DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 15: Importing and Exporting Session Data 305
Exporting Individual MIDI and
Instrument Tracks
You can also export individual MIDI and Instru-
ment tracks as MIDI files. This can be useful for
storing libraries of your favorite MIDI sequences
or Sysex data (such as bulk or individual patch
dumps for your external MIDI devices), or for
importing MIDI into notation applications
(other than Sibelius).
To export a single MIDI or Instrument track as a
MIDI file:
1
Do one of the following:
• Right-click the Track name of an unselected
track in the Edit or Mix window, or in the
Track List.
– or –
• In the Track List, or Mix or Edit window,
Control-Right-click (Windows) or Com-
mand-Right-click (Mac) the track name.
2
From the Right-click menu, select
Export MIDI
.
3
Set the Export MIDI settings in the Export
MIDI Settings dialog.
4
Click
OK
.
5
In the Save dialog, type a name for the MIDI
file, specify where you want to save it, and click
Save
.
To export all selected Pro Tools Instrument or
MIDI tracks as a MIDI file:
1
Select the tracks you want to export to a MIDI
file.
2
Right-click the Track name of one of the se-
lected tracks in the Edit or Mix window, or in the
Track List.
3
From the Right-click menu, select
Export MIDI
.
4
Set the Export MIDI settings.
5
Click OK .
6
In the Save dialog, type a name for the MIDI
file, specify where you want to save it, and click
Save
.
Exporting Sibelius Files
Pro Tools can export the score of your session as
a Sibelius file (.sib). You can choose to export
the score as Sibelius file for later use or score
transfer, or to open the score in Sibelius imme-
diately (if Sibelius) is installed on your com-
puter. Sibelius uses the Pro Tools transcription
of MIDI in your session as seen in the Pro Tools
Score Editor window (for more information, see
“Exporting Scores” on page 651).
Importing and Exporting
Region Group Files
Pro Tools can export and import the region
group file format (.rgrp). This lets you do the fol-
lowing:
• Separate region group metadata from audio
files to avoid unnecessary file copy opera-
tions when exporting audio region groups
composed from multiple source files.
• Export MIDI data as part of a region group.
• Create multitrack loops.
Alt-Right-click (Windows) or Option-Right-
click (Mac) to export all tracks to a single
MIDI file.
Alt-Shift-Right-click (Windows) or Option--
Shift-Right-click (Mac) to export all selected
tracks as a single MIDI file.
Sibelius 5.x or higher is required to open .sib
files exported from Pro Tools.