No answer to this since August?!? Wow. I'm having the same problem. When I load a saved instance, the name and tab color appear as the instance is loading, but reverts back to "Untitled" and gray. How do I fix this?

Originally Posted by: JT3_Jon

Happens to me to, but I just manually rename the instance. Does that not work for you?

Well that's not really the point. However, having to change the name and color on a large project with dozens of instances is time consuming. When I'm able to use an existing server project, it's no problem. But often I'm having to create a custom set of instances for a project and having to edit the names and colors is simply frustrating. And because there are so many instances, color is extremely helpful to find things to make adjustments.

The odd thing is while the instance is loading, the name and color appear. They just revert back once the instance is loaded. That leads me to believe the intention was for the name and color to copy over from the saved settings.

I'm hoping there is a fix for this.

Thanks for the reply, Paul. I'm not certain from your reply, however, if you were saying the name and color ARE supposed to be saved or are NOT. I'll attach a couple of pics to show you what's happening while the project is loading and after it loads. Seems to me the name and color data are there. It's just not being preserved once the instance loads.

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Hi Paul,

Actually, the name of the loaded instance is "LASS Vcl". "[Cello]" is the name of the first instrument that is loaded. If you look at the other pictures I uploaded, you'll see the timing of what happens.

1. I click the plus button to add an instance
2. I choose "Open Project..."
3. Then, as the project loads, the new instance tab changes to the proper color and name while the instance is loading.
4. Then, once it's loaded, the tab reverts back to the default color and name.

The data is in there. It's reading it. It's even showing it briefly. It's just not keeping it.

I can confirm everything that Scotty is reporting also happens to me on my system. 

Originally Posted by: antonyb

Yes, I am also seeing this in the current version of VEP6 (6.0.17011)

I wanted to add the following info:
- loading a saved instance using the load button from the UI, does indeed flash the color and name that were saved with the instance originally, before turning name back to "Untitled" and color back to that VSL blue ;)
- however, if I double click on the .vep64 file (in this case am using the 64b version and am on a Mac), now the instance name is populated with the filename! Color is still VSL blue.

This is odd behavior and, still in 2022, is a current "bug/feature" that I find unsettling.

I get the same behavior described by those above... the correct name and color comes up as it begins to load, then it goes back to VSL Blue and "Untitled."

Don't you think it's possible that we would want to build a new server project by loading various new combinations of specific Instances we have previously created? And that we would want them to be named and color-coded as before? Those are the kind of tasks that need happen only once, ever.

I don't understand this concept. The color and name needs to be saved with the Instance.

It would be like in an old Roland synth, if every time you created a new Performance you had to re-name the Patches each time.  ???

That's on top of the fact that it is already confusing that we are discussing Instances, but they are referred to as Projects in the menu.

Must it be complicated?