Using MIDI imported from Sibelius

Cubase
#1

Hi All,

I prefer to notate MIDI in Sibelius and then import it into Cubase.

However, I’m finding that each time I edit in Sibelius and then re-import into Cubase, it creates a new VST Instrument for the newly imported tracks instead of deleting or overriding the old ones.

So, in the VST instruments folder at the left, I end up with Halion Sonic SE, Halion Sonic SE (2), Halion Sonic SE (3), etc… for each time I’ve made an edit and re-imported.

Cubase only ever uses the most recent, but it won’t let me delete the old ones. If I right-click the track to “Remove This Track”, that option doesn’t appear for the VST Instruments track.

It’s probably something really obvious that I just haven’t seen yet.

If anyone has an ideas that’d be most helpful :slight_smile:

#2

bump

#3

Go to Preferences/ MIDI/ … somewhere there are some file import options. Use the help window there to learn which one you want.

Como

#4

Page 528 operations manual has the instructions and options spelled out. It is well hidden under the heading “Importing MIDI Files” Who would think to look there?

#5

Yep as he said ^ - Preferences / MIDI / MIDI File

at the bottom in the ‘Destination’ dropdown menu

#6

You could have used the fancy “qoute” button and added a simple +1 to pad the post count!

#7

I got to learn from JM and stop giving veggies when I should give seeds.

Como

#8

To be fair, it isn’t always easy to find something in the operations manual or any manual for that matter. However, it is obvious that it never even occurs to a lot of people to try. I’m one of those that thinks that a complete read of all provided documentation is a prerequisite to using almost anything. Even if I don’t understand a lot of it or sometimes even if I don’t think “I’m going to use this part”. Invariably, I find some nugget that I can use. Also, when I’m trying to find an answer that doesn’t have an obvious header like “Import MIDI files”, I have that niggle in the back of my head that says “I’ve read that somewhere”.

#9

Thanks for your replies everyone.

The manual explains how to customise the imported MIDI file, and the Preferences > MIDI file > Destination tells it what to import as, but there still remains the problem of removing unused VST instruments that have already set themselves up as a result of previously imported MIDI. Basically, each time I import after editing in Sibelius, it creates a new VST instrument instead of just using the old one that’s already been set up.

#10

I recommend that, instead, you first create the Instrument track manually, then Import with Destination as “MIDI Tracks”, then drag the imported MIDI Part over to the Instrument track.

#11

Thanks Vic,

Using instrument tracks definitely seems the way forward when using imported MIDI

#12

errm :confused: didn’t I suggest the exact opposite?.. Import as MIDI tracks, then drag the imported Parts to the desired track (whether a MIDI track or an Instrument track).

#13

Instrument tracks can only use one stereo output. MIIDI tracks can use more than this - if your instrument is mutlitimbral - Halion Sonic SE is. This means with a little adjustment you can use the same instrument instance to play back differnt tracks