Yes, sorry for the unhelpful posting. It's one of those "I'm so frustrated I have to tell somebody!" moments. I will of course go to Access with this.
I'm on FL Studio 8 btw.
It's such a bizarre problem. Last night after posting this, I loaded VC up in Cubase, and it was flawless as usual. Then I went back to my saved song in FL Studio, and unlike previously, I could then change patches: it was as if Cubase loading VC corrected something! Other than the non-working EQ and Distortion, it was useable in FL; so I set about my session, created a new sound, and saved my song.
Fast forward to this morning: I reopen the song with that brand new sound... and that new sound is still loaded into Channel 2, but will not play! VC is received MIDI on that channel, but that's it. Silence from my precious brand new patch. Oddly, I can play the INIT patch on Channel One. But of course - I cant change patches whatsoever.
I don't understand. Just thought someone else may have experienced this.
Thanks for listening,
Andy.