Export MIDI from single track?

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Export MIDI from single track?

Hi all, I am trying to find the answer to my not being able to export a single track [ all one region] as a MIDI file, when I open the file in another DAW there is no MIDI-nada. I did the other 4 tracks like this and they all worked, why would logic just stop functioning when I try to do this?the other tracks have MIDI from the beginning to end[bar 108] the track that won't export has 9 bars of rest before the MIDI starts-could that be the problem and if so, can anyone think of a way to get around this?
Thanks in advance!

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Posted on Jan 2, 2010 4:26 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 2, 2010 7:57 AM in response to 55plus

I haven't had a problem with it. Make sure the region is selected then goto, File>Export>Selection as a midi file.

One thing that I noticed is that if your region starts at measure 9 and you export it. it comes into my other daw starting on measure one. you can either move it to 9 after import or in logic extend your region so that it starts on one then it exports the blank space also.

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Vacheto

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Jan 2, 2010 11:18 AM in response to 55plus

55plus wrote:
I did the other 4 tracks like this and they all worked, why would logic just stop functioning when I try to do this?

Did you merge all midi regions to prepare for export ? Keep in mind it is very important specially for Logic ! You can draw empty regions at the beginning and merge with the rest which start later if you have problems. Select all merged sequences and export.

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55plus Author

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Jan 2, 2010 10:15 PM in response to Vacheto

Thank you both for your help, I apologize if the info I sent was not complete. The region[only one] spans the entire track, including the first empty 9 bars but cubase 5 won't import it, I suspect it's a steinberg thing as qbase cannot use XML[neither can Logic, but that's another battle]. Thanks again for trying.

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Answer 4

55plus Author

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Jan 3, 2010 11:26 PM in response to 55plus

I just wanted to ask if any of you who have been so kind as to offer suggestions had seen an instance of an exported MIDI file that contained nothing-despite the original being filled with note on/off etc. because that is what is happening with this file, it wouldn't be a problem if I could scan the original again and import it in xml 2 format, but we are not going to be allowed to play with the professionals-no wait-I bought studio 2 to get Logic Pro 9 because of bad times in Logic EXpress 7 from which one can expect this kind of limitation of possibilities, so I think it up to Apple to get this fixed.BUMP

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