Tied notes don't hold
Hey! I've tied together a string of whole notes for about six measures, but they only sound for one measure. Did I do something wrong?
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Hey! I've tied together a string of whole notes for about six measures, but they only sound for one measure. Did I do something wrong?
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Hard to tell without looking at your score, but best guess is that you used a slur instead of a tie
Or an instrument that decays, like piano, rather than one that does not, like organ
In reply to Hard to tell without looking… by Jojo-Schmitz
Jojo - I think my piano would be offended by you referring to it as "decayed." It might be old, but it is not decrepit. I used ties, from the tie button. There is no slur button.
In reply to Jojo - I think my piano… by Rockhoven
attack, sustain, decay os what describes a sound. If you pressa key on your piano and hold it pressed (or use the pedal), the sound won't hold as long as you seem to want it to last. Surely not 6 whole notes. An organ would, a flute might, depending on the flautitst breath, same for all woodwinds, brass, vocals, a piano can't, nor can a drum, or any plucked (or hammered) string
In reply to attack, sustain, decay os… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yeah. I understand decay. The tie should override normal decay rates.
In reply to Yeah. I understand decay. by Rockhoven
Sure not. But maybe I don't mean decay, but sustain. the middle part
In reply to Yeah. I understand decay. by Rockhoven
Just because you put a tie on a piece of paer, that won't change the laws of physics in terms of how long a vibrating string sustains its sound. So if the particular piano you are playing, or the particular piano sampled in the soundfont you are using, decays to low levels after, say, five seconds, nothing you write on your score will change that, nor should it. If you want a piano sound with a longer sustain, you could try to find an alternate soundfont.
What sound font are you using? Ties don't work in some of them.
In reply to What sound font are you… by bobjp
I don't know. How can I find out?
In reply to I don't know. How can I find… by Rockhoven
If you don't know, you're most likely using the default.
In reply to What sound font are you… by bobjp
I don't think so.
In reply to What sound font are you… by bobjp
Ties work in all soundfonts, they are not in any way dependent on that.
In reply to Ties work in all soundfonts,… by Marc Sabatella
While ties work in the sf2 fonts on my system, in the one sfz font that I have, VSCO-2-CE, they seem not to. All with the same score. Could it be the sfz format?
Score attached.
In reply to While ties work in the sf2… by bobjp
No, ties don't care about soundfonts in any way. But what could be the case is that the samples in your soundfont don't loop, meaning any long notes won't continue to sound. That is, even if you wrote just a plain whole note at a slow enough tempo, the sound would presumably stop at the same point.
In reply to No, ties don't care about… by Marc Sabatella
It turns out that's exactly what's happening. This is a 3GB font of orchestral sounds.