Totally confused....

2007-04-20 09:35 am

I have some nwc files which i would like to convert into midi files and mp3 files. but im so confused as to how to convert them to mp3. i know how to convert them to a midi file but im not sure what type i should be using 0 or 1 and neither type of midi file will be played on my windows media player...please can some one explain this to me???

Re: Totally confused....

Reply #1 – 2007-04-20 12:06 pm

Windows media player should play either type 0 or type 1 files just fine. Not sure what's different about your computer. In NWC 1.75, just select File, Save As and choose either type 0 or type 1 MIDI as the file type.

Type 0 MIDI has all the MIDI information contained on a single track. If you import it into a MIDI editor, then everything will show up in the same track. Type 1 MIDI breaks each MIDI channel into it's own track. Again, if you import it into a MIDI editor, you will see each channel on its own track. A lot of electronic keyboards that let you load MIDI files want the files in the type 0 format. Otherwise, type 1 is more flexible.

There have been several postings on the forum recently on creating a WAV or MP3 file from your NWC file. just do a search and you should find it pretty quickly.