For you veteran RealBand users,

I want to relive my Top 40 days from the 80s. So, I just want to buy some MIDI files from MIDIHits.com, and open them in RealBand with no fuss so I can play along with them at home.

I've opened a couple of type 1 files already, and the drums are not assigned correctly, and the instruments need to be changed/reassigned too (IOW, the whole thing sounds like crap).

So, my question: I'm opening GM2 compatible files using Coyote WT, and I can't really figure out a quick way to reassign the channels or fix the drums. I thought the whole reason for GM MIDI files was to be plug-n-play with the correct instruments, etc.

I really thought with GM files, I could just open them and press play.

If you could just point me in the right direction, I don't mind doing the work. The program has so many features and menus, I don't even know where to start.

I have the 2014 package with all the bells and whistles (or most of them anyway). Would SampleTank be easier to use or better at this than ForteWT?

Thanks everyone :-)