Plugin Support
VST Plugins vary widely in implementation and Forte tries to work with each in its own way, but sometimes it needs specific hints or behavioral overrides to...
Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:23 PM
Forte supports a wide variety of plugins, audio and MIDI interfaces. However because of the large range of choices, please download the free trial and try it...
Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 6:51 PM
Please read the System Integration Advice help topic. Most of the advice available for making a plugin work is on this page. Ask the user community on the f...
Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 6:51 PM
When Forte starts it updates a file called "plugins.xml" in the application data directory. This file is available using the Tools | View INI File...
Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:01 PM
It is important to understand that Forte, as a VST host, is part of a performance system that also includes your choice of PC, OS, plugins, and audio/MIDI in...
Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 6:51 PM
Common Advice for Plugin Problems Use Single Threaded Mode (Preferences Menu) Forte uses different threads for different plugins, and sometimes plugins ca...
Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 8:21 AM
Background Forte identifies all plugins by a unique identifier called a CLSID. The CLSID of a plugin can be found in the plugins.xml cache file and it loo...
Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 6:51 PM
You can configure Forte to do specific things on scene change with different plugins. Here is a short video on how do use Kontakt in a Forte rack where each...
Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 6:51 PM
We were recently contacted about a problem where the new Arturia Prophet V3 plugin would not correctly restore its state when switching scenes in Forte. Th...
Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 9:55 PM
Forte keeps plugins distinct by use of a unique identifier based on the VST ID and the plugin filename. Therefore, Halion 5 and Halion 6 are technically di...
Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 7:19 PM