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MIDI styles, anybody's MIDI style, cannot be converted directly into RealTracks.

However, we always have the option of RightClicking on any one of the auto-accompaniment instrument tracks in a MIDI style song and substituting a RealTrack that may work well with the style.

When PG first came out with only the RealDrums, no other real instruments were yet in place for us, many of us remarked at how much more realistic sounding the old MIDI styles became simply with the addition of the RealDrums track. This was actually an eyebrow raiser for old MIDIOTS like yours truly. Then came the first RealTracks and again we found that the level of the bar had been raised one more time, for example, adding a Realtrack Acoustic Bass track to the MIDI style, along with RealDrums, would take the sound up another notch, actually making the "MIDI" sound a lot less noticeable.

Bob Norton is a pro musician who uses BiaB for backing tracks in his live act. He's been rolling styles for quite a few years now and while the auditioning of styles is a highly subjective thing, of course, I have found that some of the stuff he sells bridges the gap between what PGMusic has to offer. Those "Expanded Styles" he makes can take care of those tunes where you need more than 4 chords to the bar by simply doubling the amount available, stretching the one bar out over two. Won't printout a sheet that any reasonable musician would want to read, but sounds very good indeed, making them a very viable alternative for the performance musician.

If you spend a bit more time on his site, auditioning his samples, etc. you can get a better idea of what he has to offer and if any of them bridge the gap or otherwise float the boat for your own use.


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Thanks for the detailed info MAC.

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Thanks Mac!

You can audition most of my styles here:
http://www.nortonmusic.com/styledemo.html

They are played with either an old sound blaster sound card or the Roland VSC software synth. In other words, the entry level synth.

Also, they were encoded at a low mp3 bit rate, so although the fidelity is low, they download or stream very quickly, even if you have a dial-up Internet connection.

In other words, while you can hear all the parts on the demo files, the instrument sounds will be better on your system than they are on the demo.

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Mr. Norton,

I am interested in only the Straight Ahead Jazz Styles...BeBop...
Can you point me to where I can find this specific genre on your site ?

Thanks

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