Re: [LAU] Period Elongation NOW !

i don't know of any specifics, but in theory i can think of two ways to do
it: one is to add a constant time offset to any 'note off' or 'note on with
0 velocity' event, and the other is to ignore those events and add them in
manually by taking the normal note on event and adding a note off (or 0)
event with a constant offset. don't know what things you can do it in
though, maybe puredata?

porl

On 17/01/2008, lanas <lanas@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Looking for a way to 'elongate' the period of MIDI events.
>
> Doctor, what should I do to please her ears ?
>
> Seriously, the problem is, Qsynth cannot play any MIDI note that is
> played by a percussive MIDI pad, in this case the Alesis Control Pad
> played with drum sticks. Here's the thing (cheap at some $250 brand
> new):
>
> http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=103
>
> It's as plain and simple as that. Can anyone
> verify it ? Start up Qsynth, load the Chromium sound font, pick a piano
> sound, connect a MIDI percussive instrument, and try to play 10
> consecutive, clear notes. No way. Try then with a percussive
> soundfont. A drum set.
>
> Now, do the same with Hydrogen and the same MIDI pad. Works nicely.
> Velocity works also nicely. Now make it take into account MIDI note offs
> (it's in the Preferences, the default being to ignore them). You'll
> see that although most notes play OK, some are clipped.
>
> Try also with WhySynth. Some patches work OK, some don't. When they
> work, they even work with drum stick rebounds, as with Hydrogen.
>
> From Kmidimon, the Alesis Control Pad MIDI notes, when hit with drum
> sticks, last typically 1 unit of time (whatever unit that is) eg.:
>
> Time Event Data1 Data2
> 89985 Note on 63 0
> 89984 Note on 63 55
>
> Whereas the shortest note I can do on an Axiom 25 keyboard looks like:
>
> Time Event Data1 Data2
> 41067 Note on 89 00
> 41051 Note on 89 94
>
> That's a whole 16 units of whatever time. Same with the Axiom's
> pads: they last a long time and thus, interact OK with Qsynth.
>
> My theory about Qsynth (Fluidsynth...) is that the MIDI notes sent by
> the MIDI percussion instrument are too short for it to pick them up.
> Could that be ? It'd be nice to play all those available percussive
> soundfonts using a MIDI percussion controller. Wprks all right with
> Hydrogen, but not with Qsynth. Should Alesis make their Control Pad
> send longer MIDI notes ? Or have a programmable parameter for each
> note ? I don't know. Hydrogen works, but not Qsynth.
>
> But then, can there be a default note length ? I would be glad to
> set some default note length. I could even take the time to set notes
> lengths according to soundfonts and load them with the instruments...
> as long as there's a filter that could do that.
>
> So, is there a MIDI filter out there that would enable something like
> this ? To make (all or specific) MIDI notes last longer ?
>
> Thanks for reading, and do not hesitate to throw suggestions.
>
> Jam, no spam,
>
> Al
>
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