The connection between what i'm saying and the subject of GM is a not fair. I never mentioned GM. If you haven't hooked up your vst synths to products by NTOnyx, for eg, you may not have a clue what i was saying. Standardization with respect to articulation parameters that are unavailable in midi makes no sense anyway. The way trillian (bass vst) handles (proprietarily) round robin and overlap is strikingly realistic since we're talking gigobytes. Yes, overlaps in specific sample module situations do help. With respect to trillian I didn't say in the low instrument ranges. Actually my particular case is a "stick" up in the higher ranges. The best thing to do is check out trillian's video demo. I guess bass is a bad example because most "bass" isn't chordal or legato-riff based. And I agree that in most situations applying this to bass MIDI would be a big mistake. In a soundtrack bass solo part it might make sense - in typical midi bass files you end up lengthening notes, some overlap, most don't. It sounds more realistic than unnatural clipped notes, instant cutoffs.. Reverb is a mask but not ideal. If u are a bass player or guitarist, probably you found yourself playing a root, letting it ring while playing it's octave. Walking bass lines are one style. That clavinet riff style is another. Still If we apply what i said to cheesy '80s MIDI it makes no sense. Or if the stuff is played through your guitar amp.

Anyway, NTOnyx substantiates this reality, IF we are talking about quality VST stuff like trillian, hollywood strings, pianoteq and samplemodelling etc., THEN running a MIDI data edit makes a huge difference in terms of sound track production. It helps that Onyx does this in real time so there's instant feedback. Check out examples of there articulation variations. And remember they are one example. Other products do this. I'm not saying anything novel. If you want to compare this to a casio keyboard its not the same but i mean no disrespect to what anyone believes. I was fortunate to have heard what this concept does. Maybe you'll experience it and if so you'll be glad, believe me.

The most amazing thing about this articulation stuff is how it applies to existing MIDI, whereas biab does things through performers recording stuff, the technology i refer to allows a user to interact and influence it in beautiful ways that biab may not feel the need to explore yet.

And thanks, Notes, for your welcome comments that i completely concur with.

Last edited by curiousCat; 11/06/13 03:44 PM.