Hi All, looking at what David did we are mainly referring to the backing guitar. To simply do what David did above whilst making it better overall created some issues where notes sounded wrong particularly on chord changes. So once I extended the length of the notes I went through and made changes.

The really huge difference was in the guitars that David used. Even then he used 3 guitars that sounded very different on different systems. Each of the guitars had way more depth than the one I used.

As I said I did the MIDI some years ago, the instruments used were all native to Sonar. These days there are many more good guitars about, finding them at a good price is an exercise (believe me) but I am going through that.

The point I was trying to make and hopefully some saw it, is that sometimes it is better to use MIDI to get a feel that can be lost using Realtracks. I was trying to make this point after reading some of the frustration expressed by some folks about what should they use.

Put simply, use Realtracks where it sounds good and MIDI where it suits. I often use a combination of both RealTracks to get most of the song and add MIDI to make parts I don’t pick up with Realtracks.

David also mentioned he often uses piano MIDI SuperTracks which is something I have also done. I did it to get a cleaner piano. Now it is available I have replaced a RealDrum track with MIDI drums using a MIDI file generated from the RealDrums.

Horses for courses. We are very fortunate to have all these choices available. I am fortunate in that I have the time to play these games in my retirement. I have no timeline which is a huge advantage when it comes to avoiding creative frustration.

Once again thanks for your input. For me this has been interesting seeing where the discussion went. Most did agree that a simple little MIDI file that took a few hours to create had a better feel than a Realtrack generated job that took days to get as good as I could.

Tony

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