There are a lot of great sounding sample libraries for achieving realistic playback from MIDI. Unfortunately, most of them don't use the General MIDI standard, which means you have to spend quite a bit of time programming and selecting instruments to get the sound you want. Native Instrument's BandStand was designed specifically to meet the GM standard, making it quick and easy to get great sounding playback from your MIDI files. With 128 instruments, effects and a MIDI file player, BandStand also includes the ability to convert your MIDI files into audio files for burning to CD.
You can download the demonstration video of BandStand from our website to hear what it sounds like and see how easy it is to work with.