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qubica · Post by **qubica** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:49 am

Mac mini M1
16Gb RAM
2TB

I am using an Instrument track in Pro Tools 2021.6.0,
load up an instance of BlueCat Audio MB-7 to instantiate GeForce ImpOSCar 2 (VST)
but it does not seem to be getting MIDI info

I loaded a Virtual Instrument (AAX) on the same instrument track with out MB-7 and it received MIDI just fine.

Thank you in advance for any assistance!

Dan

antic604 · Post by **antic604** » Sun Oct 03, 2021 6:50 am

qubica wrote: Sun Oct 03, 2021 1:49 am I am using an Instrument track in Pro Tools 2021.6.0,
load up an instance of BlueCat Audio MB-7 to instantiate GeForce ImpOSCar 2 (VST)
but it does not seem to be getting MIDI info

I loaded a Virtual Instrument (AAX) on the same instrument track with out MB-7 and it received MIDI just fine.

I don't think that is what MB-7 is for. It's for processing audio, not to host instruments. It does support MIDI, but that's for control of the MB-7 itself - at least that is what I gather from reading the description.

You should try Patchwork instead:
https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/P ... PatchWork/

qubica · Post by **qubica** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:52 pm

Thanks for the reply, antic604! (checking out your Soundcloud - good stuff!)

MB-7 can host virtual instruments. In fact, I purchased it because I own impOSCar 2 from GForce, and they recommend the VST wrapper MB-7, or Patchwork to host the synth VST. It has worked in the past, but now it is not but I am on a new system (M1 Mac mini) and I'm not sure if this is an OS issue.

I really don't want to plop down another $99 to get Patchwork if I don't need to.

samantabharata · Post by **samantabharata** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 6:44 pm

PT is not unusual in that the architecture of channel types doesn't provide for note-ons to FX. In some hosts there are workarounds, some not, don't know PT.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:35 pm

qubica wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:52 pm I really don't want to plop down another $99 to get Patchwork if I don't need to.

test the demo version, then.

or try the demo of DDMF metaplugin.

fairlyclose · Post by **fairlyclose** » Mon Oct 04, 2021 8:28 pm

qubica wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 5:52 pm Thanks for the reply, antic604! (checking out your Soundcloud - good stuff!)

MB-7 can host virtual instruments. In fact, I purchased it because I own impOSCar 2 from GForce, and they recommend the VST wrapper MB-7, or Patchwork to host the synth VST. It has worked in the past, but now it is not but I am on a new system (M1 Mac mini) and I'm not sure if this is an OS issue.

I really don't want to plop down another $99 to get Patchwork if I don't need to.

most likely Patchwork will have the same problem then - I think you are right and it is an OS issue, but you could report the issue to BlueCat and see if they are working on a solution

Blue Cat Audio · Post by **Blue Cat Audio** » Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:15 pm

This is actually something that was changed at some point in Pro Tools (maybe PT12): plug-ins in the "Other" category such as the MB-7 Mixer plug-in are now affected by PT's "Dynamic Plug-in Processing" feature: if the track is silent, Pro Tools will stop processing these plug-ins (even if an instrument is loaded inside).

That's one of the reasons why Patchwork has an instrument version ("PatchWork Synth"), and it is not affected by this issue.

You can however disable this feature in Pro Tools' options and it should work for you as expected.

Using MB-7 for VST virtual instrument, but it appears it is not picking up MIDI