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A pianist and I transcribed it and I imported it as Midi (1). The result is stiff sounding, I'm guessing as a result of the complete mathematical nature of Midi:



Did you hand anotate all the entries for the midi file or was it played from a keyboard. Playing from a midi keyboard would allow all the CC's to capture expresson which is difficult to convey in the hand annotated text. Does that make sense?

So while we can and should use the best synth to create the best piano sound, I am afraid the "expression" is only as good as the notes on the paper.