> Are plugins not allowed to do patch manatgement themselves? I know a lot > of VSTs that have their own way of doing bank/patch files that would not > be happy if we told them they can't do that anymore. Parameters are stored in the host, but plugin has full read-write access (both actor and custom GUI have that already). So plugin is free to load/save patches itself, if that's what the maker wants. The host also has full knowledge of the patch. So the host has no prob load/saving patches either. Personally, I feel no compulsion to write my own patch load/save code. If I need that kind of excitement, I'll just go outside and watch concrete set. Let the host do it by default. If a particular plugin has it's own patch load, that fine too. Best Regards, Jeff ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe