Exporting a song from Tyros 5, importing it into Musescore and editing it there?

[DocH]

Hi. This is my first post, so I hope I don't breach any protocols.

I have a Tyros 5. I use styles with harmonies driven by the left hand, and melodies in the right hand. Straightforward enough. But I find editing notes etc in the Tyros to be a bit of a pain. I like to use Musescore version 3 to create and edit pieces. Easy, notes can be added and edited and so on with ease and accuracy; fine.

What I'd like to do is:
1.   Create an approximation of what I'm trying to create, within the Tyros with an appropriate style and right hand and sounds;
2.   Export this as a MID file on a memory stick;
3.   Import it into Musescore 3 on my laptop;
4.   Edit it to my heart's content in Musescore, add repeats, slight variations, dynamics etc etc;
5.   Export this to a MID file on a memory stick;
6.   Import this edited/extended version back into the Tyros as a "song";
7.   Play the edited version back using the sounds generated by the Tyros. Record as an audio file.

In my experiments to try to do this, I am able to export a song as a MID file from the Tyros, switch it off and on again to reset it, and then re-import the MID file into the Tyros. When I do that all the sounds and instruments, melodies, styles etc are perfectly preserved and re-instated. So all relevant Midi data is stored in the MID file.
Okay, so far so good. BUT if I import the MID file into Musescore, and immediately export it to a MID file, without editing or modifying it at all, and then import this file back into the Tyros, then when this song is played in the Tyros the sounds are scrambled and play on different instruments. So there's something about the process of importing the song into Musescore and then exporting it again, which, in itself, scrambles the sounds a bit. I'm guessing it might be something to do with data for "Megavoices" not being preserved completely when the MID file is imported into Musescore and then exported from it. Or some kind of Midi mapping issue?

So, can anyone suggest how I can do what I'm trying to do and preserve sounds etc after I have edited a piece within Musescore? Or achieve my aim via some other route?

I'm not particularly fluent in electronics or things Midi, so I'm hoping for a not-too-complex solution.

Thanks in anticipation.

[matthewjames88]

Hi DocH. It sounds like as you describe Musescore is changing the midi data. I have been using cakewalk modi sequencer for years now and you can edit midi in a staff view (very basic compared to musescore) all the data is preserved when saved. Cakewalk by band lab is free to use and download. I have been meaning to look at Musescore. If I find any more info on preserving midi data in Musescore I'll post it on this thread. It seems musescore uses midi to interpret the notes to work with musical which destroys the original MIDI.
Regards Matthew UK

[KurtAgain]

Musescore is a music notation program and is not suitable for what you want to do. As Matthew has already written, you need a so-called DAW program (DAW = Digital Audio Workstation). Cakewalk, for example, is such a DAW program and it is free.

Kurt