MIDI PROBLEMS, Standalone v. plugin in Sonar, ADVISE PLEASE

Something is totally messed up again. I have NI KKS81 and NI Maschine MK3 with two instance of KK and one instance of Maschine in a project. And it's a total mess. With everything. Maschine, KK, automated track zoom unzooms the selected track, Input Monitoring focus doesn't switch, Instrument tracks containing two MIDI tracks pointing to different synths (figured out after I splitted the instrument track). Etc. Tried switching from UWP to MME for MIDI, but it didn't help.
 
I wonder if it's something with Windows again, is it Cakewalk, or is it NI? NI stuff hasn't been recently updated, so it's either 2018.08 or Windows 10. 
 
SOLVED: at least my problem. It turned out that after I plugged in the keyboard after CbB started it took the normal KK MIDI In as ACT surface MIDI input, so pressing keys on a keyboard started causing the change of the current track etc. I wish MIDI hot-plugging would've been more stable and predictable.

I'd say you have narrowed the problem down to a MIDI setup problem in Sonar.
 
That MIDI-OX test is my first choice whenever I think there is a MIDI problem somewhere in my setup.
 
If MIDI-OX can see your controller sending notes, and you can play standalone software instruments, you will probably do best by focusing on Sonar.
 
Did you already try rebooting, while making sure that your controller was connected and powered on during the boot?  And definitely on when launching Sonar?
 
Does your controller show as an available MIDI input in Sonar preferences?

Reinstall Sonar on C.

You never answered abacab's question about whether the MIDI input is visible and checked in Preferences > MIDI > Devices.
 
If that's not the problem, please clarify:
 
"I can see a choice for the input in the instrument program, it's checked but it is less highlighted than the other choices."
 
What dialog/view is that in?
 

For now, it does not matter what the status of "Enable MIDI Output" on the VST2 drop down is. By default all synths have "Enable MIDI Input" enabled. These settings rarely need to be reviewed, the defaults are usually fine. The exception being FX plug-ins that send or receive MIDI data.
 

1. Start simple with a new project, insert SI Drums into the project.
2. Verify the synth has sounds loaded by clicking on the Drums in the plug-in UI.
3. Not sure what version of SONAR you are running but if it is SONAR Home/Artist/Professional/Platinum select the virtual keyboard omni as the input for the instrument or MIDI track (if the synth was added with MIDI+Audio tracks), open the virtual controller (computer keyboard) from the views, make sure input echo is enabled on the instrument or MIDI track then click the letter A on the virtual controller.
4. The kick should sound. If it does, the signal path is correct in SONAR and the problem lies either in MIDI preferences setting up the controller as a MIDI input device, the record settings in playback and recording in SONAR or it is outside of SONAR. Might be as simple as deleting TTSSEQ.ini from your user directory.

that is step 2 in the process I provided above.
Might want to provide what version of SONAR you are using.
 
BTW, I removed the "Answered" flag from this thread as the problem has not been addressed.

Did you save a copy of the original TTSSEQ.INI? Would be interesting to know how it differed from the new one that  Cakewalk will have created to replace it.

Glad you got it sorted in any case.

dkohles
Success today!!!!!! After following Scook's  advice I have full function with both of my midi controllers and the Cakewalk virtual keyboard. I had to run a search to find TTSSEQ.ini  buried in "USERS". I should have removed this earlier, it would have saved me hours of frustration.
 
I will work with the midi devices for a few days and report back if there are any lingering issues. Thanks to everyone who contributed to my questions.

What list of folders did you find the TTSSEQ.ini I don't see anything like that in Users.

scook
 CbB - %appdata%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core
 
SONAR - %appdata%\Cakewalk\[SONAR version]

Are these folders in Users? I can't seem to find these folders.