Hello,
I have a MIDI file of a pop song downloaded from the web. It sounds great when played through Quicktime, but I would like to be able to play it in Logic Express.
When I import it into a new project the sounds are all wrong, the tempo is wrong and it does not sound like it did in Quicktime.
Can somebody explain what I am doing wrong and how I go about solving this?
thanks
Ian
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
don't try to import it into a new project. just open it by doubleclick in the finder.
then it should use the right tempo and the right sounds. if you don't like the exs24 sounds you can change the used audio-instrument to quicktime-synth (under "apple" in the au-instruments dropdown-menu). normally the midi-file should send all program-changes to the quicktime-synth so the sounds should be the right ones.
don't try to import it into a new project. just open it by doubleclick in the finder.
then it should use the right tempo and the right sounds. if you don't like the exs24 sounds you can change the used audio-instrument to quicktime-synth (under "apple" in the au-instruments dropdown-menu). normally the midi-file should send all program-changes to the quicktime-synth so the sounds should be the right ones.
Thank you very much for this tip. Initially I could not discover why it did not work, but eventually I discovered that there were pitch bend messages that were making the song sound very strange indeed. I am now opening MIDI files and getting the right sounds using your method. Sorry for delay in replying.
Ian
Getting MIDI files to sound like Quicktime
