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By Big Cat Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:45 am
I had a project studio set-up before Hurricane Katrina came thru (MPC 2000, Motif ES, & daw. Lost most of it, still have my MPC midi files on disk. I have a laptop setup w/ Sonar now and I'm trying to see if Sonar can read MPC midi files. Just bought a couple of sound libraries (Motif, Triton, Mo'Phatt, & Fantom) loaded on the laptop w/ reason 3.0. My goal is to open midi files in Sonar and rewie tracks thru Reason 3 to use the sound libraries. Is anyone doing this or something similar. Can it be done? Any help provided is appreciated.

By cashstill Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:04 am
What up mayne, I am reppin the N.O. to ya heard me.

But Midi files are standard files that can be open on a Computer, Keyboard, or Beat Machine, or even Software (that supports it)

If you made yo songz on the MPC then i am assuming that you Sequence them with the MPC Sequencer.

And that means that the answer would be NO, if you are trying to load sequences off the MPC to Sonar or Reason.

I don't rock with Sonar but if it supports Rewire then yep you can use it with Reason.

Maybe somebody else can tell you where they got a free video on the topic.

NOTE: I Rewire Reason with Cubase all the time, takes a second to get familar with but shit works hot! Reason is only a Sound Module in my studio
(i don't sequence with Reason, i sequence on the MPC)

Be sure to peep out my website sometime, you might find some additional information on Video to point you in the right direction.
By mpc_playa Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:44 am
Depends on how you save the files. IF you saved them as a standard midi file you should be able to load them. If you saved them as a SEQ file or ALL file (MPC proprietary files) it probably won't work.

_playa
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By Lampdog Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:23 am
mpc can create standard midi files.
yes you can open an mpc .MID file on computer.

http://www.midisite.com/info/info2.htm
"The MIDI file, itself, is often referred to as a Standard MIDI File - or SMF. A MIDI generally can come in two varieties, a type 1 and a type 0. The above example is a type 1, where the tracks can be viewed separately. Type 0 combines all tracks into one, retaining the channel call-outs, even the same descriptive info, above, but just all crammed into the first track - track 0. Any sequencer should be able to trivially and instantly convert between the two."