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Project and File Interchange
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Click the Settings button in the Arrange Toolbar, then choose Assets from the menu.
Working With Standard MIDI Files
Standard MIDI files are not specific to a particular sequencing program, hardware
sequencer, or type of computer. They contain the following information:
 MIDI events, including time positions and channel assignments
 Names of the individual tracks
 Names and positions of markers
 Tempo changes
 Copyright marks
Logic Pro allows you to import, open, and export Standard MIDI file formats 0 and 1:
 Format 0 contains all data in one track.
 Format 1 can contain multiple tracks, each with independent data.
Neither format recognizes any division of a track (into several MIDI regions, for
example).
Opening and Importing Standard MIDI Files
An import only loads MIDI region data (notes, controller, SysEx, pitchbend, specific meta
events) into an opened project, with global data (such as tempo events, signatures,
chords, track names, SMPTE start, and so on) being ignored.
Important:
If you want to load all information contained in a MIDI file, you must open
it.
To import a MIDI file at the playhead position, do one of the following:
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Choose File > Import from the main menu bar (or use the Import key command), then
select the desired MIDI file in the ensuing file selector box.
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Locate and select the MIDI file in the Browser, then click the Import button.
The MIDI file is placed at the playhead position, rounded to bars.
To import a MIDI file at the mouse position:
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Drag the desired MIDI file from the Browser or Finder into the Arrange area.
The mouse position—when the mouse button is released—determines the position
(rounded to the nearest bar) and destination of the first track in the imported file.
To open a MIDI file:
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Choose File > Open from the main menu bar (or use the Open key command), then
select the desired MIDI file in the ensuing file selector box.
Note: If you choose the MIDI files option in the File Type menu, only MIDI files will be
displayed in the file selector box.