How to select plug-in Synth patch/preset?

[Tim Godfrey]

Running CW 2022-09 on Windows 10.  I have three plug in instruments in the Synth Rack.

I use the Synth Rack view to show the UI of the plugin - take Omnisphere for example.

I want the Omnisphere patch to be saved as part of the track, and be able to change it with Bank/Program Changes on the MIDI track that controls the instrument.

If I edit the Patch setting on the Instrument track that hosts Omnisphere, it shows me numbers from 0-127.  I can select any of them and the patch in Omnisphere does not change.

In the Omnisphere UI, on the VST3 dropdown there is Plugin Properties. There is a setting for "Translate Bank/Program Changes"  I've tried both checked and unchecked. 

I looked at the assign controls, but those are for MIDI CCs and not bank/program changes.

I also tried creating the instrument with the MIDI Source Track option, and changing the Patch value on that track. There is still no change of patch in the plugin.

I've used four different synth plugins (Omnisphere, CA2600, CS-80V, and Absynth) and none respond to Patch.

In contrast, if I create a MIDI track with the MIDI port connected to a physical synth, and I change the Patch value in the track properties, the synth will changes patches normally.

This should be easy... What am I missing? What is the process for selecting patches in the plugin instrument?

 

 

[Xoo]

Nothing.  Many softsynths don't respond to patch changes.  They're just designed that way.  Put a second one on a different track with a different patch selected via its UI.

[Promidi]

For Omnisphere, see https://support.spectrasonics.net/manual/Omnisphere2/25/en/topic/browser-operation-page05e

For any other instrument, see the user guide for that instrument to see if it an be configured to respond to Patch Change MIDI events