Good question. I can only answer from my experience. I have found that a BIAB midi file which has been transcribed from a RT will NOT sound all that well. It will be missing the expression AND velocity which is only coded when a Real Instrument is being recorded by a midi recorder. MST Pianos sound excellent, as they are recorded with a midi instrument, but the midi from a Transcribed Rt audio file piano will not. Their value for this is limited to creating sheet music.

I only recently checked out the midi from a RD track. I found the midi associated with the RD track to be pretty good. It did have velocity data on all the hits. I can only suspect that it was captured on a midi drum kit which records the midi concurrently with the audio recorded by mics. I don't know if all RD midi is done this way.

This has been talked about a lot in the forum over the years but is always good to keep in mind. Matt has the same take as I do, however I would answer your question not with a "maybe", but with a "sometimes". grin

Dan


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