MIDI Guitar Beta 3.0.55 Plug-in Opens to a Black Screen in Ableton Live 12 Suite Using Windows OS 11

Windows/Mac
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Hello,

After adding the MIDI Guitar Beta 3.0.55 plug-in to an Ableton Live 12 Suite audio track, I noticed that when I clicked the configure button, the MIDI Guitar 3 plug-in opened to a black screen. If I enable the audio track’s record button and strike a string, I hear an electric piano sound. I’m fully licensed and activated. I can’t get past the black screen. If I launch the MIDI Guitar 3 standalone, the MIDI Guitar 3 interface opens without any issues.

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions on how to resolve this issue.

Thank you,

Tony Ventura

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Which version of the MG3 plugin? Which OS?

I just failed to replicate this with VST2, VST3 and AU in Live 12.1 on macOS 15.0.1 (M1 MacBook Air).

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Hi Vaultnaemsae,

I apologize for not specifying that the problem was occurring on my Windows PC using OS 11. I am using the MIDI Guitar Beta 3.0.55 plug-in. I just edited the title to state that I was using Windows OS 11.

I don’t encounter this issue when using the MIDI Guitar Beta 3.0.55 plug-in on my MacBook Pro M3 Max.

Thank you,
Tony

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Thank you for reporting. Im trying to think of what could have happened…

The electric piano sound - is that coming from MG? If yes, I assume it must be part of your Ableton project and maybe MG loads some old patch from a previous beta that may no longer work. Please try to drop in a new instance of MG3 somewhere in Ableton - does that work?

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JamO,

Thank you for your response.

  1. I’m starting off with a brand new Ableton Live 12 Suite (Windows) project.
  2. On an audio track, I add the MIDI Guitar 3 plug-in.
  3. When I open the MIDI Guitar 3 plug-in, I see a black screen. However, if I strum or simply strike a string, I hear what appears to be an electric piano sound coming from MIDI Guitar 3.
  4. I added the MIDI Guitar 3 plug-in to another audio track with the same black screen results.
  5. If I open the MIDI Guitar 3 standalone app, it opens without any issues.

I uninstalled MIDI Guitar 3 and re-installed. I noted the installation locations.

  • Installing MIDI Guitar 3 here: C:\Program Files\Jam Origin\MIDI Guitar 3
  • Select the folder in which setup should install the 64-bit VST2 Plugin: C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins

I don’t recall ever encountering this issue while using MIDI Guitar 2.

I hope this adds additional clarity.

Windows OS:

OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Home

Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631

Thank you,
Tony Ventura

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i recently had an issue with arturia plugins giving me a blank screen in win10.

this turned out to be the scaling factor in the display settings.

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Thank you, kimyo. I’ll look into the scaling factor.
Tony

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Just for the heck of it, I opened Ableton Live 12 Suite on the better of my two monitors. When I dragged the MIDI Guitar 3 plug-in to an audio track while Ableton Live 12 Suite was displaying the better of my two monitors, MIDI Guitar 3 opened and displayed the interface perfectly. For whatever reason, the lower quality monitor was the cause of MIDI Guitar 3 hanging.

So, thank you, kimyo, for pointing me in the right direction.

I think I’m good to go!

Tony

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