Unable to play notes of any VST in Cubase using Komplete Kontrol keyboard

When I play my Komplete Kontrol S61 MK2 keyboard in Cubase 15.0.20 when I have a VST track selected it does not trigger any notes of the VST. There is no visual key-down on the on-screen keyboard as when it triggers a note and you hear the VST. When I select a key of the on-screen keyboard of the VST with my mouse it sounds the note of the VST as expected. I have the Komplete Kontrol DAW - 1 selected in the MIDI ports of Cubase and have the Komplete Kontrol setup as a remote device and so all the transport controls work (Play, Stop and Record) as expected. Everything works great without issue in the stand-alone Komplete Kontrol application. I am able to play any VST from the keyboard of my Komplete Kontrol S61 MK2 from the stand-alone Komplete Kontrol application as well as Kontakt as expected. All the devices check out in Device Manager, as well as the registry and the required services running and all the Cubase settings as you can see in the attached screenshots. This behavior seemed to start around the time the new Windows 11 MIDI 2.0 stack update rolled out. I had Korg drivers installed that cause a problem with the new Windows 11 MIDI 2.0 stack so I have uninstalled all of the Korg drivers as advised.

I’m rattling my brain to figure out why I cannot trigger any VST in Cubase. There has got to be someone else in this world that is experiencing the very same behavior I am seeing. If anyone can offer any solutions, suggestions or workarounds that would be much appreciated.

You should use KOMPLETE KONTROL - 1 as your midi Input for your instrument/midi tracks. This is the one responsible for the keybed. KOMPLETE KONTROL DAW -1 is strictly for handling the Komplete Kontrol S-Series Remote Device. At the same time, uncheck the In 'All MIDI inputs’ option for this particular port in your MIDI Ports Setup. If you do this, you can then safely set the input port option for your tracks to the All MIDI one.

M.C,

Wow! Somehow I knew it was going to be something sooooo simple. Thank you. The problem was that I had taken someone’s advice to switch the Auto Monitoring to “Tape Machine” so I never got the Monitor to auto turn on when selecting the MIDI track.

Thank you so much…you saved me a whole lot of headache and heartache!!

James (RooneyTunes)