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creating midi tempo maps

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Posted August 27, 2009 at 20:45 #1891387

george gill
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i use cubase 4 on pc. im recording drums where i mic the cymbals, but trigger the kick snare and toms. those triggered tracks, i want to use in superior drummer for sound replacement.
now in cubase 4 i export the triggered tracks sepreatly, to then import into drumtracker to convert into midi. i convert as midi 0 so all tracks are in 1 midi file. now back in cubase 4 there are lots of tempo and time sig variations. if i just convert the tracks to midi then import that midi track back into cubase, the midi file is out of sync with the rest of the audio tracks.

now cubase has whats called tempo track. where you can export your entire sessions tempo map into a single file. problem is that drumtracker will not recognize this.

so what do i do. drumtracker requires a midi tempo track. what is that?
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Replied August 30, 2009 at 02:24 #1929252

Scott
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Hi George.

I’ll take a look into this soon. I’m in the middle of mixing some songs and there’s a deadline. I’ve been in my studio non-stop over the past few days. Just wanted to let you know I’m not ignoring your post and that I’ll get on it ASAP.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
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Replied September 2, 2009 at 02:06 #1929278

Scott
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Ok.

I think I may have an idea for you but I’ve yet to check to see if this works or not.

A MIDI file exported from Cubase will have the tempo map included if you use the ‘Merge MIDI in Loop function’ on a MIDI track in your project.

So, create a single MIDI track in your Cubase project and create a single measure and apply a hit every quarter note (you can use a LM-7 with a Claves sound or whatever), Then copy that measure ([Alt]/[Option] + [Shift] and drag) to the end of your song. This should provide a click that follows your tempo map in your project.

Set the left/right locators to encompass the whole project and select ‘Merge MIDI in Loop’ from the MIDI menu. This will merge the tempo track onto a new track that will combine the MIDI and tempo info.

You can then export this MIDI track as you normally would and import it into Drumtracker under the ‘Convert’ dialog menu.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
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