"If that performance were to be played over the radio or as an underscore for a motion picture, would you really be able to tell?"


But I am not talking about a recording that you hear on the radio, in a movie, or as "muzak" in the mall, I am talking about paying to see a live act that uses midi as their band. Studio editing is a everyday thing, tune the vocal, cut & paste the 3rd chorus to the first because it's better, lock the drummer to the grid, etc...all part of today's studio experience.

So spending a few days making a midi track sound great is in the job description by default really.


"Your problem is not with MIDI itself. Your problem has to do with poor performance on MIDI stuff. "


100% correct, and that is all that matters when someone is asking I pay a cover charge + 2 drink min for the pleasure of listening to them. I would rather hear a bad solo act giving it 100% for 4 hours than a great duo with crappy backing tracks, at least the one that stinks is making an effort, where the ones using the bad midi don't care enough to do it right, or they might not even know the difference....

But if a Real Track style fits the tune, the only way it can sound bad is if they either....

1. Stretch it beyond where it should be, or...

2. Don't enter the correct chords.


Bottom line, I just don't spend my $$ where it stinks is all!

And sorry for the derail Joe V, this is FAR from your OP. I will bow out now....

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