Operation Manual

SONG FILE HANDLING
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Importing and exporting Standard MIDI Files
Reason can import and export Standard MIDI Files (SMF). This allows you to transfer MIDI data between Reason and
other applications.
Importing Standard MIDI Files
To import a Standard MIDI File to the Reason sequencer, follow these steps:
1. Create a new, empty Song document.
2. Select “Import MIDI FIle...” from the File menu.
The standard file browser appears.
3. Select a Standard MIDI File (.mid) in the browser and click “Open”.
A number of new tracks are created in the Reason sequencer. The tracks will have their original name, with their
original MIDI channel added. Each track will be assigned an empty Combinator device. You can then load a Combi
Patch, or replace the Combinator with another device, to be able to play back the imported MIDI file.
• The Note events in the MIDI file will be imported into one or several Note Clips on a Note Lane on each Track.
• If the imported MIDI file is a Type 1 MIDI file, there will be one sequencer track for each track in the MIDI file.
• If the imported MIDI file is a Type 0 MIDI file (that is, it contains one track with MIDI events on multiple chan-
nels), there will be one sequencer track for each used MIDI channel.
• The Tempo setting, any Tempo Automation and any Time Signature automation in the MIDI file will be recog-
nized.
• All controller data in the MIDI file is included.
This means that standard performance controllers (Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel etc.) are preserved properly and will be
included in the note clip, just as when recording in Reason. If there are separate MIDI Controllers in the imported
MIDI file, these will be imported to separate Automation Lanes on the Instrument Tracks. There is a chance that
some controller data may be imported to alien clips, due to different interpretations of a controller by a device in
the rack and the MIDI instrument used to create the MIDI file (see “About alien clips”).
Green frames will appear for automated parameters on the Combinator device panels. This helps you locate any unwanted
controller automation.