Exporting specific MIDI tracks (+ tempo/conductor) to MIDI?

[MDesigner]

I can't figure out how to export a MIDI file, but only the tracks I select. If I have a template with 100+ tracks and a particular cue only uses 6 of them, I really wish I could just somehow select those 6 (plus the conductor track) and export those to a MIDI file. It seems the only thing I can do is manually delete dozens of tracks first, then export.

Is there a better way?

[MDesigner]

Ah! I was still searching through forum posts and hadn't found anything, but I just now did.

Looks like the easiest possible way is to select the desired tracks (or MIDI data), then choose Project > Sequences > Copy Selection to New Sequence.

[reedster]

Before Save As, try turning off play enable for the tracks you don't need.

[MDesigner]

Tried that, disabling MIDI tracks has no effect on what gets exported.

[reedster]

Works over here - are you using Save As or Export?

try Save As.

[MDesigner]

I did "Save Copy As" then chose MIDI format.

[reedster]

Save a Copy As works OK over here, too.

Are the MIDI tracks outputting to different channels ?

Not just different instruments, different channels.

[reedster]

Oh, I see better what it's doing - all MIDI tracks are exported but only the play enabled tracks have notes.

That won't help you much, sorry.

[MDesigner]

So, I load up a DP project. I disable all MIDI tracks except for two of them (harp and piano). I go to File > Save Copy As and choose MIDI format 1. That MIDI file has all the tracks (including note data), even the ones I disabled (by clicking the blue "play" triangle).

[Shooshie]

You used to be able to drag selected tracks to the finder. It would be a Standard MIDI File format. Don't know if it still will do that or not.

Also, you can drag selected tracks to the Chunks Window. I haven't tested these recently, as of DP 8.01, but I've used these methods many times, I suspect they still work.

Shooshie

[MDesigner]

You can CMD-drag tracks to the finder, but that results in a MIDI file with just the track. It also may not have the tempo/meter embedded. I'd need to dump 2 or more MIDI tracks to a single file.

I'll just keep using the method I discovered and mentioned above. It works!

[Shooshie]

I think if you select tracks, including the Conductor track, and drag them to the Chunks Window, you'll get what you're looking for. Have you tried that? I think you have to drag from the data side of the Tracks Overview Window. If that doesn't work, try the track name side. (not in DP at the moment, so I can't test it for you)

Shooshie

[reedster]

Try Export / Selection as MIDI file

Include Conductor track in the selection

[Shooshie]

Try Export / Selection as MIDI file

Include Conductor track in the selection

Yes, as with most things, DP offers you multiple paths to the destination!

shoosh

[MDesigner]

Aha! Even better. Thanks, I swore I looked at the Export menu, but not closely enough apparently.