Pat Marr said
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Capturing the nuances in the MIDI itself is only part of the magic. The playback synth has to be layered enough to reproduce that much nuance. So if you are playing Super Midi Tracks through the basic coyote forte synth, it won't sound as good as it would if you send it through one of the many top-notch synths that are currently available.


So, I want to make sure I understand this: If you render to a wave form (such as saving as a wav file in BIAB), the playback synth is going to determine that wave form, correct?

I don't "do" MIDI much, and in fact one of the reasons I love BIAB is that it puts MIDI in a context that I can deal with presently. I have been rendering individual tracks (whether midi or Real) from BIAB to wav, then I deal with the wavs in Reaper. So far I'm loving that approach, and while yes I understand the limitations that approach imposes, it will probably be my main method for a good while. So, I can see that it would benefit me to get the best renders out of BIAB, which brings me to 2 issues being discussed here: having a "top notch" playback synth, and having the highest, or most appropriate, PPQ set properly in BIAB. I understand what PPQ means, it's a measure of resolution, namely quantized duration.

So, I'm asking for advice because I lack confidence in all matters MIDI.
Specifically, how/where can I get a (modestly priced?) "top notch playback synth" (I'm assuming this can be had as software, right?) that will make the most of the likes of what I will be working with (Super MIDI tracks, et al), and what would be the best method of setting the PPQ in BIAB (for those occasions that I want to render the waveforms in BIAB). Not to mention, any other issues or obstacles to High Quality for that workflow that I may have overlooked. Thanks in advance!

Edit: addendum:
Is EZKeys an example of a top notch playback synth? It has been noted that EZKeys is much more than that, and that EZKeys has some redundancy with BIAB in the songwriter -type functions. So, here's my hope: that there is something out there that is simpler (no extra features; I'm happy with the songwriting utility of BIAB), less expensive, but still high quality, "layered", nuance -capturing.

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