Importing midi files
I have tried several times (unsuccessfully) to open various midi files. I don’t know what I am missing but to start eliminating possibilities, does musescore care if the file is type 0 or type 1?
Btw- the files DO open but I always end up with a single drum track ( that doesn’t play) even when there are no drum tracks in the file.
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Attach a midi example.
Keep in mind anything on channel 10 will generally be assumed to be drums. So best not to use that for other purposes.
In reply to Keep in mind anything on… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc. I don’t know what I did but suddenly it started working. (I think it was a computer reboot.) And yes, I know channel 10 is normally reserved for drums, although that may be a big assumption for MS to make.
In reply to Thanks Marc. I don’t know… by dwf2008
Unfortunately the MIDI format doesn't provide any other way that I have ever heard of. But in the cases where you have a non-standard MIDI file, you can simply copy/paste the contents onto a mother staff, if you end up with a percussion track getting assigned a non-percussion instrument or vice versa. You can probably just use change instrument (in Staff/Part Properties) instead, but I'd also guess there is a decent chance some things wouldn't work right, as internally MuseScore makes a pretty big distinction between these staff types and who knows what info might be lost in the process.