The PlugSE is designed to serve as a bridge between the host and the synth and in principle the Prophet 6 should be connected directly to the PlugSE via MIDI. By default, most of the VST hosts are set to grab all MIDI ports on startup and this may create a connection problem for PlugSE users.

If you are using a Windows PC many MIDI interfaces including Prophet 6 USB MIDI are not multi-client - this means that ports can be opened and used only by one application at a time. It also means that in practice, after you start the host application the host may first access and open MIDI ports that your synth is connected to and prevent the PlugSE from accessing the same ports later on.

Here is what you should do:

- Start Ableton,

- Go to Ableton preferences/devices and disable both Prophet 6 USB MIDI IN and USB MIDI OUT.

- Run PlugSE

- Go to PlugSE MIDI Setup and select  Prophet 6 USB in and out. At this point you should have it ON-LINE.

To establish proper MIDI communication between Prophet 6 and the PlugSE/Editor:

Please make sure that the Global Parameters are set MANUALLY (not through the computer) on Prophet 6 as follows:

MIDI Channel: ALL (ALL)

Param Xmit: NRPN (nr)

Param Rcv: NRPN (nr)

MIDI Control: ON (On)

MIDI Sysex: MIDI (Nid) or USB (USb) depending on your connection

MIDI Out: MIDI (Nid) or USB (USb) depending on your connection

Also, please make sure that the MIDI track channel has the same MIDI channel as the Prophet MIDI Channel or the Prophet 6 MIDI channel is set to ALL.

- In Ableton, select the MIDI track and configure Prophet 6 PlugSE for track's output.

USING PROPHET 6 PLUGSE IN ABLETON

- Configure Prophet 6 PlugSE for track's input if you using Prophet 6 as input.