How to route Midi track to Instrument track

Cubase
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Hi guys, How can I route Midi track data to VST Preset Instrument track?
Thanks

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You cant’t.
Natively with cubase, that is.
A Instrument track receives MIDI from a physical MIDI port, NOT from a MIDI track.

You can however use a MIDI loopback port: out the MIDI track to this port, have the Instrument track receive from this port…

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Hi Tabsel,thanks for the reply,What’s a " MIDI loopback port" and how do I set it up
Thanks

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Anyone has an answer?

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Connect a MIDI cable from a MIDI out port to a MIDI in port of your used MIDI / audio device. Send from the MIDI track ou, receive on the instrument track.
Or use a software that can do it. Once moree, Google might be your friend.

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Hi Thinkingcap,Thanks for the response.I’m using mlan firewire for audio and midi so I’m wondering how I’m going to set this up.
Thanks.

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Simple way to do this is to select the midi track with the midi data on it and just drag and drop onto the VST instrument track
:stuck_out_tongue:

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Okay Scaremonger,Go right in and serve yourself a fudge Sunday and a slab of ice cream cake ,all on me :smiley:

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Scaremonger,Failure to launch Bro, “drag midi to Instrument”,a no go.No sound.Any other ideas?.

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Hi Easywinner,
Try locating the midi track in media bay. Once it has been indentfied/ located you “should” be able to drop from media bay. You might have to re-scan the folder to make sure it shows up. good luck

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Ok Rotku60,I’ll try that
Thanks.:slight_smile:

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Of course you need to load an instrument in the instrument track…

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“Of course you need to load an instrument in the instrument track” Ok.Roger that:)

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Yep - I guess I just assumed that you had an instrument mapped to the Track to start with . I have just done the drag and drop and it worked fine. Erm , thanks for the food offer, but am trying to lose a little weight. Whisky is fine though … :sunglasses:

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@Scaremonger,thanks for the insight Bro.

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At the risk of missing the obvious, why don’t you use the Instrument Rack instead of an Instrument Track? You CAN route a MIDI track to an instrument in the Rack without the need for external MIDI loopback (HW or SW).

Ron

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Thanks Ron,That sounds like a good idea.