Exporting MIDI file to Logic Pro
I regularly create a score in MuseScore and then take a MIDI version into Logic Pro for mixing and mastering. MuseScore exports pan and volume information that causes the faders to have a mind of their own and the settings have to be eliminated one by one for each instrument in Logic. Is there a way of preventing MuseScore from doing this?
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The MIDI file should contain the pan and volume info from View / Mixer, just set those where you want them.
In reply to The MIDI file should contain… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you. I had tried this before and then just 'exported' without 'saving' first (because I didn't want to leave the MuseScore file in that state). One source of confusion, the pan dials are set to zero by default but to obtain zero in Logic the dial has to be panned way over to the left. Thanks again, JM.
In reply to Thank you. I had tried this… by John Morton
I've found it takes as long to do all this in the mixer as it does in Logic. I can't find a way of selecting all tracks in the mixer (as you can in Logic) and adjusting all dials and faders together. Also, there's a useful tool in Logic whereby option-clicking (on a Mac) puts all controls in the default position (zero Db, for example). If this can't be done I'll re-post in the suggestions page, John Morton.
In reply to I've found it takes as long… by John Morton
It used to be the case that double-click a control would reset it to default, but that seems to not work currently.
There is work being done to design the mixer interface, you may wish to comment in https://musescore.org/en/node/289790
In reply to I've found it takes as long… by John Morton
If you're interested, since 3.5 the panning of channels is scriptable via the plugin interface. So I could fairly quickly provide you with a plugin that sets all panning to 0. The only downside I'm seeing is that there is no "undo" logic implemented for such a change, so it can't really restore an existing panning.
But what could be easy is to "toggle" between 0 (left) and 64 (center) panning.