Re: "hold" note uninterrupted (original poster)

[Greg Waltzer <gwaltzer@optonline.net>]

You could use a programmable midi pedal that sends note on, connected to a 
simple
sound module. You would have to know ahead of time what notes you wanted 
to hold.

Sorceror777@aol.com wrote:

> thanks for all the responses so far!
> Anyway, to clarify something, I want a unit that has a pure "infinite"
> sustain/feedback function. The suggestions given involving loopers dont 
>work,
> because this is for realtime (live playing, so software doesnt work 
>either)
> application, and i dont have the time to create a bed of layers 
>resulting in
> a final sustaining pedal point drone. I just want to play a note, STEP 
>on a
> button, without having to hold it down, and have that note/chord drone. 
>The
> cyclic nature of the guitar string doesnt bug me, its doesnt have to be a
> uniform sine wave drone (line a telephone dial tone), I just dont want to
> hear the loop-like/digital delay  'repeat' of the note/chord.
>
> In a message dated 2/3/03 3:57:47 PM, Sorceror777@aol.com writes:
>
> << Im looking for a unit that will allow me to play one note, hit a 
>button on
> the floor once, and it will sample and hold that note continuously and
> uninterrupted without any hint of decay or repeated attacks. Something 
>like a
> digital sustain pedal (for a guitar rig), that does not repeat the 
>initial
> attack like a looper does, but will hold a continuous drone of the note I
> play when I activate the unit.
>
> Also I do not want to have to hold the pedal down to keep the note 
>sounding,
> I want to be able to hit the button once, which makes the note sound
> uninterrupted for as long as I want, play whatever I want unaffected
> (echo-free), and then when Im sick of the background droning note, I hit 
>the
> button once again to deactivate the unit.
>
> The unit may be a simple stompbox or a rackmount, as long as I can 
>control
> the feature via footswitch.
>
> Anyone know of ANYTHING of this sort,
> thanks
> Jesse Malone
>
>  >>