Is there a way to extract MIDI data directly from a project file?

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Is there a way to extract MIDI data directly from a project file?

I need to be able to access MIDI data from a project without exporting a MIDI file. Is there a way to do this?

From my exploration, MIDI data is saved in the project file in some sort of proprietary binary and the MIDI data is not obviously accessible.

The goal is to be able to send the MIDI data to another computer every time a project is saved, rather than having to export the MIDI every time. It's only a difference of one extra step (save project vs export MIDI) but when I do it a hundred times a day it becomes very cumbersome.

Posted on Oct 4, 2022 1:42 PM

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Answer 1

yoyoBen

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Oct 9, 2022 2:11 PM in response to daviddisneylogic

My first question that comes to mind: how often (or how rarely) do you use the save function?

Because of the lack of macros in Logic, I have some ideas that may or may not work.

Apple's built-in Automator.app
Third party apps like Keyboard Maestro.

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Oct 10, 2022 10:51 AM in response to yoyoBen

I appreciate your reply.

I would be using the save function probably 100 times in a day.

I, myself, came to find Keyboard Maestro and it does solve for exporting and overwriting a MIDI file and not having to click three times. But this will only help me in the short term, as I will need to be saving out multiple MIDI files in the future. Hence being able to tap direclty into the MIDI data using a script would be ideal.

I discovered that Ableton Live allows you to do this so I may have to switch.

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Is there a way to extract MIDI data directly from a project file?

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