dominicwest Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Hi, total novice to computer midi recording and struggling! I have downloaded Cakewalk and LABS by Spitfire and Absynth. I can get them to play the midi of prerecorded midifiles but I can't play either instrument "live" via my midi keybpoard. The midi keyboard is plugged in OK because it does play the absynth when I play absynth direct- not thru the cakewalk. Any idea what I have done wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 To monitor through the DAW make sure the input echo button is enabled on the track(s) receiving data from the MIDI controller (or instrument/microphone in the case of audio tracks). This button is to the right of the record button on each track. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicwest Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 Thanks for your response scook. I tried with this input echo on and auto thru, but neither plays my soft synths in the DAW via my playing my midi keyboard, but I can play my Absynth via my midikeyboard outside of my Daw. Have you any other ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 When adding a synth to Cakewalk make sure to use either an instrument track or an audio+MIDI track pair. Maybe reviewing the MIDI tutorials in this video series will help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicwest Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 I am clicking in a track that already has a midi instrument and can play it when it is pre-recorded ( I downloaded a Sati midi track as a demo) I can change the track to play my new Virtual instrument which is Spitfire LABS, but I can't get in there to play my own notes. If you have any more thoughts I would welcome them, meanwhile I will start doing my homework on the tutorials. Regards, D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 If the plug-in plays a MIDI clip then it is routed correctly. The next things to establish are the controller is setup as a MIDI input device in the DAW and the instrument/MIDI track input drop down is set to the controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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