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How to lengthen/sustain last note in a piano recording?
Dave Nuttall:
I've been recording piano solos and on playback I have one where the very last note has a length of 8 beats, but when played back (using MixMaster), it barely sounds more than 1-1.5 beats.
Isn't there some MIDI event that can make it "sustain" and eventually fade?
TIA.
Dave
EileenL:
A real piano could not last for eight notes. The hammer hits the string and then dies off. You need to finish the song with added notes like a run up or down.
DerekA:
Firstly, I take it you're recording with a sustain pedal, holding it down while playing the last note.
Secondly, I assume you're not stopping the MIDI file recording on the track until after the note has "finished" otherwise it will be treated as a note-off event
Dave Nuttall:
--- Quote from: DerekA on May 04, 2022, 04:29:51 PM ---Firstly, I take it you're recording with a sustain pedal, holding it down while playing the last note.
Secondly, I assume you're not stopping the MIDI file recording on the track until after the note has "finished" otherwise it will be treated as a note-off event
--- End quote ---
Correct on both, Derek.
mikf:
Actually high quality acoustic pianos often do have very long sustain because they have wonderful soundboards. I have a top quality grand piano and I once checked in excellent acoustic conditions and and could still physically hear a sustained chord after about 30 secs which would typically be a lot more than 8 beats. Number of beats in 30 secs depends on the tempo so at 100 bpm for example, 8 beats is only about 5 secs. Even in a slow piece at about 60 bpm 8 beats is still only 8 secs.
But even the best digitals don't come close to this. And one of my few criticisms of Yamahas digital pianos in general, and arranger pianos in particular, is that the sustain is not great and dies way too fast. There didn't seem to be much I could do it make it better.
Mike
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