Virtually new install - TTS-1 missing already!

[Byron Dickens]

True, some people use it all the time without issues. Others can fiddle-fart around with various workarounds and "get it to work." Somewhat. Still others have nothing but issues.

Therefore, I can't really get myself to recommend expending much effort on it when there's quite literally thousands of plugins that work flawlessly. My time is too valuable to waste on abandonware.

The OP has not mentioned issues with any other plugins.

[Digsy]

OK ,I just did a complete uninstall following the instructions here: https://help.cakewalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034066393-Clean-Install-Cakewalk-by-BandLab

Guess what....? Still no TTS-1 instruments in the Plug Ins Module. Yes, once again it is right there in Plug Ins Manager, buy I can't use it.

My other Instruments re-installed fine. It is just TTS-1 that is being a pain in the *****, so I'm going to have to agree with bdickens here. I can't waste any more time on it other than to ask for a recommendation for a replacement. 

[Terry Kelley]

There are a couple of things still available that often just don't work at some point. If they could fix them, they would. There is a time when you have to just move on.

[cakerun]

Maybe I'm too late, but there's this plugin called Edirol Hyper Canvas that looks similar to TTS-1. I installed it from here:

archive.org/details/edirol-hyper-canvas-vst-installer-version-1.6.0

 

[Terry Kelley]

Munt MT-32. Free and stable and sounds like a clean MT-32,  not the 14/15 bit shenanigans they originally did with the hardware version.

[msmcleod]

The MT-32 isn't a sound canvas - it's an LA synth module (basically a cut down D50 without a keyboard).  It's not even GM - it predates GM.   GM borrowed the drum mapping from the MT-32, but that's about it.

As a synth, the MT-32 is actually pretty powerful but it's totally lame at emulating any real instruments (with the possible exception of some of the woodwind / percussion instruments).

Interestingly, the early MT-32's would actually receive D50 sysex, although anything using samples would sound wrong as the sample sets were different.

The samples on the MT-32 are a fraction of a second long, with the sustain parts of the sound being synth based.

The sound canvas (which the TTS1 is based on) is totally sample based, which is why it sounds so much better emulating real instruments.

[Siul72]

Disclaimer:
The reason for not supporting TTS-1 is questionable, as it's available for decades.
I think it should still be supported in the free version of Cakewalk for that reason.

Saying this, after some try and error, I found a solution that worked for me, as I had a PC with the old version running:

1. Zip/compress the full content of %\Cakewalk\Shared DXi\TTS-1 folder from the old installation
2. On the new installation where it's not supported go to the folder %\Cakewalk\Shared DXi\ and copy and extract the zip/compressed TTS-1 content
3. Execute regsvr32 /u C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\Shared DXi\TTS-1\TTS-1.dll as mentioned by @scook
4. Run cake walk the the TTS-1 plugin should be working as in the old version of cakewalk

The missing parts of previous messages was that the plugin to run properly needs some additional files to run properly.

Hope it helps, as this is a great tool when you are Offstudio without a real device that support GM.

[Bristol_Jonesey]

You cannot blame Cakewalk for the demise of TTS-1 in NEW installations.

it's Roland who have pulled the plug.

[Sock Monkey]

And for me it has been the cause of multiple problems with older projects crashing on loading. I have simply replaced it with Coyote and VST synth font 64