vst object not loading .vst3preset using read message

mistabu's icon

Hi, I`m having issues trying to load a vst 3 plugin preset (.vst3preset) into a vst object using "read $1xxx.vst3preset" message. When using vst2 plugins it works perfectly (read $1xxx.fxp) but for vst 3 plugins it does not load the preset. See attached patcher. Any ideas?


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Source Audio's icon

Read Preset file as message with path does not work with vst3 plugins.
Is that simply a bug ?
there is nothing set in max-fileformat.txt to define vst3preset file format.
I don't use vst3 so can't tell , also using so called snapshots is not my choice,

I would capture parameters and store them into coll. pattrstorage or whatever instead.
You anyway want to link plugin with it's presets.
So one plug - one file - bunch of captured presets inside.

mistabu's icon

Thanks! It worked adding a pattr to vst and using a read message to load the vst plugin.

James Harkins's icon

> I`m having issues trying to load a vst 3 plugin preset (.vst3preset) into a vst object using "read $1xxx.vst3preset" message.

What is quite funny about this is: if I "read" and select the vst3preset file by hand in the file browser -- it loads successfully... so clearly the backend support is there. But it doesn't work in any format when specifying the path programmatically (file is not found -- even when specifying a correct full path).

hjh