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- Fri Sep 08, 2017 8:27 am
- Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
- Topic: converting DP3 MIDI files to DP7
- Replies: 14
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Re: converting DP3 MIDI files to DP7
Good news. Bad news. I got the files to convert (good), but I'm not sure what I did (bad). . . . Opened them in DP3.1.1 on my old Mac (OS 9.2.1), then saved each as a standard MIDI file, and typed in .mid at the end of the name. Now they open as smf's. I wish I knew why it worked today and not yeste...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:32 pm
- Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
- Topic: converting DP3 MIDI files to DP7
- Replies: 14
- Views: 992
Re: converting DP3 MIDI files to DP7
The computer is OS 9.2.1 The version of DP is 3.1.1. Get Info didn't reveal any extensions. I tried a save as: standard MIDI format. It still doesn't open in DP 7. There may be a secret handshake or magical password that I can't discern. . . . It makes composing fugues seem a simple task in comparis...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:23 pm
- Forum: Digital Performer [MacOS]: Troubleshooting/Criticism
- Topic: converting DP3 MIDI files to DP7
- Replies: 14
- Views: 992
converting DP3 MIDI files to DP7
I've been trying unsuccessfully to convert some elderly MIDI files created in DP3 on an old Mac running OS 9 to DP7 on a MacPro running OS 10.6.8. I changed the ext to .smf - didn't work, to .mid - didn't work, to .MID didn't work, and to .dpdoc and none of them would open in DP7. Any and all advice...