I'm on the MIDI side of the fence myself.

I can export the MIDI files and then edit to make them better...

I can add song specific licks and kicks. I can change chord inversions. I can make the song play notes in chords that BiaB does not play.

I can do simple things too, like change the piano to a rhodes or a clav, a strat sound guitar to a les paul or a banjo, a cowbell to a ride cymbal, a string section to an organ or chorus, the acoustic bass to an electric bass, or whatever.

The fact is that MIDI is thousands of times more editable than audio. I want to play with the music, be an active participant, and take the very good output of Band-in-a-Box and make it better.

A good MIDI sound module can sound 90-99% as good as a real instrument, but expression to me is more important than the finer points of tone.

I'll use a Real Track if it is exactly what I'm looking for, but more often than not there is something I want to change about it, so I go with MIDI.

If I want to passively listen to others play music without my participation, I'll put on a CD.

But I need to emphasize that there is more than one right way to do this. My way is the best for me, and may or may not be best for anyone else.

Notes

Last edited by Notes Norton; 08/15/20 01:55 AM.
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