Importing other DAW file formats?

[lemmy]

Hi,
Just wondering if it's possible to do this via the Reaper API.
I am moving some old projects from CubaseSX into Reaper. In Cubase (at least in v2.2 which is what I have), you can "export selected tracks" and it saves the source audio files into a folder for you, together with an XML file describing the location of each audio part.
It would be great to be able to import this data using a Reaper extension.

1. Doable?
2. Anyone working on this kind of functionality?

I have some C++ experience but I won't have time to work on this kind of thing in the forseeable future... :(

[Xenakios]

The Cubendo-produced XML files look extremely messy and over-complicated. :( But it probably should be possible to do such a translator, to turn those files into Reaper projects. I am not volunteering for the job myself, though...

[Lawrence]

The Cubendo-produced XML files look extremely messy and over-complicated. :( But it probably should be possible to do such a translator, to turn those files into Reaper projects. I am not volunteering for the job myself, though...

How about music xml?

[Xenakios]

How about music xml?

Well, before heading off to Google that, I will just trust my memory about that being for music notation mostly? How would that fit into Reaper?

[lemmy]

There is also export as OMF in Cubase, but I haven't looked at that yet.

[sws]

1. Doable?
2. Anyone working on this kind of functionality?

Hey lemmy,

1. Definitely doable, that's one of the main reasons Cockos released the API.

2. I haven't heard of anyone working on one (yet).

[Lawrence]

Well, before heading off to Google that, I will just trust my memory about that being for music notation mostly? How would that fit into Reaper?

Yeah it is notation but it's also midi. It would allow exporting music xml's that could then in turn be imported into other daws...

Since Reaper can't export midi from the timeline. Music xml is another way to save a midi file... and yes, notation is included also

Maybe we can break the 16 channel barrier?

[norbury brook]

Music XML is a score thing it turns a midi file into a proper sibelius type score rather than the horrible mess cubase makes of a midi part to score. It also means the same file will open in any score editing program too, it's very good if you are a writer.

Its a bit like a word document for music :D

MC

[malcolmj]

Yeah it is notation but it's also midi. It would allow exporting music xml's that could then in turn be imported into other daws...

Since Reaper can't export midi from the timeline. Music xml is another way to save a midi file...

Creating the base MusicXML file from a REAPER project seems to be fairly straightforward once the stylesheet is worked out, but I can never get my head around the MIDI in hex format in the REAPER project.

If anybody knows the XSLT code to convert something like

E 213 d0 68 00
E 214 d0 6f 00
E 877 d0 6e 00
E 640 d0 69 00


into simple text, I'd love to see it! :)

Cheers,

Malcolm.

[Lawrence]

Music XML is a score thing it turns a midi file into a proper sibelius type score rather than the horrible mess cubase makes of a midi part to score. It also means the same file will open in any score editing program too, it's very good if you are a writer.

Its a bit like a word document for music :D

MC

Yeah... it is. I've downloaded a few sample files and just played the midi files pretty much ignoring the score. For all practical purposes (in Cubase on the timeline anyway - excluding the actual score part of it) it just looks like any other SMF after loading.

I thought that might be a way around the SMF problem in Reaper.

[TexasFury]

Doesn't SSL make a format conversion app?

[Tallisman]

yes, $$L does make such a thing for many
$$$$$


:D
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[pipelineaudio]

I have a folder full of contacts with different cross app formats, if people want to take a look at them.

[John Lundsten]

yes, $$L does make such a thing for many
$$$$$


If you judge the Value for money aspect Re Reaper standards then most software seems expensive.
Value for money is for sure relative to what else is on offer.

So in the world of trying to make a living using a DAW, and post for Film/TV as an example that I know well, the majority go with the cost of stuff like ProTools and re the Cost/benifit of say DV Toolkit from digidesign Re SSL ProConvert, ProConvert is an absolutely brilliant bargain.

I reckon the "business Model" of Reaper {as i dig it} makes sense too,in that the Program has desirability/usefulness to loads of people; so by offering "a better mousetrap" for obviously great value, success should (I hope)be assured.

A great but nerdy app like EDL Convert & later with an SSL buyout ProConvert, will never sell in the numbers the "winner" DAW will, so it must cost more to cover the programming Man Hrs involved, IE value is relative.
John L

[mio*star]

Currently, most audio apps can export to the AAF format (except ProTools, which you need to buy an option for...).

Why can't Reaper export/import in AAF ?

A great tool would be AAF+midi ...