fm7 not working in 5.2

aike · Post by **aike** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:54 am

Got a demo of fm7 and it works fine until I try tweaking the sound or changing the preset then I get no sound. Works fine in Live 4.14.

Also psp vintage warmer dosen't show up at all in 5 but fine in 4, anyone had these the trubs

hp#b · Post by **hp#b** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:51 am

Hi

Had the same problem here. Seems to be a problem of the FM7 demo in Live only. Ordered the full version a few weeks ago - it works fine also in Live!
Use the standalone prog to test the synth or use the VST in another host, if you buy the full version it will work in Live without any problem.

HP

Cone · Post by **Cone** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:36 am

Which OS? I just installed the NI-versary FM7 on my Mac (G4) and the VST version (both instrument and FX) crashes Live 5.2. The Audio Unit versions seem to work OK based on a quick check. The VST version crashes Cubase SE3, too...

I haven't registered yet, so I don't know about possible updates, but that is not a good start. I'll be trying the VST in Windows XP soon, I have the exact same versions of both Cubase SE3 and Live 5.2 there.

justin · Post by **justin** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:31 am

i seem to remember installing an update for fm7, so i would check that!
aside from that, it worked fine for me on a G4 / osx 10.3.
that's until the logic board on the laptop died of chowning overdose...

Cone · Post by **Cone** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:03 pm

The Mac version of FM7 is already 1.1.1.015, there's an update to 1.1.2 but it is for the standalone version only. Then again, the standalone doesn't start up either. (Mac OS X 10.4.7)

The Windows XP version of FM7 is 1.10.006, and it works fine both in Live 5.2.1 and Cubase SE3 (3.0.3.658). Also standalone works.

Seems it is not a Live problem then. But now my Cubase SE3 won't start on Mac. There must be some way to disable plugin checks at startup... Live is much smarter in this respect, next time it realises that something wasn't right and disables the problem plug-in.

Cone · Post by **Cone** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:53 pm

Solved, and how... It turns out that FM7 VST and standalone both die if the keyboard layout of Mac OS X is something else than U.S. English. Now, how lame is that? For some reason the Audio Unit versions work, despite the keyboard layout.

I just verified this: if I switch to the U.S. keyboard layout, FM7 standalone starts up, and the VST version works in Cubase SE3. But apparently Live has now decided that the VST version is hopeless -- the manual says if it crashes a second time, it will be made unavailable until it is installed again. Well, I don't want to do that, so I guess I'll just use the AU version in Live.