Is it possible to insert an arbitrary MIDI message (e.g. sysex) in a Midi track?

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#1

Hello,
Is it possible to insert an arbitrary MIDI message (e.g. sysex, NRPN midi messages) in a Midi track?
I saw that it is possible to insert a patch change message, this is great, but i would also need sysex midi messages or NRPN midi messages.
Thanks,
Frédéric.

#2

Yes, any MIDI message incl SysEx can be recorded and playback back, however there is no way to edit or manually create them inside Ardour.

Alternatively you could import a MIDI file with the given message(s).

#3

Thanks. It there a profound reason not to be able to edit the raw midi file in ardour?

#4

How would you edit sysex? a hex editor?

#5

Yes i imagine a simple hex editor (available for any midi sample in fact). But may be it is possible to copy from ardour and paste in an external editor? and conversely?

#6

Ardour uses SMF (standard MIDI files) directly for all MIDI regions, so yes, you could edit the .mid files from ardour’s session folder.

#7

Thank you, that is fine for my purpose.

#8

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