Import midi to FL Studio

[Plastelina]

Hi,

I have got some bass lines in a standard midi file from Twiddly Bits which I want to use in FL Studio 5. These are bass and drum tracks. If I import these files I only seem to get plugins inside FL. I want instead to choose Majestic and BFD. I can't figure this out - I have started with opening Majestic inside FL, and then imported the smf, just to see that FL choses its own bass program (or what it is). The same is the case with the drums. How do I get it right?

Martin

[One]

Import your midi file and the copy the notes in the piano roll. Then paste them into the piano roll for the plug in you want to use. I use this technique for drums all of the time. I would the delete the original midi file as they seem to lock fruitys tempo to whatever the midi file was set at.

[Hink]

Import your midi file and the copy the notes in the piano roll. Then paste them into the piano roll for the plug in you want to use. I use this technique for drums all of the time. I would the delete the original midi file as they seem to lock fruitys tempo to whatever the midi file was set at.

actually when you import a midi it automatically assigns midi outs for each track. So all you have to do is set the port numbers (and the proper channel) for plugins you want to use (open them and assign the port number), or perhaps a gm bank.

[imekon]

I assign a VSTi then import the midi file via the piano roll (it's on the piano roll's File menu). There you get to select individual tracks etc.

Doesn't work so well for drums that use the GM set and VSTi that doesn't, though.

[Plastelina]

But how do you get it to play the whole pattern? If I choose Albino as the VST and import a pattern playing say C - C - E - F, then I only hear Albino play when I check at least one of the 16 buttons next to Albino (this is the standard window in FL where you start with Kick, Hihat, Clap and a fourth thing). Now, playing when activating the first of the 16, I only hear the first C. Activating all 16, I hear 16 triggerings of the first C - How do I get the FL to play the whole pattern C - C - E - F - is there a command somewhere I need to activte, and if, how??

[Hink]

But how do you get it to play the whole pattern? If I choose Albino as the VST and import a pattern playing say C - C - E - F, then I only hear Albino play when I check at least one of the 16 buttons next to Albino (this is the standard window in FL where you start with Kick, Hihat, Clap and a fourth thing). Now, playing when activating the first of the 16, I only hear the first C. Activating all 16, I hear 16 triggerings of the first C - How do I get the FL to play the whole pattern C - C - E - F - is there a command somewhere I need to activte, and if, how??

Import midi files, go channels> add one>albino set the port number on the midi out (the one with your c-c-e-f progresion) to the same number you choose on the Albino, set the channel to one on the midi out and you should be done. If you want Albino you may have to open several instances, if it's multi timbral and can recieve info on more then one channel the you just open one instance then assign each midi out by channel keeping the prot the same. (sorry I'm not that familiar with Albino) This is the same method you would use for a sound canvas, LSD, or any other GM bank.

[SecondSkin]

The problem with Twiddly Bits (and other midi file libraries) is that the files are shipped as "songs" with many tracks (usually 16) of 1-4 measures each. Typically all 16 tracks are meant to play the same instrument (in this case bass, I assume).

Of course, when you import them into FLS you can use the drop-down menu to choose which track, but this is slow and cumbersome. I would recommend that you import the entire file into a blank FLS song (give the song the same name as the midi file) and then "export project bones" (I keep a special set of folders to export in to). Then open the song you want to work on and use the FLS browser to import score files from the project bones directory. With your midi files prepared this way, you can sim;y drop the scores on the instrument of your choice.

edit: in re-reading his original post, he is using the "import midi file" dialog in the "file" menu. Instead of that, open the piano roll of the instrument you want to use (Majestic) and hit ctrl-m -- which will open a wizard to import a single midi track into the piano roll. Alternatively, you can do as stated above.