Exporting work on zynthian MIDI to DAW

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Hi everyone,

I built a zynthian v5 a while back and I absolutely LOVE making music on it. Lately though I’ve wanted to branch out and move my zynthian creations to a DAW where I can flush them out a bit more.

Can anyone recommend a work flow for exporting my MIDI patterns to a DAW like ardour? Any tips on what hardware or software I’ll need would be great. I’m OK at music but pretty noob when it comes to tech.

Thanks!

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Hi @zipE!

You can export patterns as standard MIDI files:

  • Open pattern in Pattern Editor
  • Open menu
  • Select Export to SMF
  • Download SMF using webconf LIBRARY->Captures

You can also record audio (main mix or multitrack by arming individual chains) within zynthian. The resulting WAV files will also be available in webconf captures.

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Brilliant, thank you!

This little machine is so much fun and seems more and more powerful every time I learn something new.

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I have a follow up question now that I’m playing around with this a bit more.

Is it possible to save the associated instrument/sound settings alongside the MIDI file?

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You can save a snapshot which has the full state including chains, processors, presets, parameters, sequences, etc. Within snapshots you can save ZS3 which is the state of each processor including it’s preset, parameters, etc. You can assign MIDI PC to recall each ZS3.