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  • 11th February 2018 at 00:34 #29447
    Leo
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    Hello! I’m using ableton for playback. There’s a midi track with midi clips. If you are familiar with ableton, you probably know that “program change” is kind of a “property” of the midi clip – you do not draw the automation, you just set the number in clip launch properties and it automatically sends PrgChng whenever this clip is launched.
    So my first question is, how should I export midifile so that it sends program change commands?

    The 2nd one is about midifile duration. When I export midi from ableton everything is so to say snapped to a grid. So if I import it into a project with another bpm, this file snaps to this project’s grid. So how on Earth LP-16 determines the duration of a midifile? Especially if there is only one slow cc automation.
    BTW I just loaded midifile from the 3-minute long song into uTool and it shows the duration of 6+minutes

    ps. Yes< i searched in this forum, and found the same question posted 2 years ago, but there was no reply.

    12th February 2018 at 10:56 #29449
    Laszlo
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    [quote=”Nestleo” post=3734]
    BTW I just loaded midifile from the 3-minute long song into uTool and it shows the duration of 6+minutes
    [/quote]

    If you are simply drag and drop that midi file to Windows media player (win); MIDI Player – Modify music (OSX) what is the duration of the file? 3 or 6 minutes?

    15th February 2018 at 01:00 #29454
    Leo
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    it shows 6:43

    15th February 2018 at 01:26 #29455
    Leo
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    it shows the duration of 6:43

    15th February 2018 at 11:02 #29457
    Laszlo
    Keymaster

    Thank you for your feedback

    So this means the uTool shows the same time like any other application on your computer. I assume the midi file has empty data at the end, or not exported properly.
    I think better to ask a question on the Ableton forum.

    15th February 2018 at 21:25 #29458
    Leo
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    [quote=”Laszlo” post=3744]Thank you for your feedback

    So this means the uTool shows the same time like any other application on your computer. I assume the midi file has empty data at the end, or not exported properly.
    I think better to ask a question on the Ableton forum.[/quote]
    Thank you! It is already something at least. If you know any way to do that, that would be helpful. I just asked different DAW users – noone knows

    15th February 2018 at 21:47 #29459
    Leo
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    And yes, if you make it possible to set the tempo (and midi syncronization) in further firmware updates – that will make the device absolutely priceless!!

    16th February 2018 at 00:59 #29460
    Leo
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    BTW here’s what i’ve found
    Windows OS has internal “tempo” equal to 100bpm, so if uTool shows the same duration, that means LP-16 also has internal tempo 100bpm?
    So one thing left to do is to find the way to translate midi clips so that events inside it happen like if tempo is 100bpm

    ps. Im pretty sure I export everything correctly, because I crop clips (so that what is shown on timeline is what’s inside actual midi clip, there’s nothing you can drag to the right or left out of it) And there’s just “export midifile” button available

    16th February 2018 at 11:42 #29461
    Laszlo
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    [quote=”Nestleo” post=3746]And yes, if you make it possible to set the tempo (and midi syncronization) in further firmware updates – that will make the device absolutely priceless!![/quote]

    The midi tempo have to be set where you create and export the song. The device use the midi file as created and exported.

    16th February 2018 at 16:48 #29462
    Leo
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    [quote=”Laszlo” post=3748]
    The midi tempo have to be set where you create and export the song. The device use the midi file as created and exported.[/quote]

    I really appreciate your help, but no, that doesn’t work. I am advanced ableton user, I tried ableton live, cubase, reaper with pro users’ assistance – no progress. And if I seem annoying, I’m sorry.
    Why wouldn’t you make a video tutorial on this subject? Or write step-by-step explaination. For example, in the daw where you checked this working.
    Something like this [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pIITCRsCj4&t=1s[/video]

    16th February 2018 at 17:08 #29463
    Laszlo
    Keymaster

    Hi,

    I’m sorry but your request to create tutorial for every single DAW is out of our scope. I would agree with you if the uTool or the player device does not detect the song properly. But in your case the midi file shows the same length in other applications like Windows media player as well in uTool which means somehow the midi file more than 6 minutes long.
    If you send me a midi file I can take a look but unforutnately I cannot tell you how to create and export the file.

    16th February 2018 at 18:12 #29464
    Leo
    Participant

    in the video attached they don’t show all the DAWs, just any for mac and any for windows, just basic principle.

    here’s the midi file. 192 bpm snapped to grid is 4.12 long
    midi file

    16th February 2018 at 18:17 #29465
    Leo
    Participant

    And please, don’t get me wrong, I just want to solve the problem that I’m not first to face and not the last and wich is not described in user’s guide

    16th February 2018 at 18:23 #29467
    Laszlo
    Keymaster

    Thank you for your feedback.
    As I see correctly the file more than 6 minutes long. I assume you do not export properly. As you can see other DAW like Cubase also show the same length like uTool.

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    16th February 2018 at 18:31 #29469
    Laszlo
    Keymaster

    I have changed the tempo to 192 in cubase and I click on the export midi option.
    Could you please check the file?

    [quote=”Nestleo” post=3752]And please, don’t get me wrong, I just want to solve the problem that I’m not first to face and not the last and wich is not described in user’s guide[/quote]
    There’s nothing to do with the user guide we take the file as it exported from the DAW if the file do not have the proper tempo inside that should be described in the Ableton user guide how to export the file with proper tempo.

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    16th February 2018 at 19:17 #29470
    Leo
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    [quote=”Laszlo” post=3754]I have changed the tempo to 192 in cubase and I click on the export midi option.
    Could you please check the file?
    There’s nothing to do with the user guide we take the file as it exported from the DAW if the file do not have the proper tempo inside that should be described in the Ableton user guide how to export the file with proper tempo.[/quote]

    Yes, it shows 4:12 ragardless tempo changes. Thank you. And Im sorry for giving you a trouble

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