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Again, never say never but...that would mean PG dropping the General Midi Standard.....

That in turn would cause no end of grief for the average user who just wants to put in some chords and hit
As I mentioned earlier the GM standard also only has a few midi controllers available and they are no where near enough to do what we're talking about here. Bob



Bob, I will respectfully disagree about a couple of your points.

PG would not have to drop the GM standard to improve its midi capabilities. As I have said many times all it would have to do is to increase its midi resolution and add more ports, much like in RB.

Second GM has the same midi controller capabilities as any other synth IF the MFG decides to utilize them all. Some do and some don’t. That’s the same for any synth, soft,hard, GM or not.

The GM standard is a good thing for many people, however that segment of the total PC music creating community apparently is in the minority, otherwise there would be a ton of MFG’s offering it. Many DAW’s and include a basic GM set, as do some hardware synths.

There are a couple of inherent problems with uploading a midi GM file. Let’s say you have a perfect sounding trumpet in your GM set and you have set its pitch bend range to +/- one half semitone. This adds life to your sound. You up load that file and someone else downloads it and plays it on their GM set. It can sound terrible because the trumpet sound is not the same and their pitch bend range is set at the normal +/- 2 semitones. That is why most GM midi files are note on and note off only. Controllers can make a mess of everything.

The main problem in getting the ideal GM sound set is the cost. A good brass section like Garritans J&BB cost $150 USD. Add a good string section, Garritans GPO4 is another $150. That’s a lot of money for a few sounds. Plus these two examples are at the lower price range. A very good sax Mr Sax T costs around $150 just for a tenor sax. Plus it needs Kontakt to run it, another $400. Good sounds cost a lot of money. The SD2 apparently the best overall deal for $400.

One last point is when was the last time anyone posted a midi file? It’s a thing of the past. We create midi files then convert them to wavs and/or MP3’s and upload the MP3. That way what you hear is what the composer hears.

Just my thoughts - MarioD

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