well ok, you could say it's a lossy format for capturing physical movement, which it certainly is. My point is that it is not a format for capturing music any m

well ok, you could say it's a lossy format for capturing physical movement, which it certainly is. My point is that it is not a format for capturing music any more than a score on a page is a format for capturing music. Both are instructions for a performer of music (one machine, one human), which is a very different beast.