Hi,
Does anyone know if it's possible to export a single midi track to a .mid file?  I have been scouring the manual and these forums but I can't seem to find the solution, if even possible.  

Thanks
David J.

I'm not at my daw and I'm not powering up right now. so dont hold me to it.

you should select your midi track info on the track view and choose export in the file menu. there's and option to choose midi1 or midi2  then export. I think it's that simple.

someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
man, it bother me to give out iffy info. i'm gonna power up the daw and try right now. ..please hold.


wrong

well I was wrong
seems you have to save as then choose midi format 0, midi format 1, riff midi format 0. or finally riff midi format 1... not sure what the differences are.
sorry for the misinformation.
I have never exported midi before.

I just did the above. imported into new project and it worked.

MIDI type 0 = all data stored in 1 track
MIDI type 1 = each MIDI channels data is stored in a separate track with drums usually on Channel 10. this is the preferred method of saving.

If you have multiple clips in the track, first select the track and then choose Clips > Bounce To Clip(s) from the Track view menu (I'm assuming you're using X1, otherwise Bounce To Clip(s) is in the Edit menu.)

Then just drag and drop the MIDI clip to your Desktop or into a hard drive folder location in Windows Explorer.

SONAR automatically exports the clip to a MIDI file that way.

Scott

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Hmm no joy doing that.  I am using X1.  I select the track and indeed they are all highlighted across the single track.  I have about 5 lanes of midi clips, some looped, some step sequencer clips etc.  When I then select tracks/bounce to tracks, I get the error "the specified selection did not contain any audio data.  Please ensure that the selection contains the audio data you wish to bounce".  Well no, it's not audio I wish to bounce.  I could swear I've done this in the past before, bounced midi to a single track.  Is this a function that dropped with X1?  There are no equivalent items under the midi menu either.  File/export  midi groove clip is also disabled.  

I guess you would  highlight the midi track before saving then?  Will it then save only midi?  I'll give it a shot.

You can't bounce multiple MIDI tracks to one MIDI tracks. You can only do it on one track and use Bounce to Clip(s)... not Bounce to Track(s).

In your original post you said you were trying to export a single MIDI track.

Select the track, Bounce to Clip(s), drag and drop. That should do the trick...

Scott

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Yes I am indeed trying to export a single midi track.  When I select the track, and right-click, bounce to clips is greyed out, cannot select.  I've tried everything I can think of.

Anyway the other method posted here worked about 90%.  I saved the project as .mid.  A couple other tracks worth of info got included, and a couple  bars seem a bit out of whack but nothing I can't fix.

thanks
David J.

Hi - 

It works for me; X1 producer. 

Here is a little viddy:

http://www.screencast.com/users/kahlilg/folders/Jing/media/9e8fb08d-6ed7-4b1a-aa3a-0635eb605e47