Hello all,
I frequently have to export midi files and tempo maps from Cubase for import into other daws.
Cubase 13 with not read tempo information from midi files nor will it include tempo information for import into other daws.
The process I use is the same one I have used for thousands of songs for many years and still works perfectly in Cubase 12.
Cubase 13 does not work the same way.
Anyone else experience this?
Seems like a pretty major bug.
Hi,
Do you create a new project, when you import the MIDI File or do you import it to already existing Cubase project, please?
If you import it to already existing project, make sure, the Ignore Master Track Events on Merge option is disabled in the Preferences > MIDI > MIDI File, please.
I always create a new project.
Hi,
Could you please attach a screenshot of your Preferences > MIDI > MIDI File window?
I think this is not about Cubase’s MIDI import but rather the export.
I don’t think it has to do with the export as I have been receiving midi files
the same way for years and only with the last couple of cubase versions has this been an issue.
Hi,
Have you tried to import back to Cubase? Do you get the tempo, if you import it back to Cubase (a new project)?
Could the issue be in the other DAW?
I’ve run some tests with Cubase 14 and so far, I can’t reproduce this.
Tempo tracks are faithfully imported/exported for me. I’ve checked with the old Yamaha XG Works Sequencer, Bidule, and Dorico 5.
One thing to be careful of is that if you import MIDI into an existing Cubase project, it will overwrite the exiting tempo track with whatever is in the imported MIDI file. I think this is normal. So, if you want to bring MIDI into an existing project and not have it affect the tempo track, it’s probably easiest to bring it in as a new project first, and copy/paste tracks to the other project. OR, import to cursor, and have that set way off towards the end of the project (after your exiting material), move it where you need it, and clear out any extraneous tempo track data. OR, as Martin suggests, Tick this before importing…
I DO find a number is issues with MIDI IMPORT/EXPORT in Cubase 14 though.
When exporting like this:
The initial Volume and Pan information from the MIDI track(s) Inspector(s) are NOT being exported. I’m only getting the Bank/Program Change stuff.
Bass Track to Export in Cubase
Notice I have a Volume Fader (CC7) set at 100, and a Pan (CC10) setting of 19 via the inspector.
Bass track Imported back into Cubase 14
Notice the Initial Track Inspector “Volume (CC7) and Pan (CC11)” information is lost…
Bass Track in XG Works
Notice that the bank/patch info setup with my “MIDI Device” patch list exports as expected, but the initial CC7 and CC10 values established in the Track Inspector are missing.
On MIDI import I’ve run into several issues that I’ve reported here:
[Cubase 14] Issue with Standard MIDI File Import - Cubase - Steinberg Forums
Hi,
I seem to have a similar problem. I’ve opened a project I made in C12 in C13. In C12 I could send MIDI tempo to my Kemper Profiler. The same project in C13 doesn’t send tempo. Everything else is the same. When I open the project in C12, it no longer sends MIDI. Granted, I have a new Mac since I last opened the project, but everything else seems to work. I can send MIDI tempo from the Project Synchronization setup, but not from the MIDI file. Patch changes etc are sent fine.
Hi,
Did you open the Cubase project (*.cpr) file, or did you import a MIDI file?
Do you see the Tempo map either in the Tempo Track or in the Tempo Editor Ctrl/Cmd + T?
So does it work in C12 or not?
How can you send a tempo from here?
I opened the .cpr file.
Tempo track is fine, but I need to access the tempo information contained in the MIDI file itself.
It does not work in C12 anymore. It seems something has changed in the Kemper, as it doesn’t recognize the information contained in the old MIDI files when sent from Qlab either, although I can see the tempo information in the MIDI file there.
Sending tempo from Project Synchronization setup is fairly straightforward.
Transport menu - Project Synchronization setup - Destinations and then choose my Profiler or MIDI interface.
Hi,
What do you mean by this? If you opened the *.cpr file, there is no MIDI file involved.
There is no Tempo in the Project Synchronization Setup > Destinations.
- Let’s assume there are MIDI tracks in the .cpr-file. These contain tempo information that I’ve previously sent to my Kemper.
- There is MIDI clock. Let’s assume that sends tempo information.
Hi,
MIDI Tracks don’t contain any Tempo information at all.
MIDI Clock doesn’t send any Tempo information.
Midi clock is a syncronisation feature, not sending musical tempo, bpm, information.
Jon