Can I import Vision (Opcode) MIDI files?

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Can I import Vision (Opcode) MIDI files?

I have dozens of MIDI files made in Vision 3.0.3. I thought MIDI was MIDI, and I could open them in Logic Express. I am able to open other MIDI files that are in Quicktime format--stuff I downloaded. But the Vision file icons are grayed out.

Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Posted on Feb 16, 2006 6:26 PM

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iSchwartz

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Feb 16, 2006 6:35 PM in response to Ronald Gamache

Can you open any of the Vision .mid files in Quicktime?

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Answer 2

Feb 16, 2006 6:42 PM in response to iSchwartz

That was my thought too. Save them as Quicktime. But they stayed grayed out. Is there another program I could use?

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iSchwartz

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Feb 16, 2006 6:52 PM in response to Ronald Gamache

Don't save them as QT; export (or save) them as .mid (format 1). Er, that's assuming that you still have a version of Vision running on another computer... Do you?

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Feb 16, 2006 7:12 PM in response to iSchwartz

Good idea. I do still have Vision on an old Power Mac. I could go into Vision and see if there's an option on how to save them.

I also wondered about trying an older version of Quicktime.

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iSchwartz

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Feb 16, 2006 7:14 PM in response to Ronald Gamache

Best I can recall, you should be able to export (or save) standard .mid files from Vision. Make sure they're format 1, not format 0. Good luck!

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Answer 6

Feb 16, 2006 8:43 PM in response to iSchwartz

Yes! It worked.

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iSchwartz

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Feb 16, 2006 10:35 PM in response to Ronald Gamache

XLNT.

Ch-ching!

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Answer 8

S. Jones

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Feb 18, 2006 4:45 AM in response to Ronald Gamache

If they're really SMF's then you can drop them into the arrange window.

If they're actually Vision documents, you might be sol. However, if there's a way to open an Opcode Vision document in Logic, I'd sure like to know about it.

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