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Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
At random, MIDI tracks are unable to be assigned to specific VIs (which are on Instrument tracks). It happens once every few months but it's been going on for years. In today's session, everything operated as expected, then I added EZ Drummer (a single-channel MIDI instrument, fwiw, *not* multi-channel) and went to a MIDI track and tried to assign that MIDI track to EZ Drummer. I selected EZ and let off the mouse but the track actually got assigned to another VI (Kontakt, in this case). This is the case any time I try to select EZ. I could set that MIDI track to any other VI and it would operate as intended, but I could never get it set to EZ Drummer. I tried restarting PT, and the Mac, and deleting Prefs, etc. This seems to occur at random and has happened through many versions of PT and the Mac OS and on several different machines.
Anyone familiar with this issue? Or know what's going on? Last edited by Eric Lambert; 02-04-2021 at 10:22 AM. |
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Re: Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
Are you sure EZ Drummer is a single MIDI channel vi? Maybe single stream but single MIDI channel? By default each MIDI stream has 16 channels. The specs here https://www.toontrack.com/product/ezdrummer-2/ say it has multi channel routing.
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Re: Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
Multiple audio outs but single MIDI channel. In any case, I use EZ Drummer all the time and this issue is rare. Something is causing it, I just can't imagine what it is. If memory serves, it also occurs when trying to appoint a MIDI track to Stylus RMX. Not every time -- it's very rare, too -- but it happens.
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Re: Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
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Do you have another daw you can try it in? Or maybe try EZ Drummer vst inside Blue Cat Patchwork instrument version. |
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Re: Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
EZ Drummer isn't the culprit -- this bug happens with other multi-channel VIs as well. Stylus RMX is the second most common offender. It has happened with Kontakt, too.
I suspect that there's some sort of conflict that I can't spot. The scarcity of responses to this thread makes me thing that the issue is uncommon. I'll keep digging. |
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Re: Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
Multiple studios in multiple locations using various and different gear/OS/versions of PT have experienced this bug, so it's something else. It may be a ghost plaguing and following our company specifically, but there's another explanation in here somewhere. The headaches associated with striking the computer don't equal those associated with this sporadic bug. For new sessions, I can just record MIDI to the Instrument track. But recalling old sessions which had MIDI on MIDI tracks, or attempting to send multiple MIDI tracks to the same VI, can be a struggle.
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Re: Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
Been in touch with Toontrack tech support and they say EZ Drummer does have multiple MIDI channels but you can only use one at a time.
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Re: Unable to assign MIDI tracks to certain VIs
It's happening again today, and again with a single-channel VI, and again EZ Drummer. Try to select EZD on a MIDI track and voila... it instantly changes to another VI that's (not* EZD. It's an annoying issue, and, again, not so much a problem for new sessions because I can record MIDI into the Instrument track, but when recalling older sessions it's a hassle.
This is definitely a bug, and an old one. Please address it Avid. |
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