Export to midi while in rewire mode
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:18 pmI just stumbled upon another curious thing.
I am refining my workflow now. I am pretty exited as it seems to work out very well so far. I will later on post all details for those who are interested. Basically it comes down to the following:
I am using Sonar 8.5, Notion, Vocaloid 1 (Miriam plus Leon) and Vocaloid 2 (Prima) to score a movie. Sonar acts as the central nervous system and everything is rewired from Sonar where all audio FX are added and later on I will record the guitars and extra synths in Sonar. In the end I plan on using Sonar for the final mix down and export the movie with the soundtrack.
OK, at this stage I am still working it all out while I am writing a jingle for a very short movie. If it works out fine this basic work method will be used when I work on feature films. I think that the Sonar and Notion combination is going to be a winner for me if I can get all the small hick-ups settled.
Enough said about my plans and what I am doing. Here is a curious thing I came accross. To make the workflow work (he, he) I need to write the score and vocal parts in Notion and then export to midi to be able to import the midi files into Vocaloid 1 & 2, where I will render the vocals. Unfortunately it does not seem like Notion's export to midi works while in rewire mode. To export the midi file I have to close down everything, re-open Notion in normal mode with my score and then export to midi and close down Notion again before I restart Sonar and everything else in rewire mode again.
This is not a show stopper as the workaround works (pun intended) but it is an irritation none the less.
I am refining my workflow now. I am pretty exited as it seems to work out very well so far. I will later on post all details for those who are interested. Basically it comes down to the following:
I am using Sonar 8.5, Notion, Vocaloid 1 (Miriam plus Leon) and Vocaloid 2 (Prima) to score a movie. Sonar acts as the central nervous system and everything is rewired from Sonar where all audio FX are added and later on I will record the guitars and extra synths in Sonar. In the end I plan on using Sonar for the final mix down and export the movie with the soundtrack.
OK, at this stage I am still working it all out while I am writing a jingle for a very short movie. If it works out fine this basic work method will be used when I work on feature films. I think that the Sonar and Notion combination is going to be a winner for me if I can get all the small hick-ups settled.
Enough said about my plans and what I am doing. Here is a curious thing I came accross. To make the workflow work (he, he) I need to write the score and vocal parts in Notion and then export to midi to be able to import the midi files into Vocaloid 1 & 2, where I will render the vocals. Unfortunately it does not seem like Notion's export to midi works while in rewire mode. To export the midi file I have to close down everything, re-open Notion in normal mode with my score and then export to midi and close down Notion again before I restart Sonar and everything else in rewire mode again.
This is not a show stopper as the workaround works (pun intended) but it is an irritation none the less.