Oh man, sorry MusicStudent.

Well I have spent my afternoon fussing around with MIDI and the VirtualMIDIsynth. I have loaded in three soundfonts (one at a time)(JJazzLab-SoundFont.sf2, FluidR3_GM.sf2, and Timbres Of Heaven (XGM) 3.94.sf2) and they are all radically different in volume, stereo space and of course especially timbre. The guitars always sound like electric pianos to my ears. This has been a very interesting adventure.

I have also downloaded Cakewalk and the included TTS-1 64 run as a VSTi and then again it seemed just like another flavor, but the MIDI tracks were still very identifiable as MIDI type sounds.

It makes me appreciate the quality of the RealTracks. I know there are advantages to using MIDI, but I find the sonic quality of the RealTracks to be thrilling and when I play against them I just melt into the music.

It has been so interesting to learn from you all; I am really enjoying this adventure.