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<...> That being said, one can "MIDI tweak" all they want or use "hyper" real tracks, nothing will ever replace live musicians. <...>



That's an odd statement since live musicians play both traditional instruments and MIDI instruments. Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Patrick Moraz are a few live MIDI players.

And once things are digitized, they are all samples anyway.

The notion that MIDI instruments are inferior to "real" instruments is pure BS and quite Luddite in nature.

I have nothing against the RTs, there is definitely more than one way to make music, but when people state or infer that MIDI is inferior to "real" musicians, I have to do my best to try to educate them. MIDI can be step-entered or played by real musicians. If step entered, it's going to sound stiff, if played by a real musician it will reflect the talent and technique of that musician and if the musician is excellent at both, the music will be excellent.

There are a few things many of us would like to see incorporated into the MIDI section of Biab, including but not limited to and in no particular order:

1) Higher ppq resolution. A lot of the expressiveness of music comes from very minute timing variations. 120ppq is not quite adequate, especially at slower tempos. I would like to see the ppq expanded to 240ppq minimum.

2) The everlasting request for support for a diminished triad

3) Better control of shots and holds.

4) Accel, rit, cresc, dim, and other expressive controls

5) Support for multiple MIDI instruments, so I can choose the bass from my i3, the guitar from my SD90, "doctor solo" from my MT32 and other sounds from my half dozen or so other sound modules and hardware samplers.

6) User controlled (in the StyleMaker) variable length endings (up to at least 8 bars) with the ability to do a held chord at the end with an sfz - cresc.

And quite a few more that I will think of as soon as I press the submit button ;-)

MIDI and RTs both have their advantages, and each one will suit an individual user. Most will probably use both.

RTs have the advantage of better sounds. But they are only slightly better than a good MIDI sound module.

MIDI gives you the advantage of more sounds and more flexibility, plus you can customize MIDI tracks to change the expression to suit your musical ideas. If the MIDI capabilities of BiaB were improved, they could match any live performer.

Plus for the people like myself who believe that by tweaking MIDI, they can produce a more individual, more expressive, and better music, I will continue to make superior quality MIDI styles as long as you want to continue purchasing them. I won't abandon you as long as you still want the advantages that MIDI gives you.

For your MIDI upgrade to BiaB, simply go to http://www.nortonmusic.com and have some fun!!!

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