Old Midi File Recording Process???

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2012/03/14 11:28:02 (permalink)

Old Midi File Recording Process???

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I've got some old midi files from Cakewalk Pro Audio 8 on a windows 98 machine and I want to find out the best way to record them. All of the sounds are from a Roland XP-80. I finally want to update and finish the projects- so do I record track by track of real audio from the XP-80 into Ableton or can I somehow preserve and move the original MIDI data from Cakewalk into Ableton as MIDI files and have Ableton trigger the XP-80 with all the original parameters intact? I'm running a MacPro and have Ableton and Garage Band.
Thanks for your help!

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    bitflipper
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    Re:Old Midi File Recording Process??? 2012/03/14 13:06:10 (permalink)
    Do you still have Pro Audio installed on the old machine? If so, you could simply export the MIDI data to a standard .mid file and import that into any DAW you like. Whether or not all the XP-80 settings can also be restored depends on if a) the MIDI data includes patch change commands, or b) you saved sysex data with the old project.



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    Re:Old Midi File Recording Process??? 2012/03/15 17:04:19 (permalink)
    I do have the old machine still running. I appreciate the advice- I'll give it a go this weekend! Thanks again!
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    Re:Old Midi File Recording Process??? 2012/03/15 21:11:47 (permalink)
    ditto.... just copy the midi tracks onto a disk or zip drive and paste/copy them into a project in the new machine..... assign the synth you want....and move forward. 

    The new synths are really good and the samples are sweet in the new synths. I would not worry about the old patches...

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