Importing standard midi files, Opening standard midi files – Apple Logic Pro 9 User Manual
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• Format 1 can contain multiple tracks, each with independent data.
Neither format recognizes any division of a track (into several MIDI regions, for example).
Importing Standard MIDI Files
An import only loads MIDI region data (notes, controller, SysEx, pitchbend, specific meta
events) into an opened project, with global data (such as tempo events, signatures, chords,
track names, SMPTE start, and so on) being ignored.
Important:
To import the global data, you must open the MIDI file. See
for further details.
To import a MIDI file at the playhead position
Do one of the following:
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Choose File > Import from the main menu bar (or use the corresponding key command,
default assignment: Command-I), then select a MIDI file in the dialog that appears.
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Locate and select the MIDI file in the Browser, then click the Import button.
The MIDI file is placed at the playhead position, rounded to bars.
To import a MIDI file at the mouse position
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Drag a MIDI file from the Browser or Finder into the Arrange area.
The mouse position—when the mouse button is released—determines the position
(rounded to the nearest bar) and destination of the first track in the imported file.
Opening Standard MIDI Files
If you want to load all information contained in a MIDI file—both MIDI region and global
data—you must open it.
To open a MIDI file
1
Choose File > Open from the main menu bar (or use the corresponding key command,
default assignment: Command-O), then select a MIDI file in the dialog that appears.
Note: If you choose the MIDI files option in the File Type pop-up menu, only MIDI files
are displayed in the dialog.
If a project is loaded, a dialog asks if you want to create a new environment or copy the
current environment for the MIDI file.
2
Do one of the following:
• Click Copy to replicate the existing environment. The tracks of the MIDI file are
automatically assigned to suitable instruments.
• Click New to load the environment of the default project template.
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Chapter 32
Project and File Interchange