Originally Posted by Gordon Scott
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It is and that's why so many people still use MIDI and plug-ins.
RTs give a quick and very good cut, but one's rather restricted in what one can do with them.
MIDI allows much more control and tuning<...>
I mostly use MIDI and a hardware sound module instead of plug-ins.

Why hardware?
1) There is no noticeable latency (I think the average is about 5ms, or the time it takes sound to travel 6 feet).
2) Hardware synths store their sounds in ROM. Soft synths have to create the sound for each and every note as they are playing, which is why the latency). But to keep the latency shorter, they cut corners. Stored in ROM, the sound can be both more realistic and more nuanced. But of course, that depends on the synth manufacturer.

But whether you use soft or hardware synths, MIDI is thousands of times more editable than recorded audio.

I admit, the Real Tracks sound great. But, IMO, with a good synth, the sounds can be 95% as good as the RT, and with the increased editing ability of MIDI, the final song can be much, much better.


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