Export MIDI File not exporting the whole song

Loka_senna · Post by **Loka_senna** » Fri Jul 04, 2014 11:55 pm

I've never used the MIDI export feature before, so I can't say if this is new with 3.6 or not. Anyway...

My exported MIDI files have some sections blank (looks like one full rep of a part each time) and don't actually render the entire song - I'm working on a four minute project and the MIDI file only has the first minute or so.

Project: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/723 ... 0Wings.j2d

MIDI: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/723 ... 0Wings.mid

I had the same thing happen with a completely different project last night as well. Re-rendering gives the exact same length and missing sections.

I'm running Windows 8 x64, Reaper 4.62 x64, Jamstix 3.6 x32 if it's of use.

Cheers.

Azimuth (Archive) · Post by **Azimuth (Archive)** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:50 am

Hi Loka_senna,

Did you try dragging and dropping the JS song to a track in Reaper? That's what I do and it works perfectly. I've never used the export in JS either.

Loka_senna · Post by **Loka_senna** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:27 pm

I've actually never been able to drag/drop from Jamstix, over a few different OS/DAW/JS setups. No idea why.

Azimuth (Archive) · Post by **Azimuth (Archive)** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:07 pm

Hi Loka_senna,

Drag & drop was just reintroduced in v.3.6 so that might be part of the reason it didn't work for you before. Ctrl+left drag the song title (or song part) to your track in Reaper should work. If not, it's time for Ralph.

Loka_senna · Post by **Loka_senna** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 12:38 am

Good to know. I didn't even realize we'd ever had it before it got taken away :/

Unfortunately, I'm getting the same result with dragging. Trying it on another song just now, I got a MIDI item with the right overall length but only the last section had any notes.

Azimuth (Archive) · Post by **Azimuth (Archive)** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:01 am

That sucks. If Ralph doesn't see this thread by Monday I would send an e-mail direct to support@rayzoon.com describing the problem. Sometimes these threads get lost in the shuffle.

ckurz_7000 · Post by **ckurz_7000** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:11 am

Are you sure JS has had a chance to compose the entire song? As the brain composes it on the fly, some parts that were never actually played might still be "empty".

-- Chris.

Loka_senna · Post by **Loka_senna** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:01 am

Aha, that did it. I've definitely played through the whole song before, and the parts all had notes in the timeline view at the bottom left, but I guess fiddling with some of the earlier parts and adding/removing a section or two must have reset everything after that.