[Bob]: Here is a MP3 file (12 bar blues - public domain) made with Norton Styles and about 99% General MIDI patches.
http://www.nortonmusic.com/mp3/Sweet_Home_Chicago_M128.mp3

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Nice MIDI arrangement Bob, thanks for posting it.

I don't see MIDI vs RealTracks as an "either-or" issue. They are different tools, and each have their uses, including combining them at times.

For example, there's an excellent MIDI blues demo that was posted above. That would be ideal to use in a club for a dance.

The RealTracks version of that sounds different, and would likely be used in different situations, maybe for when you're jamming (practising), or wanting more of a live-player sound.

Here's a RealTracks version of that, with the RealTracks "Blues Brothers" Sol Philcox and Brent Mason, joined by John Jarvis on Piano

Audio: http://nn.pgmusic.com/pgfiles/jazzu/misc/BluesEPianoGuitar.WMA

Actually it's just a demo of our RealTracks Set 140: Texas Blues Shuffle - playing over blues changes, but if you compare it with Bob's excellent MIDI sequence, it gives you a good comparison of the differences between MIDI and RealTracks, over a Blues progression.

(everything you hear, including the guitar and piano solos, were generated by BIAB, by pressing play. The 3 soloists (John, Brent and Sol) are trading off choruses, which is a feature added in 2011. Song took about 60 seconds to make). Of course, as with any RealTracks, you can type in any chords, any key and you'll get a full arrangement with soloing like this.


Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.