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Topic: Syngular Pad Strings Ensemble -- Sustain Pedal

I'm having difficulty determining which parameter to adjust to cause the Syngular Pad Strings Ensemble patch to respond to the sustain pedal. If I play a chord, then press the sustain pedal (mapped to MIDI CC64), the sound begins to diminish/attenuate fairly rapidly if I lift the fingers from the keys, perhaps either because the Release phase of the amplitude envelope is triggered as soon as the fingers are released from the keys (despite the sustain pedal being depressed), or for some other reason.

I thought I had discovered the reason for this issue and marked it as "solved" (before I edited this post again) but my solution was apparently wrong. Anyone know the answer?

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Re: Syngular Pad Strings Ensemble -- Sustain Pedal

The infinite sustain of this preset is made with the Mallet Bounce. When you lift the fingers from the keys, the mallet bounce stops and you get the slow decay of the notes (this is intended, recall that Syngular is still based on the physical model of a piano). Releasing the pedal results in a fast decay.

Currently there is no way within Pianoteq to make the mallet bounce continue when the keys are released. You could use a third-party tool to delay MIDI Note-Off events until the pedal is released.

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Re: Syngular Pad Strings Ensemble -- Sustain Pedal

Alexis Thibault wrote:

The infinite sustain of this preset is made with the Mallet Bounce. When you lift the fingers from the keys, the mallet bounce stops and you get the slow decay of the notes (this is intended, recall that Syngular is still based on the physical model of a piano). Releasing the pedal results in a fast decay.

Currently there is no way within Pianoteq to make the mallet bounce continue when the keys are released. You could use a third-party tool to delay MIDI Note-Off events until the pedal is released.

Interesting. I understand. Thank you for the explanation.

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