Originally Posted by Notes Norton
Originally Posted by BIABman
<...snip...> The songs I listened to today were midi-based except for the drums. This is clearly out of date concerning what's possible today with real tracks.<...>.

Yes, there is a reason for that. When I compiled Fake Disk #37, The Real Book 6th Edition, with all Real Styles, I got a number of complaints. The MIDI people were very unhappy.

Here is why: ...

It's also something you can do yourself, if you want to spend the many hundreds of hours per book to enter, correct and audition styles.

Try the free samples, change the style to a Real Style, if you like it, fine, if not, that's OK. I put the samples up so that people can try before they buy. I don't want to sell something you will be unhappy with. I make my living gigging, the BiaB is a sideline for me.


Hi NN thanks for stopping by here.
I realize very well that 100's of hours are required to put together a compilation that I am talking about here.
It could be one person putting in this time or a group of people, maybe a dozen or more etc.
A collaboration.
When I made my post this is what I was thinking about. I know I can input each song, but that's not what I was inquiring about.

Today I listened to Besame Mucho, Cheek to Cheek and Corcovado. The chords and sound of each one
were less than inspiring. smile

As I mentioned, I'm looking for hip/cool chords (changing the fake book chords if it's better) and real-sounding audio, not cheesy sounding midi from 20 years ago. smile

I understand your rationale for including midi, but that's not what I am looking for.at this time.

A BIAB user for more than 30 years (if you can believe it) !