Legato notes...

[Richard Birdsall]

I am using opus 1 and gigastudio3 orchestra.

When I write a passage using the legato instruments, i keep running into this problem:

For example, Im using the legato horns. I want one of the notes in the passege to last for a full bar. However, the note stops short of the bar. It is not long enough for the music that I want to make.

I am having this problem with other legato instruments too.

Is there a way to make these notes longer? The sustain samples are long enough but I realy want it to be legato.


Thanks

[Rob Elliott]

This may not be what you were looking for but in many cases I make the 'second to last note' (the one just before the note you want to sustain a little longer) NOT legato (or connected to) the last note. This seems to make the last note sustain just a little longer.

Of course the other option is a second track with just a 'sus' note used on the last note (working with timing of course.) Hope this helps.

Rob

[Paul]

Hi Richard, hi Rob,

if you are working with GigaStudio3, make sure to dowlad the new art-files with the new features from your use area!

You will find a new feature for all your Legato instruments called "sustain-blends" that solves this issue => use the ModWheel right after the transition to blend to a sustain sound.

Best wishes,

Paul

[Richard Birdsall]

Thanks for the help [:)]

[paulhenrysmith]

Just curious if you have a solution for the same problem on EXS. Specifically the solo horn legato (1st ed) is only sometimes too short. It seems to depend upon which note one is coming from!

For example, the opening horn solo of the second movement of Tchaikovski's 5th Symphony: the 4th note does not sustain long enough ... and, of course, not using legato for that note is not a solution.

Any ideas?

- Paul