It doesn't matter how many backups you make

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-09-2011, 02:48 AM

If you're programming MIDI/VSTs, and the synth itself breaks whenever you try to load your saved preset. I wish VSTinstruments were more stable.

Dizzy · 10-09-2011, 08:33 PM

Can't say that's ever happened to me.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-10-2011, 12:22 AM

Eh, I use a lot of "homemade" synths designed by musicians to actually target a specific sound range rather than just texturing my stuff with heavy-lifting general synths, when possible. Some of them tend to be incompatible with project-saving but work fine if you use an internal save function. That makes them too cumbersome to work with if you're reopening your files, though.

Kargath · 10-10-2011, 02:58 AM

You need some sort of version control system, mate.

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 10-10-2011, 03:53 AM

^ The instrument he's using works fine, doesn't corrupt the data file, it just completely fails to load once you've saved the work, closed the program, and opened it again. It's not something you can avoid by making a special saving system or anything.

Kargath · 10-10-2011, 04:24 AM

Damn. So there's no patch to the music program itself available?

10-09-2011, 02:48 AM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	It doesn't matter how many backups you make If you're programming MIDI/VSTs, and the synth itself breaks whenever you try to load your saved preset. I wish VSTinstruments were more stable.

10-09-2011, 08:33 PM	#2
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,162 Times in 805 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Can't say that's ever happened to me.

10-10-2011, 12:22 AM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Eh, I use a lot of "homemade" synths designed by musicians to actually target a specific sound range rather than just texturing my stuff with heavy-lifting general synths, when possible. Some of them tend to be incompatible with project-saving but work fine if you use an internal save function. That makes them too cumbersome to work with if you're reopening your files, though.

10-10-2011, 02:58 AM	#4
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	You need some sort of version control system, mate.

10-10-2011, 03:53 AM	#5
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,504 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	^ The instrument he's using works fine, doesn't corrupt the data file, it just completely fails to load once you've saved the work, closed the program, and opened it again. It's not something you can avoid by making a special saving system or anything.

10-10-2011, 04:24 AM	#6
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	Damn. So there's no patch to the music program itself available?