

You are now ready to record a MIDI performance by clicking "Play" or pressing the spacebar. This is the red button with the white dot above the track meter. At the top menu bar click on: Track -> New. From the "Options" menu at the top of the screen, make sure that "MIDI Thru" is checked.Ĭlick the record enable button on the instrument track. Open or create a new Pro Tools session and make sure you can see the Edit window: The picture above shows the Edit window in Pro Tools.

This can be reassigned later in the project to select any instrument voice under MIDI control. Its control window will open.Ĭonfigure your virtual device to select an instrument voice. Select the virtual instrument plug-in that you want to use to monitor while recording. Move to the mix window and click the first insert selector at the top of the instrument track. Click "Stereo" on the drop-down menu and click "Instrument Track" from the next drop-down window. Select "Track" from the Pro Tools menu bar at the top of the screen and "New" from the drop-down menu. If you use Pro Tools in a Windows environment, run Pro Tools as an administrator by right-clicking the Pro Tools icon and selecting "Run as administrator" to enable MIDI recording. Exit Pro Tools and restart to incorporate the MIDI controller changes.
