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313Logic Pro User Guide
Open a MIDI file
1. In Logic Pro, choose File > Open (or use the corresponding key command), then select
a MIDI file in the dialog that appears.
2. If a project is loaded, a dialog asks if you want to create a new environment or copy the
current environment for the MIDI file. Do one of the following:
• To replicate the existing environment: Click Copy. The tracks of the MIDI file are
automatically assigned to suitable instruments.
• To load the environment of the default project template: Click New.
The MIDI file is loaded as a new project that contains all MIDI events—inclusive of time
positions and channel assignments, names of individual tracks, names and positions of
markers, tempo changes, and copyright marks. The copyright mark is read as marker text.
As a default behavior, Logic Pro automatically creates software instrument tracks for each
MIDI track, and assigns an appropriate GarageBand instrument to each, when you open a
MIDI file. If you want to use external MIDI tracks for each MIDI track, press Option while
opening the MIDI file.
Prepare all MIDI regions for a Standard MIDI file export
1. In Logic Pro, select all MIDI regions by choosing Edit > Select All (or press Command-A).
2. Normalize all playback parameters by Control-clicking a MIDI region, then choosing
MIDI > Normalize Region Parameters from the shortcut menu.
3. Convert all playback quantization by choosing Functions > MIDI Region Parameters >
Apply Quantization Permanently.
4. Convert all aliases into real copies by choosing Functions > Region Alias > Convert Alias
to a Copy.
5. Convert all MIDI regions on each track into a continuous MIDI region by choosing Edit >
Join > Regions per Tracks.
Note: Because Standard MIDI file type 0 format files can only save one MIDI region, you
must also merge all MIDI regions into one if you want to export in file format 0. You can
do this by choosing Edit > Join > Regions.
6. Insert all instrument MIDI settings as events by choosing Functions > Insert Instrument
MIDI settings as Events.
Save MIDI regions as a Standard MIDI file
1. In Logic Pro, select all of the MIDI regions you want to save.
2. Choose File > Export > Selection as MIDI File.
3. Choose the destination directory, enter a name, then click Save. The selected MIDI
regions are saved as a Format 1 MIDI file.
Note: Remember that most hardware sequencers can only read MS-DOS formatted disks,
so limit your filename to an 8.3 character name; for example, “proj0001.MID.”
Save a MIDI region in file format 0
1. In Logic Pro, select the “‘Export MIDI File…’ saves single MIDI Regions as Format 0”
checkbox in the Logic Pro > Preferences > General > Project Handling pane.
2. Select a MIDI region, then choose File > Export > Selection as MIDI File.