Hi there,

is it normal that the sound changes noticeably when switching to the VST3 plugin.
I created two audio tracks in my DAW (Reason 12) one with the VST2 and one with the VST3 plugin. I chose the same factory preset and that's it. When I play the guitar the old VST2 seems to give more output or distortion. On the VST3 the sound is more clear but thinner with less overdrive/distortion.

My problem is that I used the VST2 for a long time and found some pretty nice presets which I used on different songs. When I switch to VST3 now, the songs and the guitar will sound totally different and I have to edit the presets.

Is this a known thing? What's the reason and is there a fix?

Thanks and greetings
Max

Hello Max!

Does the problem affect S-Gear presets when they are recalled directly from the S-Gear preset system? or only settings recalled as part of a Reason project?

I would suggest to keep using the VST2 in Reason, at least for now. Is there a particular reason why you need to use the VST3? Please send a message via support .

Mike

Hi Mike,

thanks for your reply!
I had the problem everytime I created a new track in Reason, added the VST3 plugin and selected a preset. The low overdrive/output affected every preset. Same effect with older projects, where I exchanged the VST2 against the VST3 selecting the same preset.

But, good news! I reinstalled my windows system the last few days, as well as Reason and all my music production plugins. Now the VST3 seems to work properly.
Maybe there were too much old data and programs disturbing each other on the system Sometimes a new installation can help :mrgreen:

If I'll get problems again, I'll open a ticket. Thanks!

Greetings
Max