Import Song Data in Studio One Artist

[curranr]

Hello all, I have an upgrade dilemma.
I'm currently using Studio One 6 Artist as an arranging tool and to record real instruments. It works fine for just about everything I need, except in just one respect.
I frequently get materials including midi tracks from composers that I need to make into readable scores/charts. I use Sibelius for this purpose but quantise and differentiate the midi in Studio One (because more often than not it's a dog's breakfast). At fixed tempos this works fine, but where there are tempo changes and important markers I really need these to be imported with the midi.
Unfortunately, because I do a lot of doubling, with some very specific subgrouping and routing, I have to use session templates, which means that I have to import midi into an existing song (rather than just dragging it to the plus button on S1's opening page). When I do this no tempo or marker data is imported and I have to drag the midi into the tempo track to get the tempo changes, but no markers, which in a film or TV score that can run up to two hours with many music cues can be a monumental pain.
Import Song Data could be a workaround, except it's only available in Studio One Pro.
My question is this:
Are there any other workarounds that would allow me to import midi with tempo and marker data into an existing session? And if not, given what I do, is upgrading to Studio 7 pro really worth it for someone who's using it as a glorified tape machine? I don't mix or master and my use of virtual instruments is confined to 4 or 5 string sample libraries and the odd keyboard instrument.
Thanks in advance.

 

[P-Tools-to-S1]

From the very little I know about midi, upgrading to pro is your only easy option because it has “Import Song Data” function. As far as I know there is no third party tool that does that, but, more than willing to admit if I’m wrong about that.

As far as the upgrade, it sounds like you’re working on some pretty legit stuff. If paying $300 saves you hours of time placing markers, and you can use it indefinitely, then even if that’s the only extra feature you use, it’s worth it. Just think of how much small pieces of gear cost back in the day. $300 for a useful tool you use at work is nothing.

 

[curranr]

From the very little I know about midi, upgrading to pro is your only easy option because it has “Import Song Data” function. As far as I know there is no third party tool that does that, but, more than willing to admit if I’m wrong about that.

As far as the upgrade, it sounds like you’re working on some pretty legit stuff. If paying $300 saves you hours of time placing markers, and you can use it indefinitely, then even if that’s the only extra feature you use, it’s worth it. Just think of how much small pieces of gear cost back in the day. $300 for a useful tool you use at work is nothing.

Thanks for the reply. I know it makes sense, it's all just slightly annoying because my old Pro Tools set up would just do this automatically, and since if I use the plus button to open up the midi everything is where it should be, I know S1 can do this!

 

[TDF1981]

Thanks for the reply. I know it makes sense, it's all just slightly annoying because my old Pro Tools set up would just do this automatically, and since if I use the plus button to open up the midi everything is where it should be, I know S1 can do this!

I am not sure and maybe @Lukas knows more about this, but I think it might have to do something with the format of the midi file you import. Studio One is a bit picky and there are formats 0 and 1 (2 does exist but I have never seen it out in the wild), and only format 1 will contain a tempo map. I really think „import song data“ would be your best shot, but v7 pro perpetual is not that expensive and totally worth it. Remember: the easier your workflow, the more clients you can manage, the more payment you can get. V7 would be a good investment.

 

[curranr]

I am not sure and maybe @Lukas knows more about this, but I think it might have to do something with the format of the midi file you import. Studio One is a bit picky and there are formats 0 and 1 (2 does exist but I have never seen it out in the wild), and only format 1 will contain a tempo map. I really think „import song data“ would be your best shot, but v7 pro perpetual is not that expensive and totally worth it. Remember: the easier your workflow, the more clients you can manage, the more payment you can get. V7 would be a good investment.

Thank you TDF, I'm rapidly coming to the same conclusion. I've a big project coming on that this will definitely save time on, and we'll be up against the clock as usual. I just downloaded the trial version, and it does what I want it to do, but I see they still haven't fixed that bug that happens when you consolidate an edited audio track with snap to grid turned on, where it extends the resulting region to the next bar-line. That's annoying.