Sustain and the Piano Roll: Studio Pro 8

[elsaddiq]

When drawing in MIDI notes, Studio Pro 8.0.1 doesn't behave like any DAW I've ever used with regards to sustain. Am I missing some kind of additional process in Studio Pro?

All of my notes are very short, regardless of how long I draw them in. Again, these are drawn, not played. Instrument seems to have no bearing. I've tried Lounge Lizard 4, Rhodes Anthology, Arturia Analog Lab, etc.

This is frustrating and unexpected. Any ideas?

 

[John Vere]

Sounds like you have a snap setting or auto quantize set. It is not normal behaviour by default. I’ve never changed the default settings and I can draw and length I want.

 

[elsaddiq]

I can draw the length that I want. The notes just don't respond to the length as if a mute event has been triggered.

 

[Lukas]

Are talking about playback of an existing instrument part with notes you have drawn in?

Of course, that’s absolutely not normal. Notes should sound exactly as long as they are shown in the Piano Roll — especially if this happens with different instruments. Does this occur in multiple sessions or in all of them?
Usually, anomalies like this happen when notes are recorded via MIDI and the Note On messages are triggered multiple times (for example due to an incorrect MIDI controller configuration in Studio One). However, this should not happen when you draw notes directly into an Instrument Part.
In theory, it could also be caused by a shared (ghost) copy of an Instrument Part that is perfectly layered on top of the original one on the same track, which would result in the notes being sent multiple times to the instrument. That said, this is not very easy to do accidentally, so it’s rather unlikely.

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You could also try using a MIDI Monitor (instrument) plug-in that logs incoming MIDI Note On/Off events. This would help determine whether duplicate notes are being sent from Studio Pro to the instrument.

 

[Surf.Whammy]

This happens when using music notation, too . . .

I think it depends on the VSTi virtual instrument or Fender Studio Pro 8 (FSP8) native instrument, its engine, and its sampled-sound library.

There are times when I specify a whole note, which in 4/4 time should play for a full measure; but it plays only as if it were an eighth or quarter note; and this also happens when if I tie two whole notes together.

Yet with other VSTi virtual instruments and sampled-sound libraries, a pair of tied whole notes will sustain for the entire two measures.

This YouTube video shows a SampleTank (IK Multimedia) Stratocaster playing a tied air of whole notes and then some shorter duration notes in both MIDI and Music Notation.

It works nicely with the SampleTank Stratocaster.

Lots of FUN

P. S. Providing more information will help folks determine possible causes for the problem you are reporting--things like operating system and the virtual instrument you are using, as well as anything else you think could be relevant.

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[Jens]

Any note drawn or clicked and hold have an automatic timeout of 1 second. This strange behavior was often discussed but was never changed despite requests.

The note editor (action items included) has quite a few small annoyances and bugs. I'll probably make a list of bugs once I update to version 8 after the next bug fix release.

 

[Jens]

Any note drawn or clicked and hold have an automatic timeout of 1 second. This strange behavior was often discussed but was never changed despite requests.

The note editor (action items included) has quite a few small annoyances and bugs. I'll probably make a list of bugs once I update to version 8 after the next bug fix release.

See this thread for a teaser