Drag & drop midi problem issue

[esaruoho]

yeah, looking at this, i’m seeing a couple of things.

1. a new pattern is created, whether you want it or not
2. the first track is renamed, whether you want it or not.

i would expect it to work slightly differently - aka write to the current pattern, and not rename the first track.

[aprilix]

@esaruoho Making a tool that make the midi import easier is feasable if the user precise the length of imported patterns

Another Trick is to use a MIDI daw beside Renoise…
Renoise send sync and MMC…And get midi inputs from the other daw…
When the project is finished,play and record all

Recommended Freeware Vst-plugins

Not really freeware, but plugin boutique has an offer till the end of the month where with every purchase you can get bitwig 8-track for free. It is basically the most stripped down version of bitwig, but I just got it with a very cheap plugin and thought to mention here

[sdmkun]

New Tool (0.1): Renoise Simple Midi File Support

Renoise Simple Midi File Support General idea Renoise has built-in support for midi files importing. It works by creating a new midi instrument and adds new dedicated tracks in existing patterns. This plugin will reuse existing instrument and will only update existing tracks with notes from the file. Current implementation reads midi files with .xrmid extension, prints notes and file information in Scripting Terminal. adds midi note events (note, volume, delay) to selected pattern track. a…

Might be close to what I want to do