diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index c9d2424da4..d1303c86e5 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -3254,6 +3254,10 @@ Route::set_processor_state (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 	ProcessorList old_list = _processors; // keep a copy
 	{
 		Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock lx (AudioEngine::instance()->process_lock ());
+		if (!_direct_outs && Profile->get_livetrax ()) {
+			create_direct_outs ();
+		}
+
 		Glib::Threads::RWLock::WriterLock lm (_processor_lock);
 		/* re-assign _processors w/o process-lock.
 		 * if there's an IO-processor present in _processors but
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index 53a3e8aeb6..32af11e81d 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ Session::post_engine_init ()
 	/* Can't do this until the trigger input MIDI port is set up */
 	TriggerBox::static_init (*this);
 
+	if (Stateful::loading_state_version == 3001 && Profile->get_livetrax()) {
+		livetrax_auto_connect ();
+	}
+
 	set_clean ();
 
 	/* Now, finally, we can [ask the butler to] fill the playback buffers */