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Message: [QUOTE="Bombastus, post: 92274, member: 2178"] Kveik 1.3 lets you choose which tracks go into summed MIDI exports and which tracks leave the sequencer as stems. Earlier versions already supported dragging MIDI out of Kveik, but the new selectors make the export window less of an all-or-nothing handoff. A 16-track pattern does not always belong in the DAW as 16 exported parts. You may want the kick, percussion, and bass committed to MIDI while keeping chord experiments or temporary guide tracks inside Kveik. Separate choices for sum and stems let those two export jobs use different subsets. With [B][URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/threads/bitlantis-has-expanded-kveik-1-3-with-per-track-arp-mode.77646/']Kveik’s selective MIDI export controls[/URL][/B], the useful decision happens before the files reach the piano roll. You decide which sequencer tracks belong in the handoff instead of exporting everything and deleting unwanted material afterward. [HEADING=2]The export window now decides what leaves Kveik[/HEADING] Kveik can run up to 16 tracks, each with its own MIDI note and channel, so a full pattern can contain several musical jobs at once. Drums, bass, chords, melodic parts, and utility patterns can sit beside one another even when only a few are ready to leave the plug-in. Version 1.3 adds independent track selection for Sum and Stems in the MIDI export window. The two selectors are separate, which means the set used for a combined export does not have to match the set used when you export tracks individually. One export can be deliberately compact while the other stays split for editing. Suppose tracks 1 through 5 form the groove, tracks 6 and 7 handle bass and chords, and track 8 is still an experiment. A summed export can include the finished rhythm and harmonic parts while excluding the sketch. A stem export can then isolate only the tracks you expect to edit, reroute, or hand to another instrument. Nothing about this requires you to flatten the whole sequencer first. Kveik still works as a MIDI generator, so the export is about note and performance data rather than bounced audio. Instrument sounds, plug-in patches, mixer processing, and the rest of the DAW environment remain separate concerns. [HEADING=2]Sum export keeps selected parts together[/HEADING] A sum is useful when several Kveik tracks should arrive as one MIDI handoff rather than a stack of separate files. The new selector lets you define which tracks participate before creating that combined result. Leaving unwanted tracks out at the source keeps the receiving clip cleaner. This can help when several drum tracks are meant to travel together, or when a bass and supporting percussion pattern belong in one portable MIDI package. You are not forced to include a muted experiment simply because it exists in the Kveik project. Selection becomes part of the export decision instead of cleanup work after import. The broader idea is familiar in [B][URL='https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14058']multi-track symbolic composition workflows[/URL][/B], where separate musical tracks can be edited as independent symbolic material and then exported back into a DAW. Kveik’s 1.3 change is much narrower, but it addresses the same practical tension between preserving track structure and moving a useful subset into another editing environment. Keep channel behavior in mind when a combined MIDI result reaches the destination. Kveik supports per-track MIDI channels, and recent host work expanded reliable 16-channel output in applications such as Studio One. The receiving DAW and instrument still determine how those channels are interpreted once the MIDI leaves Kveik. [HEADING=2]Stem export keeps editing decisions separate[/HEADING] Stem export is the better fit when the receiving session needs each chosen Kveik part independently. A bass line can land on its own track, percussion can stay separate from the kick, and a chord part can be sent somewhere else without first pulling those notes apart from one combined clip. The gain is controlled after export. Separate MIDI parts can be quantized differently, reassigned to different instruments, transposed independently, or edited without touching neighboring material. You also avoid exporting unfinished tracks merely because they share the same Kveik arrangement. Independent Sum and Stems selectors make mixed workflows cleaner. You can create one compact combined export for quick auditioning, then make a stem pass containing only the tracks that need detailed work. The second pass does not have to mirror the first. Kveik’s existing drag-and-drop workflow still matters here because export is not limited to one grand final render. Blocks, arrangements, and larger MIDI structures can already move toward the DAW, while 1.3 adds finer control over which tracks participate when using the export window. A sensible handoff starts by deciding what the destination actually needs. Leave temporary generators, alternate parts, and unused guides behind, include only the musical material you want to continue editing, and choose a sum or stems according to how much separation the next stage requires. Fewer exported tracks can mean fewer routing mistakes and less piano-roll surgery once the pattern lands in the project. [/QUOTE]

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