having automatically gone for RealTracks in recent projects I just happened to revisit some old tracks from the midi only days.

an old cole porter song sounds amazing with the count basie style and none of the RealStyles quite capture the feel.

and now i have some better midi sounds i won't automatically start with RealTracks styles.

some of the old midi styles were programmed with real skill and i imagine they offer precision that RealTracks don't - if a style needed a particular bass line it was programmed in even if it was for that one style only.

but maybe i'm rediscovering something a lot of forum members never forgot!