MattiasOfTheMetal

Hi, I made a program to take the midi out of Guitar Pro 5 and map it to a VST.

If you want to know about my program, it is in the following "spoiler" (couldn't figure out how to do a regular spoiler, so I just put it in a code bubble).

The difference: say in ableton I could set up 5 tracks with vsts listening to GP5, works fine. The problem, I have hundreds of GP5 files and the midi tracks are assigned randomly, except for the drums (say in song 1, track 1 is midi channel 5, drum track is 10, but in song 2, track 1 is midi channel 14, and drum track still 10). In my program, you make a preset of the instrument you want, and one of the 16 tracks from GP are automatically mapped to a copy of the preset. The benefit: I don't have to worry about random midi channels, I can have a different instrument track layout in different songs, it's all automagic, etc.

I can load any vst into the vst~ object just fine, in my patch or in a blank one with just the vst~ object, a plug button, and an open button. However, with certain vsts (coincidentally drumset plugins), I can "plug" them in, but if I click open it crashes Max. It is a 32 bit vst with 32 bit max. The vst drum plugins I tried were ezdrummer, jamstix, and a freeware one (that isn't general midi compatible and is sucky, but used as proof of concept). That free vst worked though, without crashing max.

I am wondering if it is the digital signature message I get when I try to run my program as an application (.exe).

A few times though, while trying to open ezdrummer it prompts me for the serial number for it, and I have to retype it in, then it crashes. I am thinking that ezdrummer and jamstix require "genuine" windows software or something? I am lost. If you have any ideas, please help!

Using Windows 7 and Max 6.1.2 trial. I don't think it is a ram issue, as I have 8 gigs, and I monitor the usage while running my program; doesn't come close to 4 gbs ever.

If you want to know about my program, it is in the following "spoiler" (couldn't figure out how to do a regular spoiler, so I just put it in a code bubble).The difference: say in ableton I could set up 5 tracks with vsts listening to GP5, works fine. The problem, I have hundreds of GP5 files and the midi tracks are assigned randomly, except for the drums (say in song 1, track 1 is midi channel 5, drum track is 10, but in song 2, track 1 is midi channel 14, and drum track still 10). In my program, you make a preset of the instrument you want, and one of the 16 tracks from GP are automatically mapped to a copy of the preset. The benefit: I don't have to worry about random midi channels, I can have a different instrument track layout in different songs, it's all automagic, etc.

My issue:
I can load any vst into the vst~ object just fine, in my patch or in a blank one with just the vst~ object, a plug button, and an open button. However, with certain vsts (coincidentally drumset plugins), I can "plug" them in, but if I click open it crashes Max. It is a 32 bit vst with 32 bit max. The vst drum plugins I tried were ezdrummer, jamstix, and a freeware one (that isn't general midi compatible and is sucky, but used as proof of concept). That free vst worked though, without crashing max. 

vst-crash-max-6-1-2

This was to be an edit; however, it would not let me edit my own post (it would just refresh the page).

It seems to work for a moment inside of max or the max 5 runtime, but not as an application or in max 6 runtime/program. In max 5 I can open the vst and click the little pads and make sound, but I can't send any midievent info to the vst~ object without a crash in either version of max.

VST Crash Max 6.1.2