Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > f...@kokkinizita.net wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:12:57PM +0100, James Morris wrote: >> >> >>> Percussion sounds by any chance? >>> >>> For instance, to simulate _not_ removing your hand when striking a >>> bongo etc? >>> > > There are two ways to do this, by u

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
f...@kokkinizita.net wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:12:57PM +0100, James Morris wrote: > > >> Percussion sounds by any chance? >> >> For instance, to simulate _not_ removing your hand when striking a bongo etc? >> There are two ways to do this, by using different sounds or by using l

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Paul Davis
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Jeff McClintock wrote: > There is no logical way a key can be pressed a second time without first > releasing it. Jeff - I'd respectfully disagree with you here. It is true that the MIDI specification offers no guidance on what a synthesis engine should do when it

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Jeff McClintock
> A string of note-ons following each other all for the same pitch n without > any intervening note-offs for pitch n, IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE provided > they are INTENTIONAL and NOT accidental. No. MIDI note-on represents a key press. Note-OFF - key release. There is no logical way a key can be

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Paul Davis
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 6:22 PM, wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:12:57PM +0100, James Morris wrote: > >> Percussion sounds by any chance? >> >> For instance, to simulate _not_ removing your hand when striking a bongo etc? > > Anyone having a nice tabla emulation via MIDI ? the one in my rola

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread fons
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:12:57PM +0100, James Morris wrote: > Percussion sounds by any chance? > > For instance, to simulate _not_ removing your hand when striking a bongo etc? Anyone having a nice tabla emulation via MIDI ? Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! ___

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread James Morris
On Tue, April 13, 2010 13:13, Paul Davis wrote: > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Clemens Ladisch > wrote: >> For sustained sounds, I'd guess that the first note-off applies to all. > > and then there are sounds that have their own "natural" length. my > kawai k5000 which does additive and waveta

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Jens M Andreasen
On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 08:13 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > ... a note off does nothing but terminate the sound early. That sounds pretty dramatic to me, no? As in: - No Marie-Antoinette, You need not to be afraid - the guillotine will only terminate Your life a little earlier ...

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Paul Davis
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > For sustained sounds, I'd guess that the first note-off applies to all. and then there are sounds that have their own "natural" length. my kawai k5000 which does additive and wavetable synthesis has quite a few patches that have "natural"

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Jens M Andreasen wrote: > On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 09:55 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > > To quote from the GS standard: > > | LimitedMulti: If the same note is played multiple times in succession, > > | the previously-sounding note will be continued to a certain extent > > | even after the new note

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Jens M Andreasen
On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 09:55 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Are you trying to assert that absurdities (and accidental programming) > do *not* happen quite often in music? ;-) > I forgot about standards. Can anybody here explain the precise meaning of "a certain extent" or which one of the no

Re: [LAD] successive note on midi events

2010-04-13 Thread Clemens Ladisch
Jens M Andreasen wrote: > On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 00:55 +0100, James Morris wrote: > > A string of note-ons following each other all for the same pitch n without > > any intervening note-offs for pitch n, IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE provided > > they are INTENTIONAL and NOT accidental. > > Yes, except f