--- linuxsampler/trunk/src/Sampler.cpp	2007/08/10 14:33:41	1282
+++ linuxsampler/trunk/src/Sampler.cpp	2007/08/10 15:06:11	1283
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@
 
     void SamplerChannel::SetEngineType(String EngineType) throw (Exception) {
         dmsg(2,("SamplerChannel: Assigning engine type..."));
+        
+        if (pEngineChannel) {
+            if (!strcasecmp(pEngineChannel->EngineName().c_str(), EngineType.c_str())) {
+                dmsg(2,("OK\n"));
+                return;
+            }
+        }
 
         // create new engine channel
         EngineChannel* pNewEngineChannel = EngineChannelFactory::Create(EngineType);