Third Party Plugins and Midi Input

[Philip Kebbell]

Hello,

I'm brand new to the forum and indeed Pro Tools. I've just bought and installed the M - Powered version and all appears to be fine however I was wondering how I can use my existing software synths such as Reaktor. I've created the "AUX" track but the "plug in" label on the input is greyed out. How do I overcome this?

Also I have a Evolution midi keyboard which is USB. Works fine as an input to Reason but do I have to use the 5 pin DIN from it to the Audiophile 24/96 so Pro Tools can see it?

Pro Tools is installed on a Windows XP PC.

Any help on the above will be greatly appreciated.

Philip

[spkguitar]

Philip, you have to load Reaktor as an insert on the aux track, not the input. You also might have to re-install Reaktor so that the RTAS version is installed.

The evolution USB keyboard should be recognized by PTMP. Does it not show up in your MIDI track's input selector?

[Philip Kebbell]

Thanks spkguitar for your help. I realise what I was doing - I needed to arm the midi track first then I could see the midi coming into the track - durrh!!! Should have thought of that one so that's sorted.

Yes, I see what you mean about selecting an insert point - it picked up Reason so I was able to access that via Rewire.

I understand there's "VSTi wrap" software. Is there any particular one that works most efficiently?

Many Thanks for your help.

Philip

[spkguitar]

There is only one: fxpansion.com

[Philip Kebbell]

Hi spkguitar

"There is only one: fxpansion.com"

Thanks for that info.

OK, I downloaded the latest update for REAKTOR 4 (4.1.3.005) and installed that and now Protools can see it in the insert selection window. If I choose it, the RTAS/ Reaktor window pops up and I can select one of the ensembles but I am unable to select the MIDI out within the MIDI channel as Reaktor does not show. However if I create a second Aux channel and open up a second instance of Reaktor and then select the MIDI out from the Midi channel it sees the second Reaktor and works fine. Any ideas?