TTS-1 Confusion with saving revisited

I thought I had this sorted, but it seems not.

If I create a new drumset, name it MyNewDrums _and_ write it to User Rhythm _and_ Save to a Performance File, _and_ Save to a new Preset, and then close the project and reopen it, as long as I left that drumset there it is OK.

But AFAICS _I can never pick it or any other again_ because if I click on the Drumsets and ask for User Rhythm, all I see are 128 "Standard Sets".

I can still select the Preset sets. Btu all sets on the User Rhythm are Standard Set.

I know at least one other person has had this happen, because I have been trying to sort it out with him. But has anyone a solution?

Do we just use TTS-1 as a good hack GM - GS player?

Nick

Yes Nick,

I seem to remember this with TTS-1. Saving the preset within an individual track voice does nothing--it is not restored with the synth when reopened. I think I abandoned it after noticing this particular idiosyncrasy.

But I don't use TTS-1 and I don't really need it. I tried all the included softsynths when I first started with Sonar, and as I recall, TTS-1 had a few nice sounding digital pads, but it doesn't achieve either the sonic quality or the tweaking power of my hardware synths.

Hi Nick,

I read your Chorus confusion post.

You know, that Chorus effect is a System effect, not an Insert effect, right? This means that each channel has a Send to Chorus, but no control over the Chorus settings.

Setting a Chorus parameter means you're setting a value of the chorus effect, which all channels use, and correspondingly, all channels will sound differently. Only the individual channel sends are associated with each channel, as far as Chorus is concerned.

Oh, I see.

Like the chorus reverts to defaults when you switch tracks--0 speed or 0 depth maybe?

I can imagine that might cause problems.

These are old synths, Nick, and they probably don't get much attention anymore, especially not since Rene and Co. joined the merry band. The future is Dimension Pro, Rapture, and maybe Z3ta+, along with whatever else comes down the pipe.

Pentagon is a nice sounding VA if you like that kind of thing, also, but it sounds like your looking for a good General MIDI plugin? I think you're working on relatively older equipment, but if you do upgrade your computer, you'd be very happy with one of the new samplers with a huge sound-base like Gigastudio or Kontact. Check out the 2 forums at Northernsounds.com if you want to read some people who use those things all the time for making orchestral and film music. What's his name from Spectrasonics hangs out over there also, Eric Pershing. If the TTS-1 sampler really has Roland waves within, then he's the man who designed many of those sounds.