Midi track note does not trigger the player sample

In Groove Agent, Cubase Midi track note does not trigger the player sequence. It is an A#-1. My keyboard does trigger it. And oddly, the A note triggers fine. The Midi chans are the same (2) for Cubase Track out and Player in. It’s with the Simon Phillips Vintage Heavy Groove set. I reassigned the note for the pad to an Octave where there was no assignment and it still did not trigger. It is triggered by the KB still. Weird to me.