I actually think the stand alone is fine, not sure why you don't like it. I wish all VSTs had stand alones. I can certainly use Komplete Kontrol or something (that is what I usually do), but it shouldn't be like this. According to the last email I got from KV331, they said "easy fix" but I'm disappointed that it seems to have been a long time problem. And per @User 905133, it sounds like I'm not the only one to report the problem.