working with AUDIO and MIDI

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1. hey anybody can give a description about the advantages and disadvantages of both AUDIO recording and MIDI recording? thnx

2. Which is better to use for drum loops? In AUDIO or MIDI? i mean in timing.

3. Whats the most professional use in recording? MIDI or AUDIO?
 
jerberson12 said:
1. hey anybody can give a description about the advantages and disadvantages of both AUDIO recording and MIDI recording? thnx

2. Which is better to use for drum loops? In AUDIO or MIDI? i mean in timing.

3. Whats the most professional use in recording? MIDI or AUDIO?
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The advantages should be obvious!

Better in what sense? Timing issues are moot as MIDI is more than enough accuracy for anthing you might attempt.

Both audio and MIDI are used professionally, so the lines are blurred there.

The most professional results with MIDI either use pricey synths or great audio samples triggered via MIDI.
 
Dude, a drum loop is an audio sample. It can be MIDI triggered but...

You should be more specific. If you have two ideas that you'd like to compare it might be better to give the details of what you're talking about.

You don't sound like you know what you are asking.

Timing IS an issue. A MIDI file will typically be a single tempo while an audio sample could be any type of tempo you want. It can be more organic sounding because it is a real drummer playing and looped. Plus when you add parts the ending can slow down naturally while a MIDI file will (even with a tempo map) kind of robotic.
I personally have a very mixed answer. I usually take samples of myself playing my MIDI drums with real cymbals and create a few loops that work together. I then paste those together to match my guitar riffs and then play the whole thing in real time to give the realism of human timing.

The key is use what works where it works. Don't do what is more pro, do what works for you.
 
jake-owa said:
A MIDI file will typically be a single tempo
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Not if you record the part as a performance on a keyboard as opposed to using the drstawl school of step-sequencing.

That's a signature effect for my music, not a limitation of MIDI.

And the timing can always be fixed after the fact because each event has its own start and stop time.
 
If you can do something with audio than do it. For example, if you have a b3, than record that. If you don't, try a midi controller and native instrument's b4. If you don't happen to have a grand piano in the studio, use midi to trigger piano samples. But if you have a nice amp and a 57 don't try to use midi guitar sounds. If you can mic up a set and play well, don't use loops, unless of course you want a hip-hop/r&b looped sound. MIDI and audio both have there uses, neither is better.

Midi is for the most part an inexpensive way of doing what might require a multi-million dollar studio and the new york philharmonic. But midi also has original uses which you should also explore if you're looking to seriously implement the technology.
 
Maybe I lied, audio definitely sounds better when done right (unless you want a midi/machine type sound), its just that sometimes to do with audio what the average home-reccer can do with midi is a little cost-prohibitive :D
 
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