Can't add a vst effect to a midi track

[Alan Idron]

Hi All

 I'm trying to add a vst plug-in 

CLA guitars by WAVES

But I need to add it a midi track that is playing a virtual sax

 

In logic , I'm always able to add fx or plgins like these to both audio tracks and midi instrument tracks - but I can't figure out how to do this 

Cla guitars doesn't appear as one of the effects options for the midi track

FYI this is cakewalk by band lab- can this be the bottle neck ?

[User 905133]

13 minutes ago, Alan Idron said:

Hi All

 I'm trying to add a vst plug-in 

CLA guitars by WAVES

But I need to add it a midi track that is playing a virtual sax

 

In logic , I'm always able to add fx or plgins like these to both audio tracks and midi instrument tracks - but I can't figure out how to do this 

Cla guitars doesn't appear as one of the effects options for the midi track

FYI this is cakewalk by band lab- can this be the bottle neck ?

Did you try it with an Instrument Track?  

[Bristol_Jonesey]

You cannot add a vst to a midi track in any host.

Add it to the associated audio track (if you have inserted a split audio/midi track) or to the instrument track 

[Alan Idron]

5 hours ago, User 905133 said:

Did you try it with an Instrument Track?  

cheers to you 905133 !  an instrument track is what it is.    

thanks  a bunch..

 

as a follow up - what i'm using is a Sax instrument (V Horns Sax by Acoustics ) , it's an instrument in something called UVI station.  When I use my computer keyboard 

as the midi source I can play quickly and retrigger new notes even playing each key quickly, but when I play it with my actual midi keyboard "yamaha es 8"

i can't play fast ..the notes don't get triggered quickly enough.  However that was before I did it as instrument track.  Have you ever heard of this midi behavior and

you think it can be the result of creating  a midi track, as opposed to the more correct way of instrument track?

[Alan Idron]

5 hours ago, Bristol_Jonesey said:

You cannot add a vst to a midi track in any host.

Add it to the associated audio track (if you have inserted a split audio/midi track) or to the instrument track 

thanks Bristol! did the trick!  another q related to this:

i'm using is a Sax instrument (V Horns Sax by Acoustics ) , it's an intrument in something called UVI station.  When I use my computer keyboard as the midi source I can play quickly and retrigger new notes even playing each key quickly, but when I play it with my actual midi keyboard "yamaha es 8"

i can't play fast ..the notes don't get triggered quickly enough.  However that was before I did it as instrument track.  Have you ever heard of this midi behavior and you think it can be the result of creating  a midi track, as opposed to the more correct way of instrument track?

[AB9]

I am not Bristol.  But It may be that your es8 connection to the computer has more latency than your computer keyboard.   Make sure you have a short and great cable between your es8 and the computer.   Also, I found that for myself, if I increase the sample rate of the project, that the latency of playing the external keyboard (like an es8) goes down.

All the best.