Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
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I wonder if this problem is widespread? How many people have a VSTi with serious range limits? Is it enough to warrant a Wishlist request to add range limits for each track in BIAB?


Yes this problem is widespread. AFAIK all good MIDI sound sources are either limited or very close to the actual range of the instrument it is emulating. I have VSTis that range from one octave to a few octaves.

The problem comes in when one composes in GM. All GM sounds that I have seen use the entire keyboard, thus you could be writing out of the instruments actual range. That is why I only compose in my DAW using a VSTi that has the chosen instrument's actual range.

Incorporating said limits in BiaB would be nice but IMHO there are other things that should be done in BiaB first. Plus it would be a tremendous task having limits on over 100 instruments. The solution, or current workaround, is write MIDI tracks in your DAW. YMMV

I get most of my exercise these days from shaking my head in disbelief.


64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware