I have downloaded several instruments over the week-end.
I can see the instruments in the earlier version of VI (last August) but I cannot see them in build 3173.
I have been un-installing and re-installing both versions so that I can discover the naming conventions you are using.
For build 3173 I observe the following:- Nowhere can I find patches for Epic Horns. The same is true of your Christmas gift 'Fanfare Trumpets'. There is no reference anywhere to Fanfare Trumpets.
I can locate the missing patches and matrixes in the August 2008 edition of VI. They are there in a folder called 'Downloaded Instruments...etc'. But I cannot find them in the latest version of VI.
I do not have this problem with Soprano Choir or Wagner Tuba. Both of which I can locate. So. I they are there - where do I find them?
I have an 8 processor MacPro 3.2 with 10 gigabytes of RAM running OS X 10.5.6
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