Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
You can go to the various websites and listen to demos but there's one very important thing to keep in mind and that is the midi controller being used to produce that demo.


Thanks Bob.
I just visited Trillian from Spectrasonics.
I listened to a piano, bass, drum track that
sounded very good.
Unfortunately even though my WinXP system can play back the track with no problems, the software won't install on my system.

$300 also might be a bit rich to pay for a midi bass sound that, as you say, BIAB wouldn't be able to replicate.
There were a lot of nice bass slides and such that GM midi wouldn't be able to achieve with BIAB.

I guess I'll keep searching.

BTW I found a cool BIAB thread on this topic from three years ago.

At that time this is what Matt Finley said in reply to the following question:

"Can enough data be captured and stored in Midi messages that would sound like a RealTrack given a good synth? "

"How good can Midi acoustic bass sound"
Matt Finley 11/26/10
"That's a thought-provoking question. For me, the answer is no. My Roland Fantom is one of the acknowledged better-sounding hardware synths out there. While I do use the MIDI bass, it's only on the Soloist track while doing unison or ensemble parts where I temporarily mute the RealBass track. I'm so spoiled by the nuances in the bass playing of the Real Tracks that I can't bring myself to listen to the MIDI playing while comping, even if the sound quality is acceptable. "

So Matt wasn't sold on a midi bass solution in 2010.

BIABguy