Originally Posted By: Tiger
The sound quality of the midi styles coming out of the BIAB (2019) seems really poor to me. The instruments sound muddy and distorted. Tonight I tried an experiment and exported the midi from BIAB and dragged it into my DAW, where it sounded much better, without making any changes in the DAW.

My computer is a relatively new Windows 10 system, fairly high powered. I am using a Scarlett 6i6 interface and sound in every other program sounds fine on my monitor speakers. BIAB is set up to put Audio out through the Scarlett interface.

So I am wondering if there is something I can set in BIAB to get better instrument sound quality? Or do I have to buy something extra? Yes, I know that RealTracks styles exist, but I need to stay in Midi so I can edit later.

I would appreciate any help or at least a direction to investigate.

Thanks
Glenn



So ... first off, Welcome to the world of PG music and Band in a Box.

This is the thing....as others have said, the sound you get from midi is totally a product of the synth you have and the patches or samples it plays. General midi stuff sounds bad when you have worked with the better samplers. I only use sampled sounds now on the rare occasions I use Midi.

I tend to only use midi for drums, piano, and bass. Those have relatively decent sounding samples.

So in BB, depending on the version you bought, you should have a number of REAL TRACKS for various instruments. I would suggest learning how to use those. I tend to almost exclusively use RT's in my music. Only if I need a custom part that BB will not give me, will I use midi. I also never use midi for things like guitar since it's really hard to get a convincing guitar from midi. RT's are excellent but since I play guitar, I often do my own guitars.


To see what I'm taking about..... click the link below to listen to a few things I am doing using RT's.

Hope this helps.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 03/29/20 04:35 AM.
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