MIDI export: what you get
- Check tempo, meter, tracks and piece boundaries.
- Check Mute and Solo: they also affect export.
- If sections must repeat in the exported form, arrange those blocks on the timeline.
- Press MIDI in the project group.
- Open the file in the destination application and check tracks, duration and sounds.
Export produces a multitrack MIDI file with project tempo, meter and separate parts. Blocks become notes according to their positions, internal repeats and transpositions. Piece boundaries crop the material; the selected piece start becomes the start of the file.
| Included in MIDI | Not retained as an editable project |
|---|---|
| Notes, durations, velocities and timing | Source modules’ complete controls and state |
| Named tracks, tempo, meter and instrument programs | Zoom and viewport position; complete source-module data |
| Repeats represented by arranged blocks | Automatic expansion of multiloop sections |
| Percussion on MIDI channel 10 | Embedded audio samples or SoundFonts |
Why it may sound different elsewhere
MIDI describes a performance; it is not an audio recording of the DAW. The destination application chooses its own sounds. Even with General MIDI programs, samples, dynamics and effects may differ.
Drum kits remain associated with blocks in the IntervalsMaster project, but the MIDI file does not embed the audio banks. Percussion uses General MIDI channel 10; the external player determines the sound.
Save the project first. MIDI is useful for continuing production elsewhere. It does not replace the project save needed to return from blocks to their source modules.