I could use your help please. Occasionally, I like to use Pro Tools 2026, but I don’t need Bome for those sessions. I use Bome when I use Cubase. Presently, when I launch a Pro Tools session it crashes on exit every time. When I removed Bome from my computer, Pro Tools would operate normally and Exit gracefully. I think that Bome is grabbing the midi ports before Pro Tools can, and Pro Tools can’t deal with that.
Is there a way to quickly remove or disable all of the Bome virtual ports so that they don’t show up in Windows Device Manager without removing Bome from my Windows 11 PC and re-enable them quickly when I want to use Cubase?
If you have the latest Windows 11 update, then you should be able to use the MIDI ports from multiple applications. Are you using loopMIDI or loopBE for virtual ports. If so, there are some issues with these application on Windows 11. Maybe they are fixed by now, but I’m not sure. Search the Microsoft web site for “MIDI 2.0” and you should be able to find the latest status.
Thanks for the reply, Steve. For midi networking I am using just Bome Network and Unlimited Named midi Ports. I certainly wouldn’t mind if those ports stayed active when using Pro Tools if Pro Tools didn’t have any problems with them. I haven’t checked my Windows 11 version in the last five days or so, but it was up to date then. I’ll check again today.
I have about seven DAWs on my computer, but Pro Tools 2026 is the only one that exhibits problems with Bome Network. I wish that Pro Tools was a bit more flexible and accommodating.
Maybe a future Pro Tools build will resolve the issue even if it does so unintentionally.
Best,
Jack
You might want to look at this post that might help with your issue.
It is not the same problem, but if Pro-Tools is confused, maybe this will help reset the MIDI ports which could possibly clear things up.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
I’ll try that suggestion mentioned in the post you provided, but I’m actually just trying to trigger an instrument assigned to a standard midi port in a Pro Tools instrument track by pressing keys on my midi controller keyboard. Apparently, I can do that if I disable some Bome ports first, but Pro Tools still crashes on Exit regardless if Bome Network is installed. Thanks again for your help, Steve.
Jack
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the tips. I am running the latest version of Bome Network though. I worked with Avid for two weeks trying to resolve the issue. They even went remote-in on my computer, but I was the one that later discovered the conflict with Bome Network and got Pro Tools running without crashing.
I have since decided to move Pro Tools to a separate computer, because I don’t want to give up using Bome Network, nor do I want to have to work around Pro Tools.
Thanks again for your help though. Considering that Bome Network doesn’t interfere with any of my other DAWs, hopefully Avid will do something to make the Pro Tools MIDI engine more flexible.
Best,
Jack
Steve,
I have been having a terrible time trying to keep Bome ports connected. Everytime I turn on my Windows 11 PC, the Bome version 1.6 Virtual MIDI Ports settings have defaulted back to not being selected. I am constantly having to re-establish routings. Is there a bug in the software? If not, please let me know what I need to do to really solve the problem. .
Thanks,
Jack
Steve, I don’t know if the latest Bome Network version will solve my problem, but somehow I managed to re-install the previous version instead of the latest release. I will install it tonight and hopefully my virtual port settings will be retained between sessions.
Thanks,
Jack
Steve, I got Bome Network 1.7 installed, but I had to type in all of my virtual ports from scratch. I also re-routed them as needed, but when I rebooted the computer, all of the routes were gone. Also, I discovered that selecting ‘Keep virtual MIDI ports after disconnect’ still is not retained after rebooting the computer and there is no explicit Save feature in Bome, so I am not sure why that switch is even there. I have tried exporting the updated .bmts file, exiting Bome Network, and replacing the .bmts file in the appdata/Roaming/Bome Network folder, but it doesn’t help. Please let me know exactly what I need to do in detail to get Bome to work for me consistently after rebooting the computer. It’s really been frustrating. Thank you, Jack
This is very strange. I’ve not seen this before. I will try and duplicate this today. In the meantime, you can indeed export your settings and then import them later to restore your original configuration. Use the import feature and there is no need to manually go to your folders and delete the .bmts files.
Are the ports just not seen by ProTools or are the also not seen in Bome Network?
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
Hi Steve. Thanks for the reply. I opted to install Pro Tools on a different computer than the one running Bome, but I still need Bome for driving Cubasee from Dorico. Hopefully, the reason I am having problems is because I did not use Bome’s Import to restore the updated .bmts file. Will I need to do the import and export every time I reboot my computer? Also, what can I do to get Bome Network to retain the Keep Virtual MIDI Ports After Disconnect setting? Perhaps it is saved in the exported .bmts file?
Thanks again,
Jack
Steve,
I can’t explain it other than I did a Bome file export last night, but everything seems to be working now. No routes were saved from last night, but I created several this morning and rebooted the computer. The routes were still there when I booted back up. Furthermore, the Keep Virtual midi Ports After Disconnecting switch was still enabled. So that is all really good. Having said that, I was purposely disconnected from the internet. I don’t know if that matters though.
Thanks again,
Jack
I’m glad it is working now. No you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Now maybe if you didn’t delete all of the backup copies of the bomenet.bmts files, and older one may have been used. I think it important the you use the import feature when restoring a known working bmts file instead of just copying it to the folder.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
Thanks for the good advice, Steve.
BTW, I believe someone mentioned that they thought version 1.7 loads quicker. It appears to load quicker for me too.
Best,
Jack