User Manual

SONG FILE HANDLING
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Exporting Standard MIDI Files
To export all Instrument Tracks and Automation Tracks from the Record sequencer as a Standard MIDI File (SMF),
do like this:
1. Set the End Marker in the sequencer to where you want your song to end.
The MIDI file will contain all MIDI events on all tracks from the start of the song to the End marker.
2. Select “Export MIDI FIle...” from the File menu.
The standard file browser appears.
3. Type in a new file name (if desired) and select location for the file to be exported. Then, click “Save”.
The default name for the MIDI File will be the Song’s name followed by the “.mid” extension.
MIDI files exported by Record will have the following properties:
• The MIDI file will be of Type 1, with one MIDI track for each track in the Record sequencer.
The tracks will have the same names as in the Record sequencer.
• Since the Record sequencer doesn’t use MIDI channels as such, all tracks will be set to MIDI channel 1.
• The sequencer Tempo, and any Tempo Automation and/or Time Signature Automation, is included in the MIDI
file.
! Since an Instrument Track in Record could consist of different types of devices (plus FX etc.), there is no infor-
mation about the actual sound in the exported MIDI File. The exported MIDI File only contains information
about each instrument track and its MIDI Notes and/or MIDI Controller data laid out on the track. You will have
to manually assign appropriate sounds to each track in the importing application.