Originally Posted By: Neil1000


Now I mentioned I don't like hanging the software on the end of a hardware synth. In my view, again personal, the sound quality is not great. PG music has provided software alternatives for getting sound out of the program but again, in my opinion these are not great. I don't want lots and lots of Realtracks I would like lots more supermidi. In my part of the World most of the Realtracks would be of no value - you cant give away "Country" -and "Gospel"here. How can this program be so poor at "EDM?"


Neil1000,

It's great to hear from you as we have some points of view in common.

I agree that BIAB is heavily slanted towards jazz and pop music. I dispute that BIAB is poor at EDM (electronic dance music, for those who don't know). In fact, I would say that it could be superb for this; there just isn't much programming (read: Styles) for it. Listen to some of the so-called "Electro" Styles and see whether you agree. Even through a basic GM synth some of these sound pretty amazing.

There isn't much here for us electronic types--but there could be. I have asked for years for more New Age, Ambient, and Electro Styles. The great news for us MIDI-philes is that the old sorcery of BIAB, the Stylemaker, is still there and still works great. For anyone willing to invest time in learning and programming the rewards could be great. Of course, I would rather have some or most of it done for me by the collective genius of PG Music. The whole idea of BIAB, for me anyway, was to not have to do that programming.

Nevertheless, I think of BIAB as a giant multitrack sequencer. Alas, the site where I used to post my music no longer hosts it, or I would point you to a few examples of what I have done with BIAB GM files ported into Propellerhead Reason, which serves as a massive soft synth (and is now a complete DAW).

Neil, I hope you read this and respond. Perhaps we should start a new discussion so as not to get buried in this ongoing 64-bit thread. At the very least I hope you will make your wants known in the Styles MIDI Wishlist.

Carry on,

Richard

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."