Apple Logic Pro 8 - Manual (Page 634)

634 Chapter 29 Project and File Interchange
Note: As Standard MIDI file type 0 format files can only save one MIDI region, you must
also merge all MIDI regions into one if you want to export in file format 0. You can do
this by choosing Region > Merge > Regions.
7 Insert all instrument MIDI settings as events by choosing MIDI > Insert Instrument MIDI
settings as Events.
To save MIDI regions as a Standard MIDI file:
1 Select all of the required MIDI regions.
2 Choose File > Export > Selection as MIDI File (or use the Export Selection as MIDI File
key command, default: Command-E).
3 Choose the destination directory, enter the desired name, then click Save. The selected
MIDI regions are saved as a Format 1 MIDI file.
Note: Remember that most hardware sequencers can only read MS-DOS formatted
disks, so limit your file name to an 8.3 character name. As an example: “proj0001.MID”.
To save a MIDI region in file format 0:
m Enable the “‘Export MIDI File…’ saves single MIDI Regions as Format 0” checkbox in the
Project Handling tab of the Global preference pane (Logic Pro > Preferences > Global).
When this preference is turned on, choosing File > Export > Export Selection as MIDI
File when only one MIDI region is selected will automatically export the region as file
format 0 MIDI file.
Importing GarageBand Projects
You can open a GarageBand project in Logic Pro just as you would open a Logic Pro
project. The GarageBand project translates 1:1 into Logic Pro:
 Logic Pro will automatically create the required number, and type, of tracks to mirror
those used in the GarageBand project.
 The project uses the tempo of the GarageBand project.
 The initial key signature is set in accordance with the “project key” of the GarageBand
project.
 Software instrument parts will be played by GarageBand instruments in Logic Pro.
GarageBand instruments are automatically installed with Logic Pro. Further to this,
any mixing data and effects (plus their settings) used by software instruments or
Apple Loops-based tracks in GarageBand will also be imported into Logic Pro.
 The Channel Strip settings of GarageBand translate 1:1 into Logic Pro—with the nice
exception that you can now access the individual plug-ins that are inserted into a
GarageBand channel strip.
 The two bus effects of GarageBand (Reverb and Echo) are also translated when
opened in Logic Pro. They are replaced by the PlatinumVerb and Echo on busses 1
and 2.