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I heard that BIAB's RealTracks are great but the MIDI sounds, if you're recording direct form a keyboard, are rather weak. Would I do well by upgrading my Reason to the new Reason 6 and be able to use the sounds/synths there to use for the MIDI tracks to combine with the RealTracks? I also own Reaper but discovered that it doesn't have good synths/sounds for your MIDI work.



Well, I don't believe you can use Reason in BIAB as it is not a GM instrument and BIAB will only output to one instrument sound at a time. So unless you want all your instruments to sound like a piano you are out of luck. There is no Rewire support in BIAB (it has been on the wish list for several years). Some folks have discussed using something like MidiYoke to send to multiple channels - but alas that is not readily accomplished in BIAB. See here: BIAB with Reason


So you have either Reaper or RealBand ( both should work well with Reason) which will readily output each track to any midi instrument in Reason.

Hope I am not stearing you wrong here. Others will chime in to correct me if I am wrong. Have you tried some of the softsynths (e.g., Coyote Forte) for better midi sounds?

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