Yes, that is forcing Biab to use it's own midi drum parts, it has nothing to do with somehow converting a Real Drum track to midi. And, most of the Biab midi drum parts were recorded live on an electronic midi drum kit.

Here's the problem as I see it. People constantly get fooled when they listen to a Real Track/Drums. It sounds so good but of course it's just not quite what you want but still, what a great sound. So you ask if that track is available as midi.

You have to step back, take a minute and analyze why you like the RT so much. It's because it's a real player, playing real instruments or drum kit in a real studio just like what you hear on a favorite commercial recording. These recordings are not made for single note samplers they're recordings of phrases with all the nuance of both the instrument itself and what the player is doing.

You CANNOT duplicate that in midi. If you are a midi wizard, a great player, have tons of experience and you're using thousands of dollars worth of the best midi libraries AND CONTROLLERS then yes you can do pretty well with midi. But for anybody else? Forget it. The implied point in these threads is somebody wants to take a midi part that is taken from an RT/RD, paste it into Biab and simply hit Play. That ain't gonna cut it and it will sound like all the other lifeless and dry midi tracks floating around.

Instead of spending thousands and spending who knows how many hours to learn midi inside and out I think it's more cost effective to pay the $400 for Melodyne and use that to edit the RT/RD's audio. Cheaper, easier and faster.

Bob

Last edited by jazzmammal; 12/04/15 08:05 AM.
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