Export SMF
Exporting in Standard MIDI File format (SMF) lets you send the finished composition or parts of it to a DAW or notation program. You have the option to export an arrangement as a whole, or only parts of it as outlined below.
Export Arrangement
Use to begin an export of the whole arrangement.
Export Container
Use to begin an export of the selected container.
Export Track
To export an entire track's worth of MIDI output, you can either drag & drop the phrase in the root container, or drag & drop from a Drone's user interface inside the DAW.
Export Phrase
Single phrases can be exported with drag & drop only. Your last used export settings will apply.
Settings
On the file dialog window that pops up, you can make a few settings to control what exactly is written to the exported file.
- Program Changes
- Add a MIDI program change messages to each track, if the sound has one.
- Controller Reset
- Add a message to reset all MIDI controllers to default values at the beginning of each track.
- Lead-in
- Insert a measure of pause at the beginning in order to leave sufficient room for MIDI controllers and program change messages to settle.
- General MIDI
- Use GM-compatible program change messages for each sound, corresponding to its Category.
- Optimize For Notation
- Quantize note positions and lengths and close small gaps between notes. This may improve import into a notation program.
- Global Key
- Estimate and write a single global key at the beginning, instead of writing multiple key changes to the file.
- Chords
- Export chord names as text elements.
- Container Structure
- Export container names as text elements.