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the dither modes. Dithering adds a small amount of noise to rendered audio, but min-
imizes artifacts when reducing the bit depth. By default, Triangular is selected, which
is the safest mode to use if there is any possibility of doing additional processing
on your le. Rectangular mode introduces an even smaller amount of dither noise,
but at the expense of additional quantization error. Note that dithering is a procedure
that should only be applied once to any given audio le. If you plan to do further
processing on your rendered le, it's best to render to 32-bit to avoid the need for
dithering at this stage.
Create Analysis File If this is activated, Live will create an .asd le that contains
analysis information about the rendered sample. If you intend to use the new sample
in Live, check this option.
5.3 MIDI Files
A MIDI le contains commands that prompt MIDI compatible synthesizers or instruments,
such as Live's Simpler, to create specic musical output. MIDI les are exported by hardware
and software MIDI sequencers. Importing MIDI les into Live works differently than with
samples: MIDI le data is incorporated into the Live Set, and the resulting MIDI clips lose all
reference to the original le. MIDI les appear as folders in the File Browser; opening the
folders gives you access to the le's individual tracks (also called voices or instruments).
A MIDI File and its
Tracks in the Browser.
Note that while you can rename or delete entire MIDI les via the Browser, this is not
possible with the individual MIDI tracks contained within them. This is also the case with the
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