{"id":28008,"date":"2004-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=28008"},"modified":"2017-06-22T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T16:55:26","slug":"what-difference-between-midi-type-0-midi-type-1","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/what-difference-between-midi-type-0-midi-type-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between MIDI Type 0 and MIDI Type 1 files?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Type 1<\/strong> files contain separate information for each track. For a <strong>Type 0<\/strong> file, however, all the tracks are merged into a single track, although MIDI channel information is still retained. When a Type 0 file is loaded into a sequencer, it will take each channel&#8217;s information and put it on a separate track. So for a typical sequence with one track per MIDI channel, it will normally not matter if the sequence is saved as Type 0 or Type 1.<\/p>\n<p>But if your source sequence has several tracks assigned to the same MIDI channel (for example several drum tracks playing the same program on the same channel, but with an individual drum sound on each track), then it is best to export it as a Type 1 file. If exported as Type 0, all tracks assigned to the same channel will be merged into a single track when the .MID file is loaded.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Helpful Links<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/intro-to-pro-tools-creating-an-instrument-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intro to Pro Tools: Creating an Instrument Track<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/intro-to-pro-tools-measuring-time-and-recording-with-a-click-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intro to Pro Tools: Measuring Time and Recording with a Click Track<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/intro-to-pro-tools-recording-midi\/?preview_id=1719500&amp;preview_nonce=0e508f4237&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intro to Pro Tools: Recording MIDI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-set-up-a-midi-controller-in-pro-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How do I set up a MIDI controller in Pro Tools?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/how-do-i-add-instrument-plug-ins-such-as-ezdrummer-in-the-new-garageband-x\/?preview_id=1721559&amp;preview_nonce=b02c69df9c&amp;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How do I add instrument plug-ins (such as EZDrummer) in the new GarageBand X?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[53954,55419,33899,34739,54263,123797,123798],"storecat":[],"itemids":[24235,24243,24265,9083,9087,71101,94712,121783,42444,5323,103454,103458,36810,8160],"manufacturers":[33482],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the What&#039;s the difference between MIDI Type 0 and MIDI Type 1 files? page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/what-difference-between-midi-type-0-midi-type-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What&#039;s the difference between MIDI Type 0 and MIDI Type 1 files? - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Type 1 files contain separate information for each track. 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