Smoother piano sound during playback

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Smoother piano sound during playback

2017-12-13 09:14 pm

I realise that I can use phrase markings to control the smoothness or otherwise of notes, but if I want a smoother piano sound from NoteWorthy Composer, is there a way to do it for the whole of a piece? At present, all the piano sounds are quite disjointed, whereas I'd like a much smoother sound overall.

Thanks for any suggestions.

T

Re: Smoother piano sound during playback

Reply #1 – 2017-12-13 09:52 pm

My first thought was Reverb, but that didn't do much for me. Sustain does.
Try the attachment. Note that all staves are MIDI Channel 1.
If you want to hear the difference, set the Control Staff to some other MIDI Channel. Muting it does nothing

Re: Smoother piano sound during playback

Reply #2 – 2017-12-14 04:39 pm

Insert Performance Style Legato.

Re: Smoother piano sound during playback

Reply #3 – 2017-12-14 04:46 pm

Thanks, Rick G. That is the sort of effect I'm trying to achieve, but it's going to be extremely tedious to have to put sustain pedal marking throughout the music that I'm doing :-( I was hoping to hear that there was a way to modify the "attack" of the notes and perhaps the "decay" of the sounds overall, but I guess there isn't ...

I'd never noticed the "Performance Style" before. That looks as though it should do what I'm after ... I hope!

Thanks, both.