Recording System Exclusive Data
Pro Tools supports recording and playing System Exclusive data (Sysex) with MIDI tracks. This allows you to use MIDI tracks in Pro Tools to store patch and configuration data for your MIDI devices, or to record real-time Sysex changes for a particular parameter of a MIDI device that cannot be controlled by a standard MIDI controller.
To record a Sysex dump at the beginning of a MIDI track:
1. Make sure that the MIDI OUT for the device sending the Sysex is connected to your MIDI interface’s MIDI IN.
2. In the MIDI Input Filter dialog, enable Only and System Exclusive.
5. Record enable a MIDI track.
6. To start recording from the beginning of the project, click Return to Zero in the Transport.
7. Enable Wait for Note in the Transport window.
8. When you are ready to begin recording, click Record in the Transport window.
The Record, Play, and Wait for Note buttons flash, indicating that Pro Tools is waiting for MIDI data.
9. Initiate the Sysex transfer from the MIDI device, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Pro Tools automatically begins recording as soon as it starts to receive Sysex data.
10. When the Sysex transfer is complete, click Stop in the Transport.
The newly recorded MIDI data appears as a MIDI clip in the track, and in the Clips List. MIDI clips that contain System Exclusive data appear blank when the Track View is set to Clips.
To see the Sysex event blocks, which indicate the location of the data, set the Track View to
Sysex (see
“Clips View for MIDI and Instrument Tracks” on page 271).
For information on moving and copying of Sysex data, see “System Exclusive Events” on page 402.