RTAS instrument not receiving midi input

[parke02]

I have a couple RTAS instruments that won't receive any midi input unless I create a midi track and route it to the instrument track.

Specifically, this occurs with Kontakt and Elektrik Piano. The rest of my Native Instruments RTAS plugins do not need this.

I read somewhere, cant remember where as I was looking for help with something else, that there was an issue with certain RTAS instruments not outputting any sound and what the workaround was. I couldn't find this in the release notes though.

Is there a reason why certain instruments need a Midi track to route the midi input? Or am I doing something wrong..

[spkguitar]

There are certain instruments that require a valid audio input to be selected on the track, but that's the only issue that I am aware of, and from what I understand, it only happens with plugins that are not 7.x compatible. Make sure you have updated versions of all of the plugins you are using.

For what it's worth, I definitely do not have the problem you are experiencing with Kontakt 2.2.0 and the latest version of PTMP.

[parke02]

Thats weird... I have Kontakt 2.2.0 as well. Battery 3.01 does not display this behavior, nor do my VST plugins wrapped with VST-RTAS adaptor.

[parke02]

From another post:

from the PT7 readme:

Quote:
Software Instrument Does Not Emit Sound when Inserted on an Instrument Track or Auxiliary Input (Item #65797)

Some software instruments will not emit sounds and will not play unless they have a valid hardware input or MIDI output
assignment. If this occurs, manually assign a hardware input to the Instrument track or Auxiliary Input, and/or manually as-
sign a MIDI output to the Instrument.

[gjohung]

I got new MBP Pro and upgraded to 7.4.2 for Leopard.. Now some of my NI's does not show up on inserts. Pro53 and Elektrik..

I do see a dmp file in Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plugins. What goes??

[DigiTechSupt]

Now some of my NI's does not show up on inserts. Pro53 and Elektrik..

I do see a dmp file in Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plugins. What goes??

You need to install the latest versions from the NI website. Also keep in mind that some plug-ins are not compatible with Leopard yet.

Native Instruments Leopard Plug-in compatibility info

[spkguitar]

You might also want to keep in mind that this is the Windows section.

[DigiTechSupt]

Originally Posted by spkguitar

You might also want to keep in mind that this is the Windows section.

Yeah, I figured he'd come back to this thread, despite it being in the wrong section.

[Broman2999]

I have a similar situation along this line, and I am an XP user. I just upgraded to PT 7.4 today, and I believe I still have all my plug-ins (haven't checked for sure quite yet), but my difference is I can't get any midi tracks to output to any of my VST or RTAS instruments. Whether it be on an aux track, or audio, and I have also tried instrument tracks as well. It's like this for all sessions now. It was all working fine in 7.3, but then 7.4 came and all my plug-ins are gone from my midi outputs drop down menu. When I downgraded back to 7.3 my midi outputs were all still missing. The only options I have on that menu now are "none", or "predefined", and I never use either of those. Only RTAS and VST Instruments. Can anyone help me?

[Broman2999]

Nevermind about my post, somehow everything "fixed" itself and is back to normal with this issue. Not sure what happened, but I hope it never happens again!