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  • Who's Right - Do Legato Notes Need to Overlap?

    stryttenS
    stryttenS

    Okay, let's get to the bottom of this. Several posts have described how to get the best legato sound by overlapping the end of each note past the beginning of the next note. But when Paul gives his Vienna clinics, he assures us this is not necessary because Vienna is hard-wired to treat any notes that are less than 50ms apart as legato. I have to admit, that I can't hear the difference between overlapped and non-overlapped as long as they're not more than 50 ms apart. So who's right? Or does it vary from instrument to instrument? Inquiring minds want to know...

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    Being larger than 50ms apart the instruments produce a very obivous gap when using the legato patches. A legato connected note is also very obviously not unconnected. So well, yeah, 50 ms from end of note to start or less, or little overlap, doesn't matter - the same legato effect is triggered. Overlapping notes just make the legato easier to see in the piano roll editor.

    PolarBear