Guide

Export MIDI to FL Studio (Chords + Melody)

The Emotion → MIDI studio exports a standard .mid file that drops straight into FL Studio — here's exactly what's in that file and how to work with it in the Piano Roll.

1. Build and export a progression

  1. Open /midi, pick a mood, key, and bar count, then hit Regenerate until the chords feel right.
  2. Build a melody on top: choose a genre preset, generate, then lock bars you like and re-roll the rest.
  3. Click Download MIDI + melody. The file that downloads is a WYSIWYG export — it contains exactly the notes shown in the studio's piano-roll preview, at the tempo and bar length you set.

2. What's inside the file

Chords and melody are written to a single MIDI track so the file plays back exactly like the in-browser preview with no re-syncing needed. By default the melody engine sits one octave above the chord voicings (octaveShift: 1), so in most exports the melody notes appear clearly higher on the piano roll than the chord stacks below them — that pitch gap is what makes the next step easy.

3. Import into FL Studio

  1. Drag the downloaded .mid file from Explorer/Finder straight onto a Channel Rack slot, or use File → Import → MIDI file.
  2. FL Studio will ask whether to import as a Score log or link it to a channel — choose to open it in the Piano Roll for a new instrument channel so you can edit it directly.
  3. In the Piano Roll, rubber-band select the higher-pitched melody notes and use Alt + drag (or right-click the selection → Cut, then paste into a new channel) to split melody onto its own channel/instrument, leaving the chord stack behind on the original one.
  4. Swap in your own instruments per channel, then quantize or humanize further to taste.

4. Tempo and key stay intact

The exported file embeds the tempo (BPM) and a 4/4 time signature matching your studio settings, so FL Studio's project tempo will follow the import (or you can override it). Chord roots and the melody are written as absolute MIDI note numbers in your chosen key, so no manual transposition is needed after import.

Other DAWs

This is a standard Type-0 MIDI file, so the same drag-and-drop or File → Import workflow applies to Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Studio One, Reaper, and any other DAW that reads .mid files.

Next

Want to understand why a mood produces the chords it does before you export? Read How Emotion → Chord Progressions Work.