MIDI/Guitar Pro/Sonar woes

[NoSoup4you22]

I've seen it mentioned a few times, but never with a definitive answer... There's just a lot of general weirdness when importing Guitar Pro-created MIDIs into Sonar. Not sure about other DAWs. I'm tracking keyboards with Absynth 5, using the MIDIs as a reference, and my fucking settings keep getting changed when I play back certain parts! Usually the volume/panning in Absynth... And in Kontakt, when the piano comes in it resets the "chord" knob on the earlier choirs (different channel), making them play garbage. The parts I record in Sonar are fine, but the reference MIDIs are not. I've already deleted all non-note events on those tracks and it keeps happening. I can't even find the settings that are being changed sometimes. Between that and the stuck keys/vibratos when stopping playback.... I'm going nuts here.

 

[jamvanman]

If I understand your problem correctly, there was a post on this over at the Sonar forum a couple of days ago. Sorry I can't find it now, but it had to do with some setting that needed to be changed in Sonar.

By the way, I take it you are another Seinfeld fan!

 

[NoSoup4you22]

Haha yes, definitely one of my favorite shows. For now I've just deleted the imported MIDIs and am replaying/reprogramming the parts in Sonar... If there's an easier way I'd love to know! I could never use the piano roll as fast as Guitar Pro.

 

[guitarguru777]

Guitar Pro embeds CC commands into the Midi File. What happens is if you choose a sound in Absynth, as soon as you start to play the file the Midi file sends a CC command to change it to whatever program number you programmed it in within Guitar Pro .....

Best solution.... Dont use a pice of trash like Guitar pro to write MIDI. Do it on the Piano Roll in Sonar.

 

[Ascendant]

^ +1

Same thing happens in Reaper, importing midi that has been written in Guitar Pro is hell when you want to use it with at least a half decent VSTi.

 

[NoSoup4you22]

Right, right. I think I got all the commands deleted now... Just needed to open the event manager and hide all note, aftertouch and pitch wheel events - and important - "show cropped." Then delete everything you see.

Guitar Pro is a sloppily coded and generally kinda shitty program, but the actual interface for entering data is unmatched in my experience. I can do ok with Sonar's step recording and a midi keyboard, but it's not good for rhythmically complex parts.