Sampletank 4 - MIDI Import?

[DRBoyce@protonmail.com]

Like many, I'm looking forward to the upgrade to 4. I wondering if there is any word on whether SampleTank 4 will be opening up to include the ability to import and play standard MIDI files from within the internal player?

DanRB

[Ryan_IK]

Hello,

Thanks for your post!

Any MIDI files you wish to use in SampleTank 4 can be added to the DISK PATH under the PATTERNS folder. Once added here, these should appear in the Phraser (Patterns) section of SampleTank 4.

[musicalgym]

Do the user midi files put into the Patterns folder need to fit a certain spec?
I put a bunch in, and small part of filename shows up, but they do not play.

[Ryan_IK]

Check your MIDI file Types. Type 0 MIDI files should load okay, Type 1 MIDI files may not appear if they have multiple MIDI tracks. The team is currently looking into this behavior with MIDI Type 1 files. They are currently not fully supported.

[musicalgym]

Thanks, I was thinking somewhat along those lines.
Is there a maximum number of bars for file, or will it truncate longer bits to max length?

[Ryan_IK]

Thanks, I was thinking somewhat along those lines.
Is there a maximum number of bars for file, or will it truncate longer bits to max length?

I believe it's not the length of the file, but the fact that MIDI Type 1 files can contain multiple tracks with different MIDI clips inside of them. A Type 0 file will have only one track.

[musicalgym]

Understood.
I doubt that it can handle a very long track,
Would be nice to know what the limit may be.

[krsnasevananda]

I tried following the instructions for importing a midi file from logic pro x into the pattern browser but it doesn't show up. Logic exports type 0 and type 1 files. This had no parts so I think it was a type 0. I included 100bpm and 16bar in the file name and imitated as best I could the way the other midi files in the pattern folder were labeled. Any suggestions?

[topaz1]

With some limited testing here the file needs something like 100bpm_8bar at the end to work.

ie: Test 100bpm_8bar

Sampletank should be reading the info from the file but I guess it's not.