Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 1009)

3 Choose the destination directory, enter a name, then click Save. The selected MIDI regions
are saved as a Format 1 MIDI file.
Note: Remember that most hardware sequencers can only read MS-DOS formatted disks,
so limit your filename to an 8.3 character name; for example, “proj0001.MID.”
To save a MIDI region in file format 0
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Select the “‘Export MIDI File…’ saves single MIDI Regions as Format 0” checkbox in the
Project Handling tab of the General preference pane (Logic Pro > Preferences > General).
When this preference is turned on, choosing File > Export > Selection as MIDI File when
only one MIDI region is selected automatically exports the region as file format 0 MIDI
file.
Working with GarageBand Projects
You can open a GarageBand project in Logic Pro just as you would open a Logic Pro
project. The GarageBand project translates 1:1 into Logic Pro:
• Logic Pro automatically creates the required number, and type, of tracks to mirror those
used in the GarageBand project.
• The project uses the tempo of the GarageBand project.
• The initial key signature is set in accordance with the “project key” of the GarageBand
project.
• Software instrument parts are played by GarageBand instruments in Logic Pro.
GarageBand instruments are automatically installed with Logic Pro. Any mixing data
and effects (plus their settings) used by software instruments or Apple Loops-based
tracks in GarageBand are also imported into Logic Pro.
• The Channel Strip settings of GarageBand translate 1:1 into Logic Pro—with the nice
exception that you can now access the individual plug-ins that are inserted into a
GarageBand channel strip.
• All channel strip objects are routed to Stereo Out (default stereo output pair), and
immediately play out according to the Stereo Output preference chosen in the Logic Pro
> Preferences > Audio > I/O Assignments > Output pane.
• The two bus effects of GarageBand (Reverb and Echo) are also translated when opened
in Logic Pro. They are replaced by the PlatinumVerb and Echo on busses 1 and 2.
Once the GarageBand project is loaded into Logic Pro, you can freely change parts, mixing
levels, instrument, and effect parameters as in any Logic Pro project.
Note: You cannot open Logic Pro projects in GarageBand, nor can you export a Logic Pro
project in a format that can be read by GarageBand (except as an audio file).
1009 Chapter 32 Project and File Interchange