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creating midi click tracks?

I'm recording some duets with me playing both parts, and one of them I want a fair amount of rubato and tempo variation in. I'm finding it difficult to play one part exactly synched with the existing one, even though I know what I want to hear.

This is expensive of studio time, but I'm resisting the idea of a click track because of course it quantizes everything and makes rubato impossible.

If I make a click track at home in Noteworthy (and I already have the piece scored in Noteworthy, it's my own arrangement) could I then extract the track to midi and have it play on my producers MAC system? Will it preserve mpcs and ritards added to my tempo track? Has anyone tried this?
I've got a bunch of metronome files I use, using the gunshot or a percussion sounds for the click, so I'm not worried about that. Just how much of the tempo variance information will export properly to midi? and should I use type 1 or 2?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Re: creating midi click tracks?

Reply #1 –
Straight tempo instructions, ralls, rits and accels etc. with the appropriate tempo inserted either side of them, and tempo variations using mpc in Noteworthy will definitely be registered in your midi file.  Simply save your NWC 'click track' as a Type 1 midi file.

Re: creating midi click tracks?

Reply #2 –
PS
Using File>Save As

Re: creating midi click tracks?

Reply #3 –
Breath marks and fermatas don't export, though.

Re: creating midi click tracks?

Reply #4 –
As already mentioned, you should not have any problems with exported MIDI files provided you do not use breath mark or fermata delays.