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Perhaps Luddites prefer it. The basis is the same on most keyboards to an extent. I have made it redundant, I use RealTracks.



I have to jump in here. If you call the top recording studios in LA, New York and Nashville Luddites, perhaps you are correct. MIDI is 30 years old, and according to Alan Parsons and quoted by Craig Anderton in EM Magazine, MIDI has become embedded in the DNA of every pop music production since then.

I like the RealTracks and have some fun using them. When they work, they are great. But there are still quite a few editing functions in MIDI that can be used to customize or improve a song that are impossible with the RealTracks. And if you have good MIDI synthesizers, the sound is almost as good as the RTs (yes even the GM bank of a high quality synth).

So I'm using a combination now. RTs for the tracks that don't need editing and MIDI tracks for those that do. I dump all my BiaB projects to DAW software where I can combine the best of both, change whatever I want, and add anything that BiaB doesn't provide. If my artistic judgement and skills are used well, the final product should be something that I couldn't have done without BiaB, but is better than what BiaB alone can provide.

MIDI is a tool, and like any tool, it has it's place in your tool box. Furthermore, it is a very versatile and still relevant tool and will probably be embedded in the DNA of virtually every pop song for years to come.

Just because I have a new tool, and enjoy the new tool, still using the old tool where it is appropriate does not make one a Luddite.

OK, I'm off my soapbox now.

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