I have a feeling that that the RT has little to do with the style aside from the feel and tempo. You can put an Acoustic Swing Bass 110 in any style matching feel and tempo and you will hear the same phrases. I don't think the underlying Midi notes have anything to do with the RT phrase created. With Midi, many styles have quite different phrasing and it's easy to add or modify more. RTs are restricted to the phrases actually recorded.

I've heard some pretty good soft synths, especially in the Soundfont arena. But I don't think they compare to a halfway decent hard synth. Some of the demos I've heard with the more expensive softsynths such as Garritan are very impressive. Will these be replaced by RTs? I doubt it. At my gigs I use BIAB on my laptop connected to my keyboard for Midi sounds (Bass and guitar). The sounds are far superior to my softsynths. Also, much less load on the laptop.

One day, I hope to be completely weaned off needing my laptop at gigs. I'm currenly replacing Midi bass with RT Bass in my arrangements. With the exception of a few Midi notes inserted for Shots and Holds, it is moving along very well. Once completed, I'll Render the songs to MP3 and use my MP3 player. I'll probably still have the laptop in the car just in case.

R