Foxvisual348

I have spent several hours recording 16-track midi sequences into S1 song files because from an old digital piano. Ultimately, I need to transfer these sequences from the old digital piano to a newer model. I was able to successfully record and capture the 16 tracks of the sequences on its respective channel in S1. Now that I have the MIDI data separated on the respective 16 midi channels, I would like to export the songs as standard midi files and be able to load them on another 16-track sequencer (in this case, a newer model of a similar digital piano).
I have exported the 16-tracks as a .midi file; however, it appears that S1 has combined the 16 tracks into one track playing all the midi data on channel one. I do not see how I can separate on the newer digital piano. Did I export the SMF incorrectly? Does S1 have the capability of maintaining the channel assignments but keeping all the channels in one single MIDI file (type 1 instead of type 0 Midi)? Is it the new digital piano itself that doesn't have the ability to decipher the channel info? Please give me some assurance that my time spent capturing the midi was not in vain...

1. OK, I added 5 instrument tracks and put some midi into them. I did a FILE/Save As/ File type=MIDI.
2. I closed out S1, re-opened it, went to the FILE in the brower and drug the file into the Song and ALL 5 midi tracks were there.
3. I just did the SAME thing in Reaper and it comes in as TYPE 0 with everything on on track.
4. Is your piano MULTITIMBRAL ??
Im so sure which file type S1 is using here, it looks like TYPE 1

StudioOnePro 5.3
Steinberg MR816X
OSX High Sierra 10.13.6
2010 MacPro Dual 2.4 Quad, 14 GB Ram

I believe you are right in saying that it is Type 1. I think it is the piano. Although the piano is multitimbral, it may be some setting that I change how it imports the MIDI data. Thanks.

What piano are you using? I'll take a look

StudioOnePro 5.3
Steinberg MR816X
OSX High Sierra 10.13.6
2010 MacPro Dual 2.4 Quad, 14 GB Ram

Not sure if it's actually relevant to the conversation but Studio One does not handle multitimbral midi clips on it's timeline. In other applications like Reaper or Cubase you can have a single clip on the timeline that uses multiple midi channels, S1 doesn't do that.
For example, in some applications you have the option to split midi files on import by midi channel or not. In S1 it's automatic because it's midi data doesn't use midi channels in the data and can't manage that on a single clip, so both Type 0 and Type 1 midi files always get split by midi channel or by track in Type 1 to multiple instrument tracks.
This could be problematic in a case like below...
1. You have multiple midi tracks in X sequencer and some of them are using different instruments but the same channel, like 3 different instruments using midi channel 1.
2. You export that to a Type 0 midi file and (maybe, if that happens, dunno for sure) those tracks on midi channel 1 might get merged in the file because Type 0 midi files don't have 'tracks', only midi channels.
3. You import that file to S1 and maybe some of the previous tracks data are merged because of that?
Is that what you're seeing? If so, always export midi as Type 1, never as Type 0.
If not, excuse the diversion.

The specific piano being used is the Kawai CP2 Concert Performer. Since I posted the question last week, I have tried loading other midi files and the piano played the separated tracks on separate channels (unfortunately, I'm not sure where these midi songs came from exactly...got them from a friend to test). This is troubling to me because I have also loaded MY midi files in my friend's sonar DAW on his laptop. The channel separation was maintained there. This is very confusing to me. Not sure where to go from here.