ehand Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 I play a Kurzweil PC4. I like it in many ways, however I'm having a problem with midi data from the song files. When I go into storage, it only gives the option to export as a .PC4 file. It does not give me the option to convert to a .MID file, or even a .SNG file (as my old PC3 did). So I gave up on this, and decided to simply play a song file through the midi usb into my computer DAW. However, it will not send the midi events data through the usb. To confirm this, I played a song live from the keyboard through the usb midi. My DAW captures it with no problems. To summarize, my computer will not recognize midi data from a song file being played on the PC4, but will accept the midi data as long as I'm playing live from the keyboard. What's the deal? I never, ever had this problem with my old PC3, which no longer works. Do any of you have information on this that I apparently don't have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Motif Max Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 On 9/23/2023 at 3:51 PM, ehand said: I play a Kurzweil PC4. I like it in many ways, however I'm having a problem with midi data from the song files. When I go into storage, it only gives the option to export as a .PC4 file. It does not give me the option to convert to a .MID file, or even a .SNG file (as my old PC3 did). So I gave up on this, and decided to simply play a song file through the midi usb into my computer DAW. However, it will not send the midi events data through the usb. To confirm this, I played a song live from the keyboard through the usb midi. My DAW captures it with no problems. To summarize, my computer will not recognize midi data from a song file being played on the PC4, but will accept the midi data as long as I'm playing live from the keyboard. What's the deal? I never, ever had this problem with my old PC3, which no longer works. Do any of you have information on this that I apparently don't have? Post this in the regular PC4 thread. I had this issue when I wanted to use a DAW to edit some backing tracks I made on the PC4 - I ended up needing to fiddle with some of the utility settings to get the start/stop synced with the DAW and some other steps I don't recall, but I did get it working and was able to record all the song tracks simultaneously to my DAW as midi for editing. Quote Yamaha: Motif XF8, MODX7, YS200, CVP-305, CLP-130, YPG-235, PSR-295, PSS-470 | Roland: Fantom 7, JV-1000 Kurzweil: PC3-76| Hammond: SK Pro 73 | Korg: Triton LE 76, N1R, X5DR | Emu: Proteus/1 | Casio: CT-370 | Novation: Launchkey 37 MK3 | Technics: WSA1R Former: Emu Proformance Plus & Mo'Phatt, Korg Krome 61, Roland Fantom XR & JV-1010, Yamaha MX61, Behringer CAT, Kurzweil PC4 (88) Assorted electric & acoustic guitars and electric basses | Roland TD-17 KVX | Alesis SamplePad Pro | Assorted organs, accordions, other instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehand Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Thanks Max! Its good to know that you were able to send out the midi data from your PC4 song files. I have a very outdated DAW. However, I'll look for the right parameters and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werno Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 The just-released OS update for the PC4 lets you export standard midi files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddr Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I have this same question but I use the PC4 SE. I see the Feb 2024 update for PC4 at Kurzweil.com but no update for the SE. Keeping my fingers crossed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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