Hey Newbert,

You must have asked a pretty good question because you're sure getting a lot of answers to it.

Regarding the Hi-Q sounds, it is confusing because of they are used with midi supertracks.

When you load a midi supertrack, Sampletank2 and a preselected Hi-Q instrument patch are also loaded. PG Music has "somehow" (I don't know how and it really doesn't matter for this discussion) associated that a specific Hi-Q instrument will be used with each midi Supertrack. However, you, the user can always over ride the preselected Hi-Q instrument selection and by making your own instrument selection.

So, in summary,

Midisupertracks is a marketing name PG Music has given to musical midi phrases created by real musicians instead of by a software program.

SampleTank2 is a soft synth provided by PG Music.

Hi-Q instruments are soft synth patches that can only play inside the SampleTank 2, SampleTank 2.5 and SampleTank 3 soft synth platforms.

PG Music provides the Hi-Q soft synth patches.

PG Music associates a specific Hi-Q soft synth patch with each midisupertrack. This selection can be over ridden by the user.

Both midi supertracks and Hi-Q instruments can be used independent of each other.

Hope this helps.

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