How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from? -ACID Product Family

Subject:How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from? Posted by: H2000 Date:7/7/2006 2:38:53 PM When working on older Acid projects that created MIDI files (Acid4&5), I am trying to find out from what MIDI file a given clip is from. I check the clip properties, and in the clip pool but can't find that information anywhere. Is it possible to tell, or does Acid 6 integrate all the MIDI files and do away with any references to the outside files?
Subject:RE: How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from? Reply by: pwppch Date:7/8/2006 1:32:16 PM Yes, ACID just imports the MIDI data and never concerns itself with the mid file. (Actually ACID 4/5 also behaved this way, but we had an architectual reason for maintaining a back hook to the file.) However, I can see that knowing what the file was you imported could be useful. I will add this to my list (ever growing<g>) of issue to look at for future versions. Thanks Peter
Subject:RE: How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from? Reply by: H2000 Date:7/8/2006 2:02:39 PM Thanks for the reply. It's interesting you mention that Acid4/5 worked this way also, because I ran into a situation recently where I went to open an older Acid project in Acid5 and it could not locate a particular MIDI file (it was not on the drive for some reason). Acid 5 showed the clip as blank since it could not find the file. But, when I opened the same project in Acid 6, it gave me the same error message on loading, but then the actual clip was all there complete! (Now I think I understand why)
Subject:RE: How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from? Reply by: pwppch Date:7/9/2006 8:05:57 PM ACID 5 doesn't really need the file. You could just make a dumby empty midi file, name it correctly, and place it in the correct dir and ACID 5 should load fine. A legacy thing that was harder to remove from ACID 5 than it was to kill it off once and for all in ACID 6. Peter

Subject:How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from?

Posted by: H2000

Date:7/7/2006 2:38:53 PM

When working on older Acid projects that created MIDI files (Acid4&5), I am trying to find out from what MIDI file a given clip is from. I check the clip properties, and in the clip pool but can't find that information anywhere.

Is it possible to tell, or does Acid 6 integrate all the MIDI files and do away with any references to the outside files?

Subject:RE: How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from?

Reply by: pwppch

Date:7/8/2006 1:32:16 PM

Yes, ACID just imports the MIDI data and never concerns itself with the mid file. (Actually ACID 4/5 also behaved this way, but we had an architectual reason for maintaining a back hook to the file.)

However, I can see that knowing what the file was you imported could be useful. I will add this to my list (ever growing<g>) of issue to look at for future versions.

Thanks
Peter

Subject:RE: How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from?

Reply by: H2000

Date:7/8/2006 2:02:39 PM

Thanks for the reply.

It's interesting you mention that Acid4/5 worked this way also, because I ran into a situation recently where I went to open an older Acid project in Acid5 and it could not locate a particular MIDI file (it was not on the drive for some reason). Acid 5 showed the clip as blank since it could not find the file. But, when I opened the same project in Acid 6, it gave me the same error message on loading, but then the actual clip was all there complete! (Now I think I understand why)

Subject:RE: How do I tell what MIDI file a clip is from?

Reply by: pwppch

Date:7/9/2006 8:05:57 PM

ACID 5 doesn't really need the file. You could just make a dumby empty midi file, name it correctly, and place it in the correct dir and ACID 5 should load fine. A legacy thing that was harder to remove from ACID 5 than it was to kill it off once and for all in ACID 6.

Peter