Mario has given a great overview of software. I’m a composer preparing demos, so for the MIDI melodies in BIAB I don’t want to spend a lot of time and I use a hardware MIDI synth. I have Roland’s best, but any Roland synth uses many of the same basic sounds. The link I gave you included demos for the SD-20. I had one. I’ve since moved up but the SD-20 gives a pretty good sample of what any Roland synth sound like.


BIAB 2026 Win Audiophile. Software: Fender Studio One 8, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Presonus Quantom HD8 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.