Instruction Manual

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MIDI Files
Features Not Supported by MIDI Files
While the MIDI file format is very flexible and extensive, it cannot store the
following parameters that are part of a standard project file: key offset,
velocity offset, time offset, and forced channel.
When you save a project to a MIDI file, most of these parameters are
applied to the individual events. For instance, if you have assigned track 1
to channel 10 in the Track view, SONAR will write the MIDI file so that every
event on track 1 has a channel number of 10. When you subsequently load
the MIDI file all of those Track view parameters will have vanished. But the
music will sound the same, because SONAR has made these changes to
the events themselves.
Other MIDI File Handling Notes
Here are a few specific points about how SONAR works with MIDI files:
• SONAR places Lyric events found in Format 0 MIDI files into Track 4, in
accordance with conventions used by karaoke players.
• SONAR inserts any Text or Lyric events found at time 0 in a track into
the Comments field in the File Info dialog box, unless the Text or Lyric
event is preceded by a Note event.
• SONAR automatically enables the Zero Controllers when Play Stops
MIDI File Meta-event… How it is represented in
SONAR…
Meter and key signature Meter/key signature map entry
Tempo Tempo change
General text Track name
General text in the conductor
track of a Format 1 file
Markers view markers
Track name Track name
Port number (format 1) Port assignments are maintained. Only
available when the Write Cable Meta
Events to MIDI Files (Output Select)