[solved] Number of MIDI ports per plugin

[vincentlpratte]

So it used to be that you would get 16 MIDI ports per plugin (Pro Tools 2018 and earlier). Now it looks like you can only access 8 MIDI ports in Pro Tools 2019. That's kind of a bummer since my MIDI template regularly uses more than 8 ports (with Vienna Ensemble Pro). Would take a while to get and fix...

Is there a way to get those 8 missing ports back? Why did they cut back on the number of ports you can access from Pro Tools anyway?

[BScout]

You can access 16 ports still.
Check your Vienna configuration that you have it set to 16 MIDI ports.
(I can post a screenshot of 2019.5 showing Vienna with 16 ports accessible if you'd like)

[vincentlpratte]

Hey BScout thanks for your response.

VE Pro is configured to 16 ports (I've double checked) but somehow Pro Tools only picks up 8 at the moment. Weird...
Screen Shot 2019-05-14 at 1.19.54 PM.jpg

Anyway I'm glad to hear PT hasn't scaled back on the MIDI ports.

Edit: Looking at VE Pro again, I can only select up to 8 in each instance, although the preferences say it goes to 16 ports. Looks like the issue is with VE Pro then.

Edit 2: I rebooted everything and something weird definitely is going on. VE Pro shows 16 ports per instance UNTIL I connect to Pro tools. Then I "lose" ports 9-16 in VE Pro.

Edit 3 : Figured it out. You have to set the option both in VE Pro (via the preferences panel) and on the plugin itself in Pro Tools. I thought adjusting one would make the other follow, but no.