This is probably a sound card issue, but I thought I'd check here and see if anyone else has this problem, or if it's possibly a limitation of NWC.
See the attached file, mm 11-12. The two pianos roll nearly the entire keyboard in a single measure, and the strings punctuates the final beat with a chord.
The problem I'm having is that the strings don't play that chord. It's like they're all missing their cue. :D
Yes - soundcard. The many piano notes that do not stop immediately use up too many of the "polyphonic voices" of the synthesizer.
This is what it sounds like (http://www.hmmueller.de/20180527/CarnivalWithReaperAndSonatinaSymphonicOrchestra.mp3) when I run it from NWC through Reaper with (free) Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra soundfonts* - that's why I stopped using that Microsoft thingy altogether a few years ago.
* with a small change: I removed the staccato ticks on the strings' chord - it was too short with them.
H.M.
// Edit:
I think that in measure 8, there's a small error in the cellos and bass: The eighth pause and f seem reversed ...
Ha, good catch!
I agree. If you change the MIDI channel of the pianos to 16, The strings will sound.
That worked, thanks!