Using gate~ to gate the data stream of Note~ to VST

Hi Guys,

any suggestions on gating the data from note~? I am using the Select object followed by the arguments of how many VSTs i have, then routing the select object to an individual gate for each VST. I am also needing to figure a way to switch the VSTs that I am not using off. At the minute I am not hearing any audio when I insert notes into the note~ and playback. A screen shot of my patch is below and any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Thanks