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<...>BUT does this mean we have seen the last of the development of new styles? It seemed that the improvements to 2009 and 2009.5 where all real track based. <...>



Definitely not, you just need to go Norton Music for your MIDI tracks. I have been making styles for BiaB since 1992 and have sold them to musicians in over 100 countries on the planet. I have 18 all MIDI style disks and I'm hoping to release two more in January or February. You can buy them by the disk (for about $1 per style) or individually by the style. To audition low-rez mp3 files of most of my styles go to http://www.nortonmusic.com/styledemo.html

My styles were recommended in Electronics Musician Magazine, Keyboard Magazine, and other music and computer magazines. Many of my customers tell me they like my MIDI styles better than the ones that came with BiaB http://www.nortonmusic.com/raves.html

I will continue to produce highest quality MIDI styles for BiaB as long as enough people want to purchase them. I also carry styles made by Roy Hawkesford and Sherry Mayrent. If anyone else can make high quality MIDI styles for BiaB and wants me to sell them for you, contact me.

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Like most of the professional musicians I know, I too prefer MIDI tracks to the real tracks - mostly because you can edit the MIDI tracks and get them to do things you cannot with the RTs.

All the reasons why I like MIDI better than RTs can be found here: http://www.nortonmusic.com/midi_vs_loops.html

Personally, I'll take a good MIDI sound module to RTs any day.

That is not to say PG didn't do a great job with RTs. What they did is fantastic, but I like to export to MIDI and then:

  • change or extend the endings or paste an extended, fancy ending from one of my intro/ending disks
  • ditto for introductions
  • enter song specific "licks" that so many pop songs need for identification
  • add kicks, pushes, holds, etc.
  • change some of the drum instruments - for instance, put the cymbal on a cowbell for part of the song, I can do that with a simple drag and drop in mys sequencer
  • change other instruments - perhaps that guitar part will sound better on a clav patch for a particular song
  • add crescendo, diminuendo, accelerando, ritardando , and other expressive elements
  • manipulate the rolls - get rid of some, change others, etc. using copy and paste in my sequencer


So no, it isn't the end of the road for MIDI styles, there is just a parallel road running alongside the PG highway.

So come on in, the MIDI is fine.

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Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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