Thanks Kent, I appreciate the input. I am thinking, thinking, thinking....

1) Can't leave BIAB - I would feel naked on the stage without its familar screen flashing the chords.
2) Acually use very little midi in my gigs - just occasional piano melody otherwise all RT's.
3) I do have an external hardware midi module somewhere around here, been so long since I seen it, I'm not sure where.
4) Don't really want to add more hardware and cables to my live sessions.
5) RB just don't work for me.
6) Could move the whole show to Reaper - but that goes against #1.
7) Only really planning on useing the VLT in one of two songs where I sing.
8) So for the one or two numbers which I sing why don't I play the melody instead of using midi?
9) Is there some way to switch the Dxi on and off during a song so for the intro verse it could play the midi melody and then turn off the dxi so the midi could control the harmony for me to sing a verse?

my head is starting to hurt, time to shut down for the night and take a pill...

Dan, BIAB2024, SoundCloud Win11, i7(12thGen), 32GB, 1TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD), 2TB Libraries, 1 TB(WD-Black), 2TB SSD(M.2 NVMe SSD)Data, Motu Audio Express, Keystation 61, SL88 Studio, Reaper