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Re: Getting notes to 'hold'



Thanks, that's really useful.

Ian
At 20:11 26/03/03 , you wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ian Popperwell" <popperwell@iname.com>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use a Korg MS2000 synth in my looping rig and am asking the list about
>> this as a hopeful non-believer of the info Korg.UK have given me.
>>
>> I use drones that sometimes continue throughout a piece, the MS2000 also
>> has a "Mod Sequencer" - an analogue-style step sequencer which I 
>sometimes
>> want to leave running throughout a piece. I want to be able to send the
>> synth a MIDI message of some kind to do the equivalent of holding a note
>> down for how ever many minutes the piece lasts for. I know that I can 
>loop
>> them, but I prefer to keep the sequencer (for example) locked up to the
>> MIDI clock of other band members/drum machines... then I can be more
>> creative and have more flexibility to work my loops over the synth drone
>or
>> seq pattern.
>>
>> I asked Korg if there's a continuous controller for this but they say
>"no".
>> Anybody know if this is actually right or if there's any way of doing it
>> through CC messages? I could do it if I had an extra hand leaving the
>> others to play keyboard, sax or wind synth but I don't think I'm likely 
>to
>> evolve as quickly as I might like - and the results might be 
>unpredictable
>> - my extra hand might grow in the wrong position or at the wrong angle!!
>>
>> I know Korg are probably right but thought it was worth asking... 
>Looking
>> forward to any answers.
>
>Check here:
><<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/korgms2000/?yguid=70789437>http://groups.y
ahoo.com/group/korgms2000/?yguid=70789437>
>
>
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