How to Make my Midi Track Play Back

[EricMulhern]

Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to make the midi file that I exported into Sibelius 6 and then imported into Pro Tools on a midi track work. Right now, the track is greyed out, rather than being a color, and it doesn't make any sound. It doesn't seem to be a tech problem, since everything else is working, so I must be doing something wrong.

I am on an iMac with Snow Leopard Version 10.6.7, with 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 and 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Memory. I have Pro Tools 9.02, although I qualify for a free upgrade for Pro Tools 10 (I haven't upgraded yet because there's a good chance that there will be compatibility issues). I have an Mbox 2 Mini for my external hardware, and I keep my pro tools sessions on a separate 5400 rpm 500GB firewire 800 hardrive.

[EricMulhern]

it looks like this:
http://s1127.photobucket.com/albums/...rent=synth.png

[crizdee]

Originally Posted by EricMulhern

Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to make the midi file that I exported into Sibelius 6 and then imported into Pro Tools on a midi track work. Right now, the track is greyed out, rather than being a color, and it doesn't make any sound. It doesn't seem to be a tech problem, since everything else is working, so I must be doing something wrong.

I am on an iMac with Snow Leopard Version 10.6.7, with 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 and 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Memory. I have Pro Tools 9.02, although I qualify for a free upgrade for Pro Tools 10 (I haven't upgraded yet because there's a good chance that there will be compatibility issues). I have an Mbox 2 Mini for my external hardware, and I keep my pro tools sessions on a separate 5400 rpm 500GB firewire 800 hardrive.

Hi,

Greyed out track indicates there's is no assigned midi output yet. You need to set the track to instrument view then assign the midi output to whatever midi instrument you want to use to play the part.

If you just imported the midi then you wills have just a midi track, so you will also need to create an instrument track to insert a midi instrument onto. Then you can route the midi track to the instrument track as described above. Or you could move the midi information from the midi track onto the instrument track, as an instrument track can have midi information and have an instrument plugin inserted etc. And again your will need to assign the midi routing using the instrument view on the channel and also assign an audio output on the instrument track to route the signal to your master channel/bus.




Chris

[EricMulhern]

Thanks, but I'm having trouble understanding what you mean. I've put the midi file on an instrument track, and tried setting the I/O from the instrument track to the master track, from the midi instrument to a bus and that same bus in the master track, and even with the midi instrument as the output for both the master and the instrument track, but I haven't managed to get it to work. I think the problem is that I'm not sure how to distiniguish the midi output from the audio output, is that something to do with the sends?

[albee1952]

You need to insert an instrument plugin on the instrument track(in the top slot). For test purposes, insert MiniGrand on the instrument track. Let it load and hit play. You should hear piano. Midi has no sound of its own and needs to feed a midi instrument. That can be a VI plugin(like MiniGrand, DB-33, EzDrummer, etc) or an external midi sound source like most keyboards or drum machines.

[EricMulhern]

awesome, thanks!