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Need to make a drone note sustain on a vst synth

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 4:46 pm
by BrianSteel
I'm trying to add a synth drone that is continuous but the note cuts out after awhile. Does anyone know a remedy for this besides changing the synth? I'm trying not to use a second track because you can hear the second drone note come in & out due to the slight changes in velocity and volume. I'm using Kontakt 7 and I press on the keyboard but after awhile the note just cuts out. Is there a sound design trick for this like tweaking some knobs or a plugin I can add to make the note sustain? Increasing the sustain and release (ADSR) on the synth didn't work. I'm using Studio One at the moment but I have Ableton Live 11 also. The synth is from EVO MAX. Thanks.

Re: Need to make a drone note sustain on a vst synth

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:53 pm
by hummingbird
Have you tried adding a delay or reverb to extend the note?

The other thing you can do is run the midi off as wave, insert one wave, reverse the other and join them at a logical spot where the join isn't heard (or use a drum beat or other sound to mask it)

Re: Need to make a drone note sustain on a vst synth

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:08 am
by cosmicdolphin
Use a patch that just sustains

Re: Need to make a drone note sustain on a vst synth

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:27 pm
by BrianSteel
hummingbird wrote:
Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:53 pm
Have you tried adding a delay or reverb to extend the note?

The other thing you can do is run the midi off as wave, insert one wave, reverse the other and join them at a logical spot where the join isn't heard (or use a drum beat or other sound to mask it)
When you save "wave", do you mean WAV file?

What I ended up doing after someone gave me the idea was to transform the midi to an audio track. Then I simply
duplicated the part where it played and connected them and crossfaded to get rid of the pop noise.

Haven't tried any reverse loops. Sounds interesting.

Re: Need to make a drone note sustain on a vst synth

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:00 pm
by Paulie
It depends on how the patch is constructed. I'm not familiar with EVO MAX, but every synth should have a place where you can adjust the ADSR settings (Attack, Delay, Sustain, Release). You want to crank up the Sustain portion, so as long as you hold the note, the patch plays. But, how good it sounds depends on if it's a true synth or a sample of some kind. If a sample, there might be a way to put in a looping point after the initial attack.