Bill Pirkle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>The question is, for example, how well does a Beethoven sonata sound in
>MIDI format to music experts? I have heard the Beethoven violin concerto
>in MIDI and is sounds OK. (MIDI allows putting many nuances into to
>music for fidelity).

For people who love music the "human element" in performance is of
paramount importance.  Considering that some of us (not me) find even eg.
Brendel's [substitute your favorite unfavorite performer here] Beethoven
playing to be dull, I don't see any chance for MIDI performance to catch
up and become of anything other than educational value.

Ulvi
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