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Having Real Tracks for the Melodist instead of that "toy sounding" midi would sure be nice.

Is this feasible or a pipe dream on my part?

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The only reason your MIDI is “toy sounding” is because of the sound source you are using. My guess is that sound source is a very inexpensive GM set. Get a good sound source, learn MIDI and you can make some very nice music. In fact a number of forum members have mistaken some of my MIDI performances as RTs.

Now I am not knocking RTs and in fact I use them also but I do get unnerved when someone makes these kinds of accusations about MIDI.


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Mario,

Sorry to "raise your temperature" cool

Can you give me some examples of the sound sources you mentioned?

How and where can I learn more about this?

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BBB, remember that MIDI has no sound at all. It is just commands that must be played on either a hardware synth or a software synth. The hardware synth that is built in to most PC motherboards is really terrible, and that is what makes some people think MIDI must always sound really terrible.

A good place to listen to some examples of these is the PG Music Dare to Compare page. You will quickly realize two things: there is a huge variation in quality, and you can spend little or lots of money.

Go here: http://www.pgmusic.com/dare-to-compare.htm

FYI, I use a Roland Fantom XR, which is like a much-enhanced SD-20.



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No harm, no foul cool

The MIDI sound source will depend on what genre of music you are playing and your monetary limit. You can spend a fortune on sounds! Just ask my wife wink

My main sound source is Kontakt. I have a lot of third party sounds for it.

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There, Mario uses a software synth, and I use a hardware synth.

Many solutions exist, and probably all are better than what's built-in to your computer.


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Thanks, I will get started learning about this!

Aside from this from a technical standpoint, Is it possible to Have Super Midi Tracks or RT for the Melodist?

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Aside from this from a technical standpoint, Is it possible to Have Super Midi Tracks or RT for the Melodist?

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RT, no, or at least not at this time.

Not sure about the other question, since I don't use the Melodist function.


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Judging by the "dare to compare" the real tracks sounds best! But I'm guessing not as flexible?

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