DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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To export all MIDI and Instrument tracks in the
current session:
1
Make sure to unmute any MIDI tracks in the
session that you want included in the exported
MIDI file. (Or, conversely, mute any MIDI tracks
you do not want included in the exported MIDI
file.) For Instrument tracks, enable or disable the
MIDI mute button (Instruments view).
2
Choose
File > Export > MIDI
. The Export MIDI
Settings dialog opens.
3
From the MIDI File Format pop-up menu, select
1 (multitrack) or 0 (single track) .
4
If the Song Start time is different from the Ses-
sion Start time, select
Session Start
or
Song Start
from the
Location Reference
pop-up menu.
5
Enable or disable the
Apply Real-Time Properties
option.
6
Click
OK
. A Save dialog opens.
7
Specify a folder destination and name for the
MIDI file.
8
Click
Save
.
Pro Tools exports all unmuted MIDI and Instru-
ment tracks in the current session to a Standard
MIDI File and writes it to your hard drive. Ex-
ported MIDI information includes notes, con-
troller events, program changes, and System Ex-
clusive data, as well as events for tempo, meter,
and markers.
The SMPTE start time for the session or the song
(depending on the selection from the
Location
Reference
pop-up menu) is also exported. This
ensures that the exported tracks, when played
from another MIDI application, will align with
the correct SMPTE frames, and also synchronize
correctly to tape and video devices, or Pro Tools.
Refer to your third-party MIDI sequencer docu-
mentation to determine whether it supports im-
porting SMPTE start times from MIDI files.
Items Not Exported with MIDI Files
Mute automation and muted regions do not af-
fect exported MIDI. As long as a MIDI track is
not muted by clicking its Mute button, or an In-
strument track is not muted by clicking its MIDI
Mute button (Instruments view), all of its MIDI
data is exported.
Chord symbols and chord diagrams are not ex-
ported with MIDI files.
When exporting MIDI files from Pro Tools, de-
vice assignments for tracks are not retained
(though channel assignments are). If you export
MIDI or Instrument tracks from Pro Tools and
later re-import them, you will need to reassign
the tracks to devices in your studio.
All playlist information for MIDI and Instru-
ment tracks is lost when exporting. For example,
tracks that previously contained dozens of MIDI
regions will be flattened and only contain single
regions after exporting and re-importing.
Export MIDI Settings dialog
Pro Tools automatically adds the “.mid”
extension when exporting MIDI files.