Connect keyboard doesn't trigger soft synths

[David Pollock]

My midi keyboard is connected; shows activated and selected in mini input settings, and when I press keys, I see the keys on the piano roll activate. But doing so does not trigger the accompanying soft synth. Pressing the piano roll keys with my mouse does activate the synth, so clearly, it is loaded and working. Also clearly, the keyboard is connected and sending signals. Why doesn't it work with the synths? I've tried it with several different ones. Rebooted. Selected/unselected/reselected the synth. No change. 

[David Pollock]

I figured it out. "Always echo current midi track" was unselected for some reason. 

[scook]

Enable input echo (the button to the right of the record button) in the instrument/MIDI track header.

[scook]

It is not necessary to have "Always Echo Current MIDI track" enabled. 

It is possible to manually control input echo.

In fact, some prefer not having tracks automatically input echo.

[David Pollock]

6 hours ago, scook said:

Enable input echo (the button to the right of the record button) in the instrument/MIDI track header.

I did that but it didn't' work unless I also had this set in the preferences. 

[scook]

While "Always Echo Current MIDI Track" is enabled by default, I have disabled the option for years and never had a problem manually toggling "input echo" as needed.

[David Pollock]

16 hours ago, scook said:

While "Always Echo Current MIDI Track" is enabled by default, I have disabled the option for years and never had a problem manually toggling "input echo" as needed.

I've had a lot of issues with MIDI play in the last year (also after many years of using this DAW). I'm not sure if the updates are the problem or my soft synths or what exactly.