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Using T-C-M Standalone
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- Hermann Seib SAVIHost is the choice for Trans Computer Maschine Standalone
use. Use the included 'SAVIHost Cleaner.reg' to clean 'T-C-M-II' old version
registry entries for a fresh start!

- A compatible ASIO driver must be set in SAVIHost. If your card does not have
a native 'ASIO' driver, you should install the free 'ASIO4ALL' generic driver.
Once installed, open T-C-M standalone and from the 'Devices/Wave' menu verify
that 'ASIO4ALL' is selected. We recommend a sample rate of 48000 to not degrade
the analog sound of T-C-M. On the other hand, the buffer size should always be
a multiple of 128, requiring 512 or less to control T-C-M from a MIDI keyboard
without latency.

- Please note that on some systems we have detected a strange issue that may
prevent T-C-M-II from working properly if the sum of the characters of the
folder names that make up the path exceeds a maximum of 44. This could happen,
for example, when you move the 'T-C-M-II' folder to the desktop.

- Depending on the memory and video handling of your system, it is possible for
the program to start occasionally in the background and take several minutes to
display its graphical interface. One way to overcome this is to use the Windows
Task Manager to finish the process and try again, but dragging and dropping the
'TCM-II.dll' file over the 'TCM-II.exe' one instead of the usual double click.
Given the random nature of computer memory, this issue is also solved simply by
restarting Windows.

- If you load a bank (fxb file), SAVIHost will remember this action and will
automatically load it on the next run. This could be troublesome if the bank
file was altered or if T-C-M was updated in between. In such a situation it
is possible that SAVIHost can not even start, please erase the bank file or
change its location if this happens.

- Loading older individual patches (fxp files) may not seem to work, but it's
fine: the old data will fit to the new version after some refreshing actions
like selecting another patch or resetting the audio engine.

- For more general information, check the main 'readme.txt'.


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VST Bank Fixer
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We found that VST banks exported with the latest versions of 'SAVIHost' can
not be loaded into other programs such as 'Plogue Bidule'. This is not our
fault, we did tests with VST Plugins from other developers and the results
were the same. Despite this drawback, 'SAVIHost' is still our favorite single
VST Plugin loader and will remain in the 'T-C-M' distribution package so we
have developed this tool that, if necessary, allows you to fix the bank file
of any VST Plugin.


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