Midi files in FCE HD ?

Is there a way to import a midi audio file into FCE HD. When I try I get an error message saying it is an invalid file? thanks joanlvh

Hey joanlvh
If you have QT Pro simply open the MIDI file in QT Pro and then Export as an aiff. Thats it.
The quality of your MIDI file will be determined (besides the quality of the MIDI data) by the quality of your sound card. What a lot of the MIDI crowd do is they run the MIDI file through a sound module or tone generator which is a piece of machinery which converts the MIDI signal into a more life like /relaistic sound and then record it into their LINE IN on the computer.
But getting to your question, yes, it can certainly be done and done easily enough. QT Pro does it fine.

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