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File handling
Support for the Yamaha XF data format
Cubase supports the Yamaha XF format. XF is an exten-
sion of the standard MIDI file format that allows you to
save song-specific data with a MIDI file of type 0.
When importing a MIDI file containing XF data, this data is
placed in parts on separate tracks called “XF Data”, “Chord
Data”, or “SysEx Data”. You can edit such a part in the List
Editor (e.
g. to add or change lyrics).
Cubase can also export XF data as part of a MIDI file of
type 0. If you do not want to export the XF data together
with the MIDI data, mute or delete the tracks containing
the XF data.
Exporting and importing MIDI loops
Cubase allows you to import MIDI loops (file extension
“.midiloop”) and to save instrument parts as MIDI loops.
MIDI loops are handy, as they contain not only MIDI notes
and controllers, but also the associated VST instrument
and instrument track preset settings.
How to import and export MIDI loops is described in detail
in the chapter “VST instruments and instrument tracks” on
page 145.
Import
dropped File
as single Part
If this is activated and you drag and drop a MIDI file into
the project, the whole file will be placed on a single track.
Ignore Master
Track Events
on Merge
If this is activated and you import a MIDI file into the cur-
rent project, tempo track data in the MIDI file are ignored.
The imported MIDI file will play according to the current
tempo track in the project.
If this option is deactivated, the Tempo Track Editor will
be adjusted according to the tempo information in the
MIDI file.
Auto Dissolve
Format
0
If this is activated and you import a MIDI file of type 0 into
the project, the file will automatically be “dissolved”: For
each embedded MIDI channel in the file, a separate track
will be inserted in the Project window.
If this is deactivated, only one MIDI track will be created.
This track will be set to MIDI Channel “Any”, allowing all
MIDI events to play back on their original channels. You
can also use the “Dissolve Part” function on the MIDI
menu to distribute the events onto different tracks with
different MIDI Channels at a later stage.
Destination Here, you can specify what happens when you drag a
MIDI file into the project:
- If you select the “MIDI Tracks” option, MIDI tracks are
created for the imported file.
- If you select the “Instrument Tracks” option, instrument
tracks are created for each MIDI channel in the MIDI file.
Furthermore, the program automatically loads appropriate
presets.
- If you select the “HALion Sonic SE multi-timbral” option,
several MIDI tracks are created, each routed to a sepa
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rate instance of HALion Sonic SE in the VST Instruments
window and the appropriate presets are loaded.
Note that in Cubase LE, this is automatically set to “MIDI
Tracks” and the other options are not available.
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Do not change the order of events within the XF data
or the event data itself, unless you have a lot of expe
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rience with XF data.
Option Description