VSTs Stop Working

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I’ve been a Gig Performer user for a couple of years now and have overall enjoyed using it. I’ve been running into an issue lately where the VSTs just stop working.

  1. I load Gig Performer and select the Rack Space I want to use. Press the keys on the Controller (Arturia Keylab 88) and all of the sounds work fine.

  2. Wait a few minutes, then we get ready to start. I press the keys again and nothing…. no sound at all. OR sometimes….. a completely different sound than what I had programmed for that chain.

  3. Double click on the VST in the wiring, bring up the VST and re-select the sound I was using and now it works again.

Problem is, during a show I can’t just keep doing that and a lack of sound makes it difficult to play.

Anyone else run into this issue and how to fix it?

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What changed in your environment since this started happening?
What version of GP are you running?
What OS are you running?
What audio interface are you using?
When did you last update your OS, your audio interface driver, your hardware?

If you are on GP5, when you press keys on your keyboard (when there’s no sound), what shows up on the global MIDI Monitor? Do the keys in the MIDI In blocks flash when you press keys on your Arturia keyboard? Does the little green light on the top right of the main GP Window flash when you press keys on your controller?

In other words, we can’t even begin to diagnose the problem without your providing detailed information about your environment

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At a recent gig I lost sound for one part. Then I got the red screen indicating that the audio interface was not connected. I reset the USB connection to the audio interface and all was well.

This is probably does not help you, but maybe related to USB connection to audio interface? (But the bringing up a different sound is weird).

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As @jeffn1 is saying….some USB cords are notorious for going bad at the wrong moments.

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The only thing that has changed was upgrading to GP 5.1.1.

I’m running this on Windows 11 now, but it was an issue before the upgrade as well.

Using a Scarlet Focus 2i2 3rd Gen.

The blocks do flash, just no sound.

Not sure about the Audio Interface Driver since Focusrite Control does it automatically. Or so I’ve been told.

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Yeah, the different sound sometimes is a mystery. It’s like a stripped down version of the sound it’s supposed to be.

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If you’re saying that what fixes it is to open the plugin UI and select a preset, then to me it points to the plugin being the issue.

  • What is the plugin?
  • Has it only happened with this one plugin?
  • Are you using the same plugin type in every workspace? e.g. it’s consistently VST3 or VST?
  • Have you tried a different plugin type to see if the issue is the same? e.g. if you use VST3, have you tested whether VST has the same problem?
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Do you mean that the VST switched to a different preset and re-selecting the original preset makes it work again?

Or did the VST show you were still on the original preset and simply reloading it fixed it?

Either way, my guess is that unintended MIDI is making it to your VST and either changing the preset, setting your volume to zero, messing with other parameters, or all of those.

The simplest way to narrow that down that I can think of is to just put a midi block in front of your VSTs and filter out everything but note on & note off. If that stops the problem from occurring then you know you have stray midi getting into that signal path.

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That would make sense, but it is really just selecting the same preset again and it will work.

I’ll give that a try.

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I do mix VST3 and VST, I’ll see about making those all consistent and see if that changes anything. This happens consistently with the Jupiter 8. So, you may be on to something. Also, this workspace is super busy. CPU is over 50% when it is in use.