42: How to Make MIDI Sound Real

If you enjoy our podcast, please leave a quick rating. It only takes a minute and it means the world to us. Have you ever heard a cheesy drum part or a wonky, thin piano and thought "Wow. That's MIDI. It sounds awful"! The truth is that you've you also heard (without realizing it) hundreds of MIDI-driven instruments on recordings without ever realizing that it wasn't the real thing. Many of our preconceived notions about what MIDI is and isn't are wrong. As we discussed in Episode 20, MIDI is really your studio BFF. You just have to know when to use it, how to use it, and the tips and tricks for making it sound like the real thing. In this episode, we'll show you how you can pull this trick off on your own productions. You will learn:A quick overview of what MIDI is (and isn't)What makes a real instrument performance enjoyable and pleasant to listen to and why MIDI sometimes misses the markThe different ways to record MIDI and why they aren't all equalWhich instruments lend themselves to being easily emulated by MIDI and which don'tTips and tricks for recording MIDI performancesTips and tricks for editing MIDI performancesExamples of various instruments created with MIDI and "humanized" with varying degrees of success (including drums, bass, horns, percussion and even guitar)Some bad audio jokesWhere to Find the GuysThe DIY Recording Guys Website - www.diyrecordingguys.comVadim's Studio Site - Get your FREE test mix today! - https://calmfrogrecording.comBenjamin's Studio Site - https://dreamloudstudio.comLeave a rating. Be a friend - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1494761702