When using the midi sequences do you cut out a part and play that live or just sing along with the midi.

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I do it both ways it depends on the song and arrngement......and if you can play against it witout being intrusive to the melody.
I sometimes mute the track I want to play along with...or sometimes the SMF needs me to play along to beef up the song.......theres no right or wrong use your ears to determine what sounds good!!!

I play guitar mostly, and therefore I mute the guitar tracks and vocals of course. If in addition the file is clustered with instruments I try to strip them down to the bear necessities, drums, bass and piano/organ. This gives you a "live" setting and you become number four in the band. I know that many here despies the use of midifiles and put it in the karaoke category, but I feel as long as you play your instrument and have some chops that work with your songs or even sound like the real thing, you have some credibility after all.

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Of course, you always want to mute or reduce the vocals track (even change the instrument). But I keep most all tracks. If it has a heavy piano, I'll play a B3 patch. If the organ is prominent, I'll play piano if I can get the organ patch to sound authentic, otherwise I'll play the organ part. Sometimes a full midi arrangement just needs a little solo work or some horn or clav work.

Mike,
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