cubase - SOLO buttons not working ??

[artur]

hello

why are the midi SOLO buttons not working when I use different midi tracks for different instruments/patches with 1 instance of PLAY instance (multi-instrument ) in the VST INSTRUMENTS. I checked and each instrment/patch in PLAY has different midi channel assigned and the midi tracks in Cubase main window have also corresponding midi channels assigned so that they play correct insstruments/patches of PLAY but SOLO/MUTE does not work

if this setup is wrong, what are the options I have ?
I do not want to use VST INSTRUMETN TRACKS, just standard MIDI TRACKS and VST INSTRUMENT as this is less PCU consuming

thanks
Artur

[christerholm]

You must be overlooking something, because I use that all the time and it works fine.

[artur]

Originally Posted by christerholm

You must be overlooking something, because I use that all the time and it works fine.

r u sure we mean the same thing ?
I just got some responses on steinberg forum confirming I came across a known Cubase limitation and giving me some inconvenient workarounds
please can you have a look at
http://www.steinberg.net/forum/viewt...p?f=19&t=25519
and help me out ? I though Cubase is an advanced DAW and soloing midi tracks seems the most basic feature

[christerholm]

I never heard of such a problem. I always use the SOLO /MUTE on my MIDI tracks, using Kontakt, PLAY, and more. Never had this problem.

[Jeff Hayat]

I would like to say that I have never seen this either, but I am not sure I understand what the problem is. The only thing I can get out pf your initial post, is that "SOLO buttons are not working". For me, that is way too vague to try and help. Martin (from the SB forum) is a good guy, but I wouldn't jump to conclusions as to what he says in that thread just yet.

Can you do a short screencast of the problem?

[gstitt]

I use this feature all the time too. I did run into an annoying similar problem, but I forget the details. I think it was something like when I had multiple tracks soloed and then tried to unsolo one of them, they would all be muted. I'm probably getting that wrong, but I do remember an annoyance related to soloing. Also, IIRC this problem was not in Cubase 5.5 and didn't start until I upgraded to 6.5. Don't quote me on any of the specifics yet. I'll try to confirm this today.