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I'm a bit out of the loop here. What is currently considered the most reliable and user-friendly virtual MIDI solution on Windows?
Also, is App initialization order still an issue for availability of ports? I'm only experiencing issues with Live to be honest, but I haven't tried all the MIDI drivers/Apps yet.

I'm using loopMIDI. No problems so far.

Yes! loopmidi. I`ve tried a few in the past.
it`s also 64 bit, and it works. Currently I have up to six virtual midi instances in my setup.
I`m also using the network midi driver (rtpmidi).

Thanks, I thought I tried Loopmidi but confused it with LoopBe1.
This is very nice indeed! Even works with hot-plugging new ports while Live is open and I can use custom names.

How is RTPMIDI working out for you Silentio?
Been wondering if I could just wire it into MFL for unrestricted MIDI. Guess I'll have a look
Edit: nevermind. Same as on OSX, talking to bonjour MIDI with MFL is an unstable mess.

I`ve also tried LoopBe but experienced errors.
I use rtpmidi for sending midi data from LIVE over network to another PC with BIDULE (modular vst-host), very stable so far.
The setup of rtpmidi (on all PCs in the network) is not as easy as with loopmidi, but it`s well explained from the author.

silentio246 wrote:I`ve also tried LoopBe but experienced errors, and it is 32bit only.
I use rtpmidi for sending midi data from LIVE over network to another PC with BIDULE (modular vst-host), very stable so far.
The setup of rtpmidi (on all PCs in the network) is not as easy as with loopmidi, but it`s well explained from the author.

Yeah, network MIDI does work properly if both host and client have the entire bonjour functionality. I never could get reliable results on the local network with Max, because there's this whole timestamp handshake mess involved that went over my head. Misfiring a message could make the OSX kernel crash.

I'll give Loopmidi a whirl, seems to work perfect for my purposes so far.
Thanks for the replies guys.