The answer to the statement in the question is obviously this:
Midi has no sounds.
Midi can be manipulated note by note by a craftsman who, can spend hours on a phrase, send it to some collection of synthophones and have it approximate an instrument as they see it.

Some are here to state they hold their noses at RealTracks and are not shy to advertise, even commercially, that THEIR midi beats any real instrument at realism.

Real Instrument campers don't use midi.

Some people (gasp) use both.

As I stated earlier, some synths like the Roland JV1010 and family can be had for under 50 bucks now. Get one if you use midi.

Of course now that the midi is out of the bag we can start endless threads about how this or that plug in is used ...with this or that amp...stereo vrs mono, and other stuff (yawn).

John Conley
Musica est vita