Midi Thru for external Keyboard vs. VSTi

Hello everybody,

when I play with my external keyboard via midi cable/interface I have to switch off “Midi Thru aktiv/Midi Thru active(?)” (Using german version) in global preferences. Otherwise I will hear the notes doubled.

But then I cannot play VSTi anymore, I would have to switch it on again.

Is there an easier way to play both external keys and VSTi?

I would have expected that monitoring on/off on a MIDI track would toggle MIDI Thru, but that does not seem to work.

Thank you very much

There is indeed another way. On your external midi device look for a parameter called “Local”, which can be toggled between on and off. It should be set to Local Off.

Yup that’s the one since day one midi.

I don’t understand why the monitor button on a midi track does not do this:

My favourite would be that I don’t have to toggle anything between VSTi, external keyboard and playing my keyboard without computer.
But I guess it’s not really important and I can work with toggling the local keyboard switch.

It works! Thank you for your answers!