diff --git a/include/InstrumentPlayHandle.h b/include/InstrumentPlayHandle.h
index 726859237ed..02d6fc69c3a 100644
--- a/include/InstrumentPlayHandle.h
+++ b/include/InstrumentPlayHandle.h
@@ -42,14 +42,7 @@ class EXPORT InstrumentPlayHandle : public PlayHandle
 
 	virtual void play( sampleFrame * _working_buffer )
 	{
-		// if the instrument is midi-based, we can safely render right away
-		if( m_instrument->flags() & Instrument::IsMidiBased )
-		{
-			m_instrument->play( _working_buffer );
-			return;
-		}
-		
-		// if not, we need to ensure that all our nph's have been processed first
+		// ensure that all our nph's have been processed first
 		ConstNotePlayHandleList nphv = NotePlayHandle::nphsOfInstrumentTrack( m_instrument->instrumentTrack(), true );
 		
 		bool nphsLeft;
diff --git a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
index 4a41aea0ca4..e0fcb3ba6db 100644
--- a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 #define USE_WS_PREFIX
 #include <windows.h>
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 #include <queue>
 #include <string>
@@ -900,6 +901,14 @@ void RemoteVstPlugin::process( const sampleFrame * _in, sampleFrame * _out )
 		static char eventsBuffer[sizeof( VstEvents ) + sizeof( VstMidiEvent * ) * MIDI_EVENT_BUFFER_COUNT];
 		static VstMidiEvent vme[MIDI_EVENT_BUFFER_COUNT];
 
+		// first sort events chronologically, since some plugins
+		// (e.g. Sinnah) can hang if they're out of order
+		std::stable_sort( m_midiEvents.begin(), m_midiEvents.end(),
+				[]( const VstMidiEvent &a, const VstMidiEvent &b )
+				{
+					return a.deltaFrames < b.deltaFrames;
+				} );
+
 		VstEvents* events = (VstEvents *) eventsBuffer;
 		events->reserved = 0;
 		events->numEvents = m_midiEvents.size();