Just on a side (musical) note. With Piano, the "Sustain" pedal undamps all
> the strings so you do get sympathetic resonances AND the notes die away
> slowly with the pedal held. So it seems the Yamaha is modelling this. But
> then, on a piano, the notes die away even if you hold the keys; one o
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 06:12:12PM +1100, Matt Giuca wrote:
> Or perhaps you mean there's no built-in way to do that (in the MIDI spec),
> but that I could find an unused controller and edit the FluidSynth code to
> make it extend the decay?
Yes, just pick something that isn't magic like sustain.
Just on a side (musical) note. With Piano, the "Sustain" pedal
undamps all the strings so you do get sympathetic resonances AND the
notes die away slowly with the pedal held. So it seems the Yamaha is
modelling this. But then, on a piano, the notes die away even if you
hold the keys; one
> But to simulate the other piano strings resonating in sympathy when the
> sustain pedal is pressed then you want to have some chorus/echo effect at
> the same time as the sustain pedal is pressed.
>
> If the piece has been recorded from live keyboard playing then removing the
> sustain pedal will
