Old 07-02-2020, 01:07 PM   #1
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Some MID files I download......explode just fine into multiple tracks. However, a few seem to just produce a single track with all components lumped together.

Don't know how to recognize these , maybe that doesn't even matter.

Is there some method to force this type of file to explode?

Or

How would i work on each instrument within one of these. I've tried to add multiple VST to the track, but doesn't seem?? to work...to me anyway. Generally, I'm mostly only interested in a Drum and Bass track.
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Old 07-02-2020, 01:56 PM   #2
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Some MIDI files are "multi-track", essentially several simple MIDI files in one. And each MIDI file can contain MIDI on one or more channels.

I think you will always be prompted if the file is a Multi-track file. I always explode it onto multiple Reaper tracks.

If you set this option you will always be prompted when loading a file with MIDI on multiple channels for how to explode them:




As for playing them,
(a) single-track file, single channel
-- put an instrument plug-in on the Reaper track
(b) single-track file, multiple channels
-- explode the channels onto multiple Reaper tracks,
-- then put an instrument plug-in on each Reaper track
or
-- do not explode the channels onto multiple Reaper tracks
-- add a multi-timbral instrument plug-in (e.g Kontakt, SampleTank. Falcon, TX16Wx) to the track
-- within the plug-in load instruments for each channel

(c) multi-track file, single channel
-- explode the tracks onto multiple Reaper tracks,
-- then put an instrument plug-in on each Reaper track
(d) multi-track file, multiple channels
-- explode the tracks onto multiple Reaper tracks,
-- explode the channels onto multiple Reaper tracks,
-- then put an instrument plug-in on each Reaper track
or
-- explode the tracks onto multiple Reaper tracks,
-- do not explode the channels onto multiple Reaper tracks
-- add a multi-timbral instrument plug-in (e.g Kontakt, SampleTank. Falcon, TX16Wx) to each Reaper track
-- within the plug-in load instruments for each channel.

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Here I have imported a multi-track, multi-channel MIDI file and exploded everything. Look at the clip-names to see the content of each one:


And, if I chose not to explode theMIDI channels:
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Old 07-05-2020, 06:36 AM   #3
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Thanks so much for your help!!!
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