Midi Keyboard not sending to Patchwork Pro Tools 2018.7.0

[FoolOnTheHill]

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Hey all,

Apologies in advance - I'm a noob.

I'm trying to use VST synths in Pro Tools 2018.7.0. I've got the latest version of patchwork and I can't seem to get any sound.

I know my midi keyboard works (I can see the notes as I press keys in Pro Tools).

Can anyone link me to a tutorial or help me troubleshoot?

I've tried many ways to set up tracks and see various configurations online but what is the right way?

My guess is Instrument Track with Patchworks Synth as an Insert, have my Casio selected as an Input.

I have also tried loading it as an Aux and setting Patchworks as the output.

Where I'm a bit confused is in the I/O. Obviously, I want my output to be my speakers. But how do I configure an input that will send midi to Patchwork? I know it's not getting there - if I click the keys on the virtual piano loaded by patchworks, I can hear the synth. When I hit a key on my piano nothing comes out.

Below is a link to a screenshot.

https://imagebin.ca/v/4Lcbrrb7q7o4 (https://imagebin.ca/v/4Lcbrrb7q7o4)

Thanks

EDIT: I'm using Windows 10

[FoolOnTheHill]

Solved it myself.

For others:


Create an Instrument Track
Select your keyboard at the top under instrument (Midi Keyboard Input Selector)
Select the Patchworks plugin under this. (Midi Keyboard Output)

Insert plugin
No Input
Output is your speakers

Create a Midi track
Input All (or your Midi keyboard)
Output Patchwork Synth

[Blue Cat Audio]

I think you should be able to get Pro Tools feed the synth with MIDI events using just an instrument track, if you select the plug-in as an instrument and the instrument track is armed for recording

[Sodadada]

Thanks to both FoolOnTheHill and Blue Cat Audio for the above posts!

I had the same issue in ProTools and got it working with a separate MIDI track...

BUT - the key words are "as an instrument". In the end I also got it to work without a separate MIDI track as follows:
1) create instrument track (I did it as Stereo)
2) click on inserts and select: "Multichannel plug-in" > "Instrument" > "Blue Cat's PatchWork Synth (stereo)"
3) enable recording on the track and it passes the MIDI data into PatchWorks!

some more info:
The alternative is to add the following insert: "Multichannel plug-in" > "Other" > "Blue Cat's PatchWork (stereo)"
If you do this, you'll need to create a separate MIDI track and route the output to PatchWork on an Instrument track.