Changing instrument for midi track

Hey folks,

in a fresh Cubase 8.5 Pro project, I import a simple midi file exported from Guitar Pro. In the midi instruments editor, I want to change the instrument for that track. For the whole track, but eventually, when I play the the track, the instrument automatically changes back to the old instrument.

So how can I change the instrument in a way, that it is not changed back eventually?

Thanks in advance,
Frank

just delete the program Change controler at the begining of your midi file.

does that also apply to ai 8?

i searched the “operation manual”, the 600 plus page pdf and couldn’t find anything.