I selected a midi file from …workspace\default_lib\midi_sources folder and edited it with Reaper. After making my changes I wanted to be able to save it so that I could incorporate it as a part in a song. When I did the export, I noticed that some of the existing midi files had an exclamation point (or TWO) at the end of the filename. What does this represent and should I be using this in midi files that I add or edit?
Also on that note, if I edit an existing midi file and then save it with the same name, is it automatically incorporated into songs or does it mess things up?
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As I’ve not tested what you are asking about, I can only offer my opinion:
Singular Sound’s position has been to not edit files directly in your bbworkspace folder as it could mess things up. If it were me, I would copy the file to the desktop and edit it with Reaper outside of the bbworkspace folder, give it a slightly different name to distinguish it from the original and then add that to a song in the BeatBuddy Manager (BBM).
I’m not sure that the BBM automatically updates a song when a midi file has been changed within the bbworkspace folder.