On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:40:32 +0100 Reinhold Kainhofer <reinh...@kainhofer.com> wrote:
> Am Samstag, 6. März 2010 09:12:11 schrieb David Kastrup: > > I have a (not quite cheap) Ketron Keyboard with a volume pedal. I > > was rather surprised to realize that putting it to zero would > > a) considerably lower the volume of notes already hit > > b) completely stop new notes from being sounded > > > > I would have thought that it would act more or less as a simple > > analog volume control, but it would appear that it _partially_ > > affects notes already hit. > > > > Interesting. > > If you are only used to playing piano then that might come as a > surprise. But for any string or wind or organ player or singer it is > just normal that the dynamics of ongoing notes can be changed, and > e.g. the volume can be increased while a note is sounding. > In addition, your pedal is probably sending expression messages (CC11) by default. Just as an aside: when I code a (de)crescendo in MIDI, I use a combination of velocity and expression. Velocity, as said before not only influences the relative perception of volume but also changes the timbre of most instruments. I only ever adjust volume (CC7) for mix purposes on an over-all basis, never as a continuous controller. my $.02 ... David _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
