Subject:MIDI Processing in ACID

Posted by: Jpelton

Date:2/27/2004 2:05:21 PM

Lately, I've not only been audio recording in ACID with no problems but I've also been laying down MIDI tracks as well. No problem.

Question: Can I save the output of an ACID project as a MIDI file? I looked through the doc and it wasn't explicit. You can't export it, render, nor Save as. The closest I ever came to at least see a .MID on a panel was Insert a Midi track but I could never get any data into the file. Is there a way to do this?

Thanx everyone.

Subject:RE: MIDI Processing in ACID

Reply by: marcarotsky

Date:2/27/2004 3:43:50 PM

as far as i know, acid has no way of exporting out to a midi file. or saving existing .wav tracks to midi. in fact, i dont know of any program which can do this.
good luck
-marc

Subject:RE: MIDI Processing in ACID

Reply by: plastique

Date:2/27/2004 5:48:54 PM

you can export by midi track ... open its track properties and on the top right corner you have two buttons available to choose , either to "save" as it is or "save as" a new file.

Subject:RE: MIDI Processing in ACID

Reply by: Jpelton

Date:2/27/2004 6:19:57 PM

Plastique thanks a million.

And Marcarotsky, you can save your midi as audio as long as you want to do it through a plug in.

Subject:RE: MIDI Processing in ACID

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:2/28/2004 9:54:45 AM

MIDI is an altogether different audio monster vs. digital audio. MIDI is just a set of instructions (making it flexible enough that you can send it through different soft synths using the same MIDI file), while digital audio is the audio itself represented by a digital waveform; what you hear is what you get.

MIDI will never render with the rest of your project unless it's routed to a soft synth of some sort (like a DLS, VSTi, or ReWire synth). Essentially, the MIDI becomes digital audio after it gets thrown through a soft synth.

Iacobus
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