I logged in to bump this thread, and see you guys did it for me. Yes, I've never solved this problem. And I do think now that it's a bug, because it's NOT an issue in RB. There I can play the VSTi while transport is stopped. Not so in BiaB.

But just to confirm, can anyone get a softsynth to play while BiaB is stopped, under the following conditions:
1. Build 456.
2. New song.
3. style set to one of the all midi ZZ... styles.
4. Using ASIO4ALL or a dedicated ASIO hardware driver.
5. ASIO always on enabled.
6. Thru channel midi patch of your choice.
7. Driver settings as shown below, with input controller of your choice:

Thanks, Ron

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