synthmaster 3
my vst2 folder: d:\program files\vstplugins
my vst2 folder: c:\program files\common files\vst3

If you change the data folder, please edit

c:\users\public\public documents\synthmaster3\synthmaster3folders.txt

the vst2 dll can be installed anywhere, make sure your DAW scans that folder.

[KTlin]

If you change the data folder, please edit
c:\users\public\public documents\synthmaster3\synthmaster3folders.txt

Ok. I wasn't aware of that requirement.

[kv331]

Ok. I wasn't aware of that requirement.

When you run the installer, it writes the path to SynthMaster3Folders.txt

[maxym.srpl]

Thank you for speeding up the plugin loading time. Not it takes a fraction of a second.
With the new build, however, pitch-bent and modulation wheels disappeared. Just a FYI.

Also have a question: in SM2 particular filters provide overdrive features with a graphically managed curve. In SM3 I cannot find this overdrive. Is it not implemented yet, or hidden somehow?

[kv331]

Also have a question: in SM2 particular filters provide overdrive features with a graphically managed curve. In SM3 I cannot find this overdrive. Is it not implemented yet, or hidden somehow?

The overdrive curve you mentioned is moved to Waveshapers in SM3 (you can connect them before or after the filter). I am working on importing SM2 presets as I write this and hopefuly by the end of the week it will be working.

[kv331]

With the new build, however, pitch-bent and modulation wheels disappeared. Just a FYI.

Now I figured how to reproduce that one: It happens on Windows with UI scales larger than 100%

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

The tooltips on Rev 14628 on Mac, are not readable. They are showing up as white on yellow, and there's not enough contrast to make anything out.

I am testing in BigSur and it shows correctly. You can turn off popup tooltips from Settings:User Interface

Hi Kv331

I have come across this one also some time ago.
This is not caused by your own code. It is (another) bug of Steinberg's VSTGUI... It appears only if you run MacOS in dark mode. If I remember correctly Steinberg always changes the font color of the tooltip to yellow while not changing the background color.
I can check out what I changed and can send you a fix. It was just one line to change.

Cheers!

[maxym.srpl]

Now I figured how to reproduce that one: It happens on Windows with UI scales larger than 100%

Yes, indeed. I'm Windows with 150 or 175% (not sure which one). Those controls were present in the previous build and disappeared in the most recent one. Haven't idea it might be related to OS settings. Otherwise, I would have provided more details. Sorry for that.

The overdrive curve you mentioned is moved to Waveshapers in SM3 (you can connect them before or after the filter). I am working on importing SM2 presets as I write this and hopefully, by the end of the week it will be working.

Thank you. Indeed the approach with waveshapers gives more flexibility.
Looking forward to the import from the SM2 feature. Thank you.

[mpaech]

Würde gerne testen, ob es mit der "Public User Library" funktioniert. Habe selbst ein Preset in diese geladen. Benötige aber bitte weitere, um zu sehen, ob es funktioniert. Es wäre sehr nett, wenn jeder, der diesen Post liest, ein oder mehrere mit SM3 erstellte Presets in die "Public User Library" laden würde. Wird so gemacht: "Save", dann "Upload to Public User Library".
Vielen Dank für eure Unterstützung.

Would like to test whether it works with the "Public User Library". I loaded a preset into this myself. But please need more to see if it works. It would be very nice if everyone reading this post would load one or more presets created with SM3 into the "Public User Library". It's done like this: "Save", then "Upload to Public User Library".
Thanks for your support.

[teilo]

The tooltips on Rev 14628 on Mac, are not readable. They are showing up as white on yellow, and there's not enough contrast to make anything out.

I am testing in BigSur and it shows correctly. You can turn off popup tooltips from Settings:User Interface

Hi Kv331

I have come across this one also some time ago.
This is not caused by your own code. It is (another) bug of Steinberg's VSTGUI... It appears only if you run MacOS in dark mode. If I remember correctly Steinberg always changes the font color of the tooltip to yellow while not changing the background color.
I can check out what I changed and can send you a fix. It was just one line to change.

Cheers!

I am indeed using Dark Mode. And one correction: The background always stays yellow. It is only the text that changes to white when in dark mode, making the text unreadable.