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Here we go again, MIDI vs Real Tracks. I play jazz piano and use only Real Bass and Real Drums for accompaniment. If you're a cover band then MIDI is probably better for you. For my purposes MIDI dosen't come close to the sound and feel of the Real Tracks. I used the MIDI tracks for many years and it was like a miracle when Real Tracks came out. For me, no comparison. Real Tracks, hands down.........



Hi you all

Just want to add my grain of salt... I have to say that my opinion on MIDI vs Real Tracks echoes toward what raym1 had to say. Only been working with BIAB since 2005.I also play jazz on the tenor. I am definitely not an expert on BIAB. I use it primarily for accompaniment and jazz composition. For accompaniment, I just want to enter chords, choose a style, play on top to see if it fits and burn it to a cd. For composing jazz themes, I just sit down at the piano and when I'm ready, I choose the appropriate style and try it directly with an accompaniment that sounds real, afterwards I use a notation program. (That's one feature BIAB I would never touch with a ten feet pole, but that's another ball game...) That being said, one can "MIDI tweak" all they want or use "hyper" real tracks, nothing will ever replace live musicians.

I don't have anything against MIDI and I guess we have to choose what suits us better to achieve our goals. Until now I was using only MIDI. Last week I bought all the jazz Real Track and as far as I'm concerned the sounds are out of this world. Frankly, for what I have to do BIAB, I don't miss MIDI a bit.

Last edited by Switzerland; 01/03/11 09:55 AM.
Best of all and hope your day is a nice one

Pierre