MixPad supports the playback of MIDI files. Unlike most digital audio workstations, MixPad allows you to add a MIDI clip to any track - it does not distinguish between a MIDI track and an audio track. This allows you greater flexibility in your mixes.You add a MIDI clip to your project the same way you add a normal audio clip - either by dragging and dropping or from one of the Load options under the 'Clip' menu. It is important to note that a MIDI clip is not an audio file. It is just a sequence of instructions which can be sent to a synthesizer which can then convert the instructions into audible notes. As such, if you wish to playback your MIDI clips you will need to select an output device to play back to. If you have an external MIDI synthesizer then this will be your best option because the latency is likely to be very low and you will keep good synchronization between your MIDI clips and audio clips. If you do not have an external MIDI device then you can use the built in Microsoft synthesizer. Please note that the built in synthesizer has a significant lag which can make synchronization difficult. MIDI files can contain more than one MIDI track. If you load a track into MixPad that contains multiple tracks, MixPad will give you the option to merge all the tracks into one clip, or separate them out in individual clips. MIDI volume control is a little bit different from audio. Currently, if you want to control one MIDI clip volume, you have to use VST Instrument. Or you can use the master volume control on the right bottom of MixPad , which controls all the MIDI device volume and audio volume. You can't adjust one single MIDI clip volume directly while playing through MIDI device. |