

You can also plug a MIDI keyboard into your computer to play notes on a MIDI track. These types of tracks allow you to draw notes in your DAW to play a melody.

You may import MIDI files onto MIDI tracks (also called instrument tracks or instrument channels in Ableton Live). What is a MIDI File and what are they used for?Ī MIDI file (.mid) is a simple file containing musical note data. Then I will show you three ways of importing a MIDI file into Ableton Live.

This guide starts by outlining what a MIDI file is and how to use MIDI files & MIDI tracks. We also have similar guides for using MIDI files in Studio One, FL Studio, Logic Pro, and Cubase. We designed this easy-to-follow guide to help you learn how to import MIDI files into Ableton Live.
