This tool generates an automatic chart from your FL Studio .midi files. Using this to chart FL Studio songs speeds up the process when starting to put the chart together.
- Quickly generate a basic chart that you can tweak
- Basic charting algorithm – e.g. lower pitched notes charted green, higher pitched orange
- The note timing will match your midi, will be perfect
- It charts starpower & Sections
Steps
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Export the midi file using FL Studio
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Go to piano roll and press file > export midi
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Convert the midi into text
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http://flashmusicgames.com/midi/mid2txt.php – use the tool on this site
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Copy & Paste the generated text into the chart.text file
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Copy from “MFile” to “TrkEnd”
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Open the Autochart Tool
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Press 1
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Enter “chart” as the name
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Select the track (always “1”)
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This will generate a chart file
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Paste the .chart file into the folder with your Song
Open in Moonscraper to tweak! See the settings.ini to configure more (minimum note length, chart star power, section distance);
See the video below for reference.
FAQs:
Q: is there a way to export all patterns into one chart?
A: in FL, make an extra layer and copy/paste all of the patterns into one. Then, export the midi for that layer
Q: is this only good for FL Studio songs?
A: No. Try any song. There are midi files out there for most songs too… just google any song followed by .midi
Clone Hero Autocharter Tutorial video
And what to do if I want to use the same MIDI to generate charts for, say, guitar and bass and have them import into the editor normally?
Not sure – I would follow the process above for each track and copy/paste using two instances of moonscraper. This tool is fairly limited. If you can get it working, let us know!
I can’t export the midi.
I can suggest a couple basic things but it shouldn’t cause you any issues… in FL, make sure you are selecting the notes first before pressing export MIDI. If you still have issues, update FL studio. Hope you get it working.
Just tried this, chart is blank, does not work for me.
^^Same
The chart is blank I know the midi file has data but when converting it into a text and then .chart file the data is lost please help.
Hi Relbakin – could you possibly post a video of the process you are following? I’m keen to improve this guide soon. I will be able to see where it is going wrong and will fix this.
just tried using this with a fresh midi and moonscraper can’t open the chart file for some reason.
The auto charter tutorial for Clone Hero here is quite good, and I want to thank you for sharing this fantastic tutorial here. I would like to know what other people think about this tutorial, though.