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    Hi

    My first few vienna instruments arrived!! So happy, but I have a newbe question. I was playing with the solo strings, violin and cello and noticed that when I held a note sometimes there was a cut in the sound, is this just the bow chnging direction?

    Also it stops playing the note all together after a few seconds, is this normal?

    Is there a type that will continuously play a note as long as I hold it?

    Sorry about the stupid questions!

    Thanks,
    Simon
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    Hi Simon. Yes, I think you're probably hearing the player elongate his sustained notes by changing bow direction. There's a slight dip in the sound as the bow changes direction.

    >Also it stops playing the note all together after a few seconds, is this normal? Is there a type that will continuously play a note as long as I hold it?

    Manufacturers can make sustained notes continue indefinitely by looping them. Some of the sustains in the VSL library are looped, but I guess the solo strings sustains aren't.