Ansgar Schaefer

On 12/15/2021 at 12:30 AM, scook said:

Do not create a project then use File > Open.

Instead use File > Open to

• Open the MIDI file. If no MIDI output devices are selected in preferences, TTS-1 will automatically be setup to use the MIDI file. Regardless of the MIDI output preferences, no buses are created so it may be desirable to
  • Add a bus, 
  • Right-click the bus header and
  • Select "Set as Default Bus" and
  • Rename the bus to Master.
  • If TTS-1 was added to the project, change the TTS-1 audio track to the bus.
• Save the MIDI file as a Cakewalk project 

Now the MIDI file is ready to be used as a regular Cakewalk project.

 

So I opened cakewalk without creating / opening a project. Then File-> open opening a .midi file. 
A new Window opens with the midi File, and the global bpm of Cakewalk is set to 120 bpm. I can play the midi using the play button (and it plays with the instrument I have specified in the preferences for midis). I can safe it as a project, but no matter what I do, when I try to change the 120 bpm of the project to the "right" 138 bpm, the midi is accellerated as well. 

It seems File > Open doesn't have an effect at all. To make sure I don't do anything wrong: the situation is that I created a new project (basic .cwt) and I picked a "basic" working area. I click "open", but nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong?

I have recorded serveral midi-files, using piano-teq. The version of Piano-Teq that I use doesn't specify the bpm in the midi, so the tempo in the .midi is set to 120 bpm and 4/4 measures. The song that I recorded however is played at 138 bpm. 

If I open the song in Cakewalk, it automatically assumes that the tempo is 120 bpm. If I then change the tempo of the project, the midi is way too fast (of course). How can I tell Cakewalk to either not use the (wrong) tempo-information in the imported midi, or alternatively change the project tempo to 138 bpm without affecting the already importet .midi track? 

Greetings, 
Ansgar