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7 Sustaining Notes
Since the sustain pedal is already used to trigger slides another way of sustaining notes is
needed. This is what the A-1 note is used for: while it is held pressed any released note will
be prolonged until the A-1 note is released. So this key works just like the pedal does for
other instruments.
It is sometimes useful to be able to sustain repeated notes in order to get rid of the disconnected feeling that gaps between the notes can give. Try for example to play E1, E1, E1, ...
without holding A-1 pressed and then with A-1 pressed. However, please note that by sustaining notes there will be no time to play the release sample of one note before the next starts,
and without the release samples one looses some of the important variation that increases
realism. So it’s important not to overuse this feature. You can in many cases get better results
if you don’t use A-1 and instead adjust note lengths in your sequencer (making one note end
just slightly before the next one starts).
You may also configure a MIDI CC to use for this purpose instead of the A-1 key (see the
Controller settings below).
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