If you want to preserve the tempo and other stuff within the midi file, you have to open the file, not import it. Jean Visitez mon site / Visit my site at http://www.studiomontebello.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Schucker" <gwynn@xxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Bringing pre-existing midi files into Sonar. > If I do it that way, the tempo gets set to 100 or whatever Sonar > defaults to, and the first midi track loses its name, bank, patch, and > channel info. I think the only thing I didn't do in your steps was hit > w and go to bar 2. Otherwise, that's pretty much what I did, and that's > what happened. > > If there's a way to import midi and actually preserve all the info, > which is what happens when you open a midi, I'd be happy to hear about > it. I don't think I saw any options in the import dialogue about > preserving tempo and such though. > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq