Helpful Reply[SOLVED] How to export MIDI from Cubase to Sonar in absolute time

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[SOLVED] How to export MIDI from Cubase to Sonar in absolute time

tl;dr; How can I take a MIDI file from Cubase (with lots of tempo changes, e.g. every bar is slightly different) and import it into Soar (so all the tempo changes line up)?
 
 
I have taken over a recording session from another studio.  They use Cubase, I use Sonar.  I have all the files, and a version of Cubase that will open the files.  
 
The drums were not recorded to a click, so are all over the place, tempo-wise.  The audio drum track has been replaced by a MIDI drum track (the original drums were awfully played and recorded).  The other studio have used some sort of tempo mapper to align the MIDI track with the rest of the audio tracks, but when I export the MIDI, the  tempo changes are lost.
 
Is there a way to export MIDI in absolute time, rather than M:B:T? or can anyone suggest another method?
post edited by soundman32 - 2017/01/02 06:43:33
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    Re: How to export MIDI from Cubase to Sonar in absolute time 2017/01/02 06:42:55 (permalink)
    Gah - 5 minutes after posting this I found a page that shows how to do it (basically, open the midi file rather than importing it, will import the tempo map too!).
     
     
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    Re: How to export MIDI from Cubase to Sonar in absolute time 2017/01/02 06:51:26 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby jacksop 2017/01/11 08:30:58
    Right. With Sonar Standard MIDI files are a native file format. If you import them it is what the project is setup to have that will be imposed on the MIDI file. If you load the MIDI file Sonar will use the files tempo map. 

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