Sustaining a note

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dachay2tnr

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Wow, my very first visit to the midi forum. Nice in here. I like what you've done with the place. :)

Anyway, I have a midi track that is fine up until the final note of the song. The song hits a final chord and the chord simply fades out. My problem is that the note played on the midi track fades out before the other tracks - noticeably so. No matter how long I hold the note, it simply dies at the exact same point.

Is there any thing I can do to get this note to sustain longer? I tried playing the note a second time, and while this does allow it to reach the end of the fade, you can hear where the note is being struck again - which is unacceptable.

Thanks
 
Gee, Dachay... Looks like no matter where you go, you'll deal with me... :D

Right, to the bussines... :) What's your MIDI device / tone generator ? What's the patch ? If you use sampler / soundfonts, i think there's gotta be a way to edit / alter the sustain length of the sample / synth. Use Vienna soundfont editor, or something.
If it's an editable external MIDI device, then there probably some function to edit your patch. I know I can do it with my Korgs (N364, X5D, O5R/W, etc) using Edit Prog function. Check yours, mate...

;)
Jaymz
 
Yeah, sounds like the patch you are using doesn't loop the emiddle of the sample like some patches (pads, strings, winds) usually do but instead stops like a drum or plucked guitar note does.

You could edit the patch to sustain until it receives a Note Off, or you could do it after the fact, when you render the MIDI track to audio -- try stretching the note length without messing with its pitch.
 
Hmmm, AlChuck and James. I could have just stayed in the Cakewalk forum. :D

The patch is from a new DXi software synth I just got, Kompakt. It's in an .nki format. I have no clue how to edit it, and I'm not sure if I want to. Wouldn't that end up effecting this note everytime I use it (rather than just the one instance I want to).

I think AlChuck has the answer. I can edit it when it's output to audio (even though, since this is a DXi, I actually don't NEED to output it to audio. But I may have to in order to fix this problem.).

I also tried trimming the sustains of the other instruments, so they all ended together. That worked, but the note fade is just a tad more abrubt than I would like it to be.
 
How about...play the note a second time time, just as you already did, but do it on a second track, and cross fade from the first track to the second as the note on the first track fades out.
 
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