[musictlk] musictlk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 11

[Kerry Thompson]

Hi Bill,

My Cakewalk definitely allows saving as MIDI. It doesn't, though, 
convert MIDI to any audio format. For myself, I have no problem with MIDI.

My question is whether it is still a common enough format that list 
members would be able to open MIDI files.

Thanks,
Kerry

On 1/13/2011 5:56 PM, Dancing Dots wrote:H
> HI, Kerry,
>
> MIDI is still quite useful for many things including playback.  Check under
> File | Export in that version of Cakewalk.  Or maybe under File | Save As?
> I know that later versions definitely allow you to save as MIDI.  The
> current versions of SONAR certainly do.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
> Bill McCann
> Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
> www.DancingDots.com
> Tel: 610-783-6692
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Kerry Thompson
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:27 PM
> To: musictlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] musictlk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 11
>
> Hi friends,
>
> Thanks, Cameron. I knew it couldn't be right that Christian needed a
> separate track for each patch change.
>
> Bill, I have a question. As noted earlier, I'm still using Cakewalk 7, which
> works fine for what I need i.e. songwriting. I can't sing and don't need to
> record. But, Cakewalk 7 can save projects in its own .wrk format or in MIDI.
> It won't convert MIDI to audio files.
>
> My question is this: Is MIDI accessible to most people? If I want to share
> my songs with members of this list and post them as MIDI files, will people
> be able too play them? Or is MIDI just too antiquated? If it is, what can I
> do? I really don't need all the capabilities of Sonar.
> Most of the time, I just need to be able to compose and print.
>
> Speaking of my songwriting: I write standard, pop type songs.
>
> I am not, strictly speaking, a trained musician, a number of years of piano
> and several years of voice lessons not withstanding. I minored in music,
> which was all my college offered, whichmeant several semesters of Music
> History and two interminable semesters of Theory. But, I've never had the
> opportunity to take Composition, Arranging or Improvisation. So, while I can
> write lyrics and melodies, harmonization, creating the chord changes is
> really hard for me. Does anyone know of a book, an online seminar, anything
> that can help me become more proficient with harmony?
>
> Solidarity and Peace,
>
> Kerry
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