midi file name disorder - what would you do?

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I have a couple of midi files named in the finder e.g.

  • Drum1

  • Drum2

  • Drum3

but when I drag/import the files into my DAW the name that appears for the clip is often totally different.

 

So the question: 

How can I edit the name for the midi file that appears in the DAW (Logic/Live)

 

I am flying on OS X Lion.

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The title is probably embedded in the file. I just dont have any clue how to change this in Logic.

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The title is probably embedded in the file. I just dont have any clue how to change this in Logic.

 

one can change the name of the files appearance in the DAW; be it Logic, Live or whatever; and then export as and it stays renamed after that …

but this is not what I am looking for.

it would take weeks to do that.

 

there should be an application that turns the filename into the name of the files appearance.

we have these meta-tag access batchers for mp3s since day 1.

why don’t we have that for midi (that is 20 years older)?

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we have these meta-tag access batchers for mp3s since day 1.

why don’t we have that for midi (that is 20 years older)?

 

Because it’s 20 years older and a totally different thing. Because it’s probably embedded in a proprietary way, encapsulated in a SysEx string? You could volunteer to write such a tool if you can’t find one!

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Because it’s 20 years older and a totally different thing. Because it’s probably embedded in a proprietary way, encapsulated in a SysEx string? You could volunteer to write such a tool if you can’t find one!

 

hahaha,

 

boy, I’d love to; 

but this is totally over my head.

I am just an innocent user, happy to keep things together, who does not even know what a SysEx string is …

 

I also find it hard to believe that I am the only one that has a need for such a tool …

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Just curious, did you register on this forum just for this question?

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yep just for this question, 

 

and then I found a solution myself elsewhere. It is called ‘MidiKit’ and it can not only access track information but also change between midi types 0 and 1;

something I was also after for a long time …

No batch processing though …

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Ok, well just to clarify this forum is primarily for diy midi hardware :wink:

 

But we don’t mind they occasional software question :rofl: