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How to open MIDI file in text editor?
Standard MIDI files are in binary (see the specification), so you cannot open them directly in a text editor.
There are tools to convert between the .mid format and some text format (e.g., mid2asc, ...
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Is MIDI volume scale logarithmic?
The MIDI specification itself does not define the exact response to the volume controller.
Nowadays, there is almost no device that does no implement the expression controller. Both the GM Level 1 ...
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What's the difference between "FM synthesis" and "MIDI synthesis"?
There's really no such thing as MIDI Synthesis.
Synthesis is the process by which sounds are 'synthesised' using various modulation and generation techniques.
MIDI is the "Musical Instrument ...
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How to open MIDI file in text editor?
I know I'm a bit late to the game, but a text editor I regularly use is sublime text.
What's useful about sublime in this situation is that when it opens a midi file (.mid) it will automatically ...
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Why is MIDI still 8-bit?
MIDI does not use 8-bit values. It uses 7-bit values.
Except where it doesn't, such as in pitch bend messages (14 bits), LSB controllers 32-63 (14 bits), or high-resolution velocity (14 bits).
It ...
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How to copy track in cubase
The almighty CTRL + D or CMD + D does just that - duplicates the part.
I've also found this neat table listing all keyboard shortcuts.
For doubling the tempo you can use the time-stretch cursor on ...
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Which DAW can handle simultaneous editing of MIDI channels / instruments per tracks?
It's now possible to do this in Ableton Live using a Max for Live device from Chaos Culture:
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Guide for MIDI?
The original "MIDI Guide Book" supplied with the D-20 and other new Roland synths/samplers can be downloaded from the archive.org website
https://ia902502.us.archive.org/3/items/manuallib-id-...
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Recognition of timing information by sound device
When using a DAW, wether for midi sequencing or audio recording, the fundamental timing of the DAW is managed by a high frequency clock.
Depending on your DAW and audio interface, this clock source ...
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Connecting a MIDI keyboard via SP/Dif
No. It isn't. If the Midi Device has a USB interface then you can plug it straight into the computer and it will expose itself as a MIDI over USB device. Otherwise, you will need a sound card that has ...
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Is it possible to record a short contained sound no longer than 60 milliseconds?
You can use any sound you like and at the length you want, if you use an simple audio editor like Audacity, or a more advanced solution that can offer MIDI/synths, and additional tracks like Pro Tools....
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Is it possible to record a short contained sound no longer than 60 milliseconds?
You're probably experiencing the joys of a non-zero crossing at the edit points. Sure, you can record a sound and then shorten it in a DAW, as Joel has mentioned, but you do need to make sure you put ...
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Sampling a Midi file with a sound file?
The most widely used standard for specifying sounds for a MIDI synthesizer is SoundFont, which contains all samples and control information in a single file.
You need some SoundFont editing tool, and ...
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Change in tempo between start and end of a single note - midi
First of all, there is no such thing as "note" in MIDI. Note in fact is a pair of Note On / Note Off events.
It's absolutely OK to have tempo changes anywhere in a MIDI file. It's just a ...
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Pro Tools MIDI editor: sustain release
To answer your question as asked - yes. In it's simplest form, sus pedal on/off consists of two discreet events, cc64 127 & cc64 0, so to switch the pedal off then on again you need to insert ...
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VSTi MIDI effect
Yes, it's possible, Cubase has many of them built-in - https://steinberg.help/cubase_plugin_reference/v9/en/plug_ref/topics/midi_effects_r.html There is, however, no real SDK for it.
VST3 drops a lot ...
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Mysterious old MIDI piano won't talk to GarageBand
It was the OTraki adaptor, or the combination of that and the keyboard. Replacing with 5 pin MIDI cables into my audio interface fixed it.
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Send "Audio To" MIDI Track (or its single channels) in ableton
If you were using either Compressor plug-in built into Ableton, you would be able to select your Drum track in the "Sidechain" panel of the compressor, accessed by pressing the little arrow in the top ...
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N.I. Massive assign Pitch Bend Wheel to Macro
I use Ableton - Live and I can automatize the pitchbend parameter of Massive.
Go to Massive's osc tab (where is the glide and the vibrato), there is a pitchbend section where you can adjust the Up ...
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VST Plugins for creating MIDI Notes (Ableton)
The folks at Ableton went for simplicity. This being said, it turned out to be a sane decision.
If you read through the manual, you'll realize Ableton's piano roll supports step input, "draw"...
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logic midi note duplication and mapping between tracks in logic pro x
If I am understanding you correctly, you can put a Scripter MIDI plugin on your Effectrix channel and accomplish what you want.
The script would be something like this:
/* Modify any note to C3 */
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None of my recent synths (2000 onwards) have MIDI Thru. Why?
Was this an intentional design change in the industry?
No. It did however follow the general trend of computers becoming the centerpiece of music production, relying less on multi-device synth setups ...
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None of my recent synths (2000 onwards) have MIDI Thru. Why?
The likely answer to the question (as opposed to a debate regarding benefits of this or that data bus standard) is likely that the cost of implementing a star topology MIDI setup, as opposed to one ...
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None of my recent synths (2000 onwards) have MIDI Thru. Why?
1) I own a synth with the same problem but solved it by some research. On this on-line manual (http://www.manualslib.com/manual/341329/Yamaha-Mu10.html?page=15) it says ...'Since data received ...
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Program that renders midi compositions
I should preface this by saying it's been a number of years since I actively researched sounds and players, etc. But I think this information is still relevant. Also, I wrote this very quickly, ...
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Context specific MIDI routing (Ableton)
If you are using Suit download MAX4Live.
Under Live API, the parameter called selected Device is what you need to tap.
So essentially you'll be making one max patch to which u'll hard map your ...
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How do I arrange my piano roll to view two regions at once on Logic 9?
There's two ways to achieve what you want. From what I understand from your question you want to find out how to view two MIDI regions in piano roll and/or to line up multiple MIDI regions for ...
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Cubase: How to import multiple tempo tracks or midi files in one project?
There are some well hidden impractical default MIDI import options in Cubase's preferences that prevent this. Here is how to fix it:
Go into Cubase's preferences window and go to MIDI -> MIDI File
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Reasamplomatic5000 Change Pitch Without Changing Tempo
Firstly it's nice to see someone making use of RS5000! Sadly, though, it works in the same way as most samplers in that it achieves the pitch changes simply by playing back the sample data at ...
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