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labman
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older .MID files

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I have a bunch of very old PC .MID files. And I can't get them into DP 9.02. (tried import smf as seq, dragging into TO window, and LOAD command. They just dont show up. I seem to recall ages ago MOTU gave us a utility like a MIDI file converter. Was it used to change older files to something DP could read?

Any suggestions for opening these?
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Re: older .MID files

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Are you on Mac or PC? If Mac, what happens if you try to open them in QuickTime 7.6.6?
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Re: older .MID files

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Hey there Mike. On Macs. DP will read them if I change to all lowercase mid. Weird.
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Re: older .MID files

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You might also try dragging to the chunks window as opposed to the TO. That usually works for me. And the lower case extension thing worked for me with audio files (can't recall if it was mp3, wav or aif).
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Re: older .MID files

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Thanks Stubbs. Didn't think to drag to chunks.
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Re: older .MID files

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stubbsonic wrote:...And the lower case extension thing worked for me with audio files (can't recall if it was mp3, wav or aif).
Yea. Old issue that causes grief if you don't know to look for it.

There are a number of extension issues with old files. My fave with old files is the double a lå xxx.mid.mid etc. Most can be fixed with equal parts frustration and research.
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