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<...>The sound is subjective. You have no idea what synth I'm using when you make that statement.




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The problem I have with Midi is that it sounds too perfect, too mechanical. I have no inclination to take a Midi bass line and spend forever trying to make it sound human. By the way, one can also hear the wood vibrating using RTs. <...>



If a human entered the bass line in real time, it should sound human up to the limitations of BiaB.

The problem is, too many styles were step-entered which makes them sound non-human.

And I know that not everyone wants to put the work in to make the MIDI tracks sound better. But I strongly feel that by putting in the work by editing the MIDI files in a sequencer, you can end up with a much better sounding backing track than you can with the RTs (for the reasons I stated earlier).

IMHO getting song specific licks, shots, holds, gradual tempo variations, kicks, gradual and/or instant volume variations, and all the other things you can do in MIDI that you cannot do with the RTs have more effect on the audience than a pure bass (or any other) tone. For me the RTs sound too generic and don't fit the personality of each individual song. The MIDI tracks are the same way (it's the nature of auto-accompaniment), but I can fix the MIDI files in a sequencer so they fit the song's personality, where I cannot with RTs.

Of course, many people don't want to put in the time and work. There is something to be said for instant gratification.

On the other hand, I do this for a living. Even if I spend an entire day making the backing track as good as I can make it, it's worth it. I will play that track thousands of times and the better I can make it feel, the more I will please the audience. The more I please the audience, the more fun they will have. The more fun they have means I get more opportunities to perform. The more opportunities I get to perform, the more fun I have and the more my mortgage company likes me.

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