Mellotronists

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Donald Tillman <don@...> wrote:

> MIDI has neither the vocabulary, the resolution, nor the speed to deal
> with real music.  MIDI's vocabulary abstracts everthing down to
> note-on and note-off events, but the music might not be limited to
> just notes.

MIDI has been utilized to compose and produce a boat load of real
music.  Hans Zimmer has produced soundtracks which are primarily
digital sampler / midi.  He has won Academy awards for about 12 of
them.  Zimmer's main sampler is Tascam's GigaStudio.

Sample resolution and latency were significant issues 15 years ago. 
The new sample libraries are much better in the vocabulary department
too.  (tons of articulations to choose from).