DP importing tempo from midi file

[sorceron]

Can anyone tell me how to make the conductor track follow the tempo of an imported midi track? i did the tracking in pro tools and i cant figure out how to get DP to follow these tempo changes without having to plug them all in manually. this is probably a stupid question but i couldnt find it in the manual. plus i hate manuals.

thanks

 

[006]

It should have imported with the tempo basically "branded" into it. Otherwise I have no clue. I'm sure James Murphy or Kazrog could help, they are DP freaks, I've only recently made the switch to it from PT a couple of months ago. Sorry

~006

 

[sorceron]

yea i thought that would do the trick too but i guess not. unless im doing it wrong. ive had DP for a while i just suck at it because i use it the least usually using logic and pro tools. i want to start using DP more but its little things like this that usually stop me though im sure theres a simple answer.

 

[Kazrog]

You need to make sure that your PT session has the tempo established at the first measure as a tempo change. Then you should just be able to drag and drop the MIDI straight on to DP's conductor track and it should instantly adjust the song accordingly.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

If that doesn't work, drag the midi file from the Finder into the chunks window, this will create a new sequence with just your midi file, then copy the content of this sequence's conductor track into your other sequence's conductor (the one with the audio).

 

[sorceron]

If that doesn't work, drag the midi file from the Finder into the chunks window, this will create a new sequence with just your midi file, then copy the content of this sequence's conductor track into your other sequence's conductor (the one with the audio).

good idea i should have thought about that

 

[Kazrog]

If that doesn't work, drag the midi file from the Finder into the chunks window, this will create a new sequence with just your midi file, then copy the content of this sequence's conductor track into your other sequence's conductor (the one with the audio).

All these years and I didn't know that. I've been using Performer since the days when it just did MIDI and not digital audio.

 

[cobhc]

sorry to hi-jack the thread, but i've never been able to do this in PT either, which is why i always used cubase to track guitars instead.

 

[Andy Sneap]

its easy in pro tools, just create a midi track in cubase, sometimes you need to put a single not in,and export as a midi file. then when you import midi file into pro tools, select import tempo.

 

[sorceron]

yea works great in pt

 

[Kazrog]

I'll add that any of you with DP questions should also check out the Unicornation forums:

http://www.unicornation.com/

I'm a semi-regular over there as is James. It's a great forum, lots of info worth searching.

 

[Brett - K A L I S I A]

True, I'm there as well but anonymously