Extra midi data is played when selecting the instrument track for either Omnisphere or Trillian

[Chad_Belteau]

Hi Everyone,

I’m new to Cubase but not new to DAWs and I’m learning the workflows in Cubase 11 right now. I am having an issue that I haven’t been able to solve when using Trillian or Omnisphere. EX: If I select the Trillian Instrument Track I hear midi playback no matter if I have midi in that area or not. If I have midi then I hear double midi. It is almost as if it is triggering playback of the midi no matter where it is located in the track. Now, if I select another Instrument track or even the Chord Track then the problem goes away but it makes it very difficult to record and mix with this happening. I attached two images to explain a bit better. Bottom line is if my Trillian/Omnisphere track is selected I’m hearing extra midi data. Thanks so much for the help.

[Nico5]

Might be because you’re sending Chord Track data to all monitored tracks?

• in your upper example, when TRL_Bass is selected, it becomes a monitored track and picks up the midi notes from the chord track.
• in your lower example, none of the Instrument tracks are selected and therefore none receive notes from the chord track

To prevent that from happening, you can either

• Mute the Chord Track (not always desirable, though)
• or Create a midi track that is not connected to any midi output - and tell the Chord Track to send to that track:

[Chad_Belteau]

Nico5,

That was it thanks so much for you help on this. I didn’t realize selecting the track made it a monitored track. Your write up was very helpful as I noticed it wasn’t just omnisphere/trillian once I tested it out and did track solos. Thanks again!