Tracktion5: How to export tempo and time signature as a midi file?

[Ykar6370]

Hi there.

I write progressive music with many variations in tempo and time signature.

One of my friend does the same, but he works with an other DAW (Cubase, I think). Few months ago, he sent me a musical project I had to sing on. One of the files he sent was a MIDI FILE I didn't expect. He told me I just had to import it in a T5 project to get the whole stuff he made on tempo and time signature. I did so, and got exactly what he discribed.

Today, I need to send one of my projects to another musician, and would like to do the same, so that he can work with the various tempi I choosed on this song.

Could somebody tell me if T5 can do the same operation than the one I described up there, and how to manage to get the same result?

Any help would be really appreciated.

[chico.co.uk]

Have an edit with a midi track on it.

Export, render to a file, change the format to "MIDI file", turn off "pass through plugins", it'll export what you want.

Tracktion 7 is free now, by the way.

[Ykar6370]

Great! I got exactly what I expected

I could add that it isn't necessary to have a whole midi track in the edit (in case you have to share only audio projects with somebody, without any midi datas or VstI). I tried with a new track, creating a midi container in it, and simply adding a single point anywhere with the pen tool. It allowed me to export a midi file with time signature and tempo.

Chico, you are my good genius. Never found this in any tutorial or user manual, and gods know how much time I spent on this question.

Thank you very much

[gguevara1]

Have an edit with a midi track on it.

Export, render to a file, change the format to "MIDI file", turn off "pass through plugins", it'll export what you want.

Hello,

Sorry, I am a bit new to Tracktion (Waveform 11). I do not see this topic about exporting the Tempo Track/Map (and Signatures) in the user manual. I know how to insert tempo and signature changes. But can you please give a little more detail on how to export all the tempo and signature changes.

For example, are you converting the Tempo Track into a new track (midi), or creating a new track first - then copying/dragging the Tempo Track into this new track? Once this new "tempo" track is created, do you just export it as a separate midi file? A little more detail would help a lot, because the workflow in Tracktion can sometimes be a completely different concept/approach than how other DAWs typically do things.

Thanks,
ggee

[Ykar6370]

Merging our two posts should give you the answer:

1/ Open a new track in your current project.
2/ Insert or create an empty midi container in it (I use to give it a length that covers the whole song... don't know if it's important or not).
3/ Just draw or insert there a single point, anywhere.
4/ Export this track as a midi file (I don't know whether the export pop-up in Waveform allows you to "pass through plugins" like T5 does or not), and you'll get a midi file that includes all tempos and signatures changes, to be used (after a new import) in any other project of any DAW.

Hope this helps.