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Actually I use BIAB for creating a midi file and opening it in Sonar P8.


I wonder if you could open more instances in Power Tracks?

WSS



That's why I was asking Steve. This is the Biab forum and most softsynths like Dim Pro are not appropriate but in Real Band or Power Tracks you've got 16 midi ports so multiple instances are no problem. Biab is GM based and while you can use non GM synths by using patch maps or just manually assigning an instrument to each channel it's not worth the effort for most of us so we only look at GM stuff and the choices are very limited. You've got the VSC, Forte and Bandstand and that's basically it for softsynths and hardware it's the SD2. All the other hardware synths like my Kurzweil, Rolands etc, may have a GM soundbank but it's lame compared to their primary banks. Some of the high end arranger keyboards have good GM sounds but you're talking 2-3 grand for one of those.

Bob

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