I knew he's say that stuff at the end. And that he knew what he was talking about as far as midi is concerned.

However, one day, technology, storage space and processing will trump midi, for which development has ground to the proverbial halt. What the keyboard manufacturers will have then is a captive audience for new keyboards, because nothing will be compatible. I suppose (sigh), that's ok.

I don't just yet see the day my keyboard will trigger Realtracks, however through experimentation I have run the output through a voicelive and got some interesting results with harmonies. Don't hold your proverbial breath.

As said earlier.

If some enterprising chap took a particular sound module and optimized band in a box files so that it used midi and that module there is probably a good market for that implementation. Sacrifices have to be made though, because the average user is not going to go out and buy 4 external synths. And many want to 'play live'.

Thus the potential after'markets'.

John Conley
Musica est vita