Editing a midi file.

[valves4ever]

Hi...Help please?....if you wanted to remove say the last 4 bars of a midi file that is already finished and has say 5 tracks...is there an easy way to do it please?
Cheers, Valves4ever.

[Tiny]

hi valve,s
on your music prog if you put the cursor on the end of the track you
want to edit keep your finger on left mouse button then
shorten the track to where you want it.. on mixcraft which
i use if you right click on the track and look for split not sure if you
have this on your prog?? hope this help,s rgd,s Tiny

[Steptoe]

Valves4ever, It would help to know what programme you use for editing your Midi's?

[simmo123]

Hi once again Valvey, I usually put the curser on the bar at track one where you want to cut off the tracks to end the midi eg. measure(bar) eighty, click, it will then leave a vertical line running through all the tracks,next click edit on the toolbar,then /select/all/ then all the tracks will all be highlighted next click split on the edit dropdown box then go back to the where the tracks have been now split, all you need to do is to make sure only the section of all the tracks which are to be removed are highlighted,to do this press & hold the control button on the keyboard & proceed to click all of the tracks in the section that you need to remove,you may need to do them individually,once they are all highlighted go to edit & press delete in the dropdown box, anything that is highlighted will be removed so make sure none of tracks you are using are not highlighted,if you make a mistake just go to edit & click undo in the dropdown box this will return it to its previous position,& you can redo it again,hope this works for you, it may take a couple of try's to highlight the section you need removing make sure you dont double click them,just do them one at a time while you hold the control button on the keyboard down at the same time,regards,simmo ;D ;D

[valves4ever]

thanks again Simmo..apologies for not giving the prog which is Sonar 5 Producer....Cheers!!!!

[simmo123]

Hi again Valvey,thanks for message, let me know if it works because i am still a novice at all this stuff, i wouldn't like to point you in the wrong direction, i'm sure there are plenty of other ways to do all these functions a lot easier than i have explained to you,but it works for me,regards simmo