I have the Music Maker 15 Trial Version. In the Instr dropdown box of the the MIDI Editor I can see three choices:
1. No VSTI (this is checked by default, I cannot change it)
2. Software Instruments (with a right arrow seeminlgy indicating a sub menu but I cannot select it
3. Instrument Editor (cannot select this)
Is this because I have a trial version. What should I be able to do from these menus?
[G. Breeds - Update 6/19] Okay, I was able to download a free vst plugin (Redtron) and stored it in 'C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version\Synth\VST' (some people had said to put it in 'C:\Program Files\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version' folder).
In my File | Settings | Program Settings->Folders, I still only have a SoundPools path button (No VST plugin path button). The SoundPools path is set to 'C:\Program Files\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version' which is where the content pack samples Chillout Vol 3 and Techno Trance Vol 11 are found (and likewise displayed under the SoundPools tab).
Under my Synthesizers tab, I now see the five Object synthesizers from the path:
'C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version\Synth'
plus the one Track synthesizer from the new VST folder I added under the above path to hold my RedTron download:
'C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version\Synth\VST'
I do not see anywhere to set this path; Music Maker 15 Trial (and I guess MM15 and MM15 Premium) just seem to know to look in the ProgramData directory.
I can now select 'Software Instruments' from the dropdown that previously only said 'No VSTi'. I only have my one choice of 'RedTron'. From the Instrument Editor in the same dropdown, I pop up the RedTron GUI which lets me set my 'voices' for the track.
Hope this helps others.
1. No VSTI (this is checked by default, I cannot change it)
2. Software Instruments (with a right arrow seeminlgy indicating a sub menu but I cannot select it
3. Instrument Editor (cannot select this)
Is this because I have a trial version. What should I be able to do from these menus?
[G. Breeds - Update 6/19] Okay, I was able to download a free vst plugin (Redtron) and stored it in 'C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version\Synth\VST' (some people had said to put it in 'C:\Program Files\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version' folder).
In my File | Settings | Program Settings->Folders, I still only have a SoundPools path button (No VST plugin path button). The SoundPools path is set to 'C:\Program Files\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version' which is where the content pack samples Chillout Vol 3 and Techno Trance Vol 11 are found (and likewise displayed under the SoundPools tab).
Under my Synthesizers tab, I now see the five Object synthesizers from the path:
'C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version\Synth'
plus the one Track synthesizer from the new VST folder I added under the above path to hold my RedTron download:
'C:\ProgramData\MAGIX\MusicMaker15_Download-version\Synth\VST'
I do not see anywhere to set this path; Music Maker 15 Trial (and I guess MM15 and MM15 Premium) just seem to know to look in the ProgramData directory.
I can now select 'Software Instruments' from the dropdown that previously only said 'No VSTi'. I only have my one choice of 'RedTron'. From the Instrument Editor in the same dropdown, I pop up the RedTron GUI which lets me set my 'voices' for the track.
Hope this helps others.