IRE Productions "MIDI files are not just "MIDI sequences", they are professional arrangements in MIDI format. Each part is written with the live player in mind, taking into account instrument ranges and playability. Most MIDI sequences you find online do not take playability into account. You often find monotonic instrument tracks (i.e trumpet, trombone) containing chords. Piano tracks with comping sections voiced wrong containing notes that should not be there. This is due to the fact that these sequences are not made by professionals and the human player is not taken into account. Whilst this may work for some fun (and dissonant sounding) home karaoke, it is of no use to musicians both professionals or learners.

Charts are delivered in separate PDF files for each instrument part. All Piano & Bass charts come with a MIDI file containing the Note-for-Note transcription of the part.

You can play MIDI files with any MIDI file player or software with MIDI capabilities.

There are tons of options available, many of which are free, including smartphone and iPad apps. Personally, whenever I want to playback a MIDI quickly I use MidiSheetMusic (Click for download link)

This is a visual MIDI player available to download for free. It's perfect for learning because you get a visual of the piano keys being pressed as well as a play bar moving across the score in real time. You can slow down the tempo, add note names to note-heads, mute and isolate instrument tracks and decide which instrument scores appear on the screen. The software is very easy to use and and barely takes up any space. There are many other options available out there both free and paid.

You can also play our MIDIs using any DAW (Logic, Cubase, FL Studio etc...) or Notation program (Sibelius, Finale, Dorico etc... )

Because they are the only instruments in which the score comes in chart format. In other words they are the only instruments in which the score doesn't include a note-by-note transcription. Whilst using chart format has many advantages we include the accompanying midi files so to make our charts accessible to learners. Many online sheet music stores only offer the chart, which is great for experienced musicians but not for beginners. All the other instrument parts already contain the note-by-note transcription on the PDF score so no accompanying MIDI is needed.

Chart format is used because note-by-note transcription in PDF format would be several pages long, which would be unpractical to use in a performance setting whether you are turning physical pages or using a digital device. In genres such as Salsa & Timba, Piano & Bass are very rarely notated for live performance, given the fast tempo, pianist and bass players wouldn't be reading note-by-note, it is simply in the nature of the genre. A chart is much more practical as it allows you to have a road map of the entire arrangement in front of you and prevents you from getting lost or confused.

On the other hand, MIDI files are a fantastic learning tool for these genres, now let me tell you why.

It is virtually impossible to notate the piano groove accurately on a score. The groove has to be felt and incorporated into your playing with the help of the sheet music. We record the Piano MIDIs ourselves and polish them before adding them to our store. MIDIs can then retain our performance (including the groove) by means of the MIDI parameters, which means that you can then playback our MIDI files at a lower speed whilst retaining the authentic groove. This is how you gradually incorporate the feel into your playing and eventually come up with a style that is unique to you.“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist”.

The "Full Score" MIDI option the entire arrangement in a multitrack MIDI file. This includes Note-for-Note parts for Piano & Bass.

The price of the arrangement of a tune depends on a variety of factors such as:

• Harmonic and Melodic complexity
• Duration
• Number of instruments
• Nature of the recording.

Longer, complex arrangements with a large number of different instruments are clearly going to be the most expensive ones. The nature of the recording, however is often one of the main determining factors. Having to transcribe a live recording from the early 90s, for example, is much harder than transcribing a recent studio recording as the sound of each instrument will be much clearer. This is especially true for Timba.

Due to the nature of the genre ( see About Us section for details), some of the most iconic tunes were never recorded in a studio and only exist as low quality recordings of live performances. Even some of the older studio recordings present similar issues, making it harder for us to provide accurate transcriptions.

Yes they are. All you need is a standard PDF reader app.

The first thing we had in mind whilst setting up this business is flexibility. This is why for all the songs in our store we offer as many options as possible! You can purchase individual instrument parts, the full MIDI arrangement on its own, the Multitrack Audio Render on its own or the whole package (which is excellent value for money)

Yes indeed! All the products in our store are available via immediate download. If any issues were to arise you can contact us and we will fix it right away.

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Yes. An account is set up when you purchase from us. This is very convenient as it allows to re-download your products anytime from anywhere.

We stand behind our products and we place great importance in delivering them to the highest standards ensuring our clients are satisfied with their quality. However, because our products are digital goods delivered via Internet download we generally offer no refunds. In the event of a product being purchased we will be happy to issue a refund as long as it has not been downloaded yet.