Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 1008)

The MIDI file is loaded as a new project that contains all MIDI events—inclusive of time
positions and channel assignments, names of individual tracks, names and positions of
markers, tempo changes, and copyright marks. The copyright mark is read as marker text.
Note: As a default behavior, Logic Pro automatically creates software instrument tracks
for each MIDI track, and assigns an appropriate GarageBand instrument to each, when
you open a MIDI file. If you want to use external MIDI tracks for each MIDI track, press
Option while opening the MIDI file.
Saving Standard MIDI Files
If you want to play a Logic MIDI project on another sequencer, you can do so by saving
it as a Standard MIDI file. Consult the manual of the other sequencer to determine what
Standard MIDI file formats it supports.
Due to limitations of the Standard MIDI file format (in comparison to the Logic project
format), you need to prepare your Logic project for export by following these steps:
To prepare all MIDI regions for a Standard MIDI file export
1 Select all MIDI regions by choosing Edit > Select All (or using the Select All key command,
default assignment: Command-A).
2 Normalize all playback parameters by choosing MIDI > Region Parameters > Normalize
Region Parameters in the Arrange area (or use the Normalize key command, default
assignment: Control-N).
3 Convert all playback quantization by choosing MIDI > Region Parameters > Apply
Quantization Settings Destructively (or use the corresponding key command, default
assignment: Control-Q).
4 Convert all aliases into real copies by choosing MIDI > Alias > Convert to a Region Copy
(or using the Convert Alias to a Region Copy key command).
5 Convert all loops into real copies by choosing Region > Loops > Convert to Real Copies
(or using the Convert Loops to Real Copies key command, default assignment: K).
6 Convert all MIDI regions on each track into a continuous MIDI region by choosing Region
> Merge > Regions per Tracks (or use the Merge Regions per Tracks key command).
Note: Because Standard MIDI file type 0 format files can only save one MIDI region, you
must also merge all MIDI regions into one if you want to export in file format 0. You can
do this by choosing Region > Merge > Regions.
7 Insert all instrument MIDI settings as events by choosing MIDI > Insert Instrument MIDI
settings as Events.
To save MIDI regions as a Standard MIDI file
1 Select all of the required MIDI regions.
2 Choose File > Export > Selection as MIDI File (or use the Export Selection as MIDI File key
command, default assignment: Option-Command-E).
1008 Chapter 32 Project and File Interchange