Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
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.


Right. It is only the drums where you can do a substitution to get a MIDI-capable track of the original track doesn't do MIDI. And I have had very poor results trying to force MIDI tracks into a style. I never seem to get the right groove. What I have had to do in most cases is copy the whole BIAB file and apply a different style to the song that has a MIDI drum part that will work. Then I extract that drum part and combine it with the others in my DAW notation program.

I think I've bought every BIAB upgrade for the last 10 years, including the ".5" upgrades. But I just don't need any more RealTracks or RealDrums. What I need is better MIDI content.

PGMusic has taken pride in being a pioneer in the field of musical styles, and what they have done over the years is impressive. But they need to understand many people simply don't want closed-end systems when there are so many tools that are open and interoperable. We want the ability to move the content easily among programs and use out own VSTis when we choose.

It is ironic that several DAW makers have introduced "Drum Replacer" technology that can analyze an audio file of a human drummer and convert that to MIDI, which can in turn be run into the best drum VSTIs. If PG music insists on producing their own proprietary sounds, the least they could do is also develop the "drum replacer" technology so that we can easily get that content as MIDI.


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