When I press a sequence of midi keys into my csound object with a long
release (~1.5s), the volume builds up quickly and becomes overwhelming.
 
In commercial hardware synthesizers, is there anything done to mitigate
this? (I don't have experience with hardware synths)
Or is this "normal" for the sound to build up? 

Thanks.



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Are you using opcodes with real-time release (e.g. linsegr, expsegr etc.)?

On 7/7/13, lppier  wrote:
> When I press a sequence of midi keys into my csound object with a long
> release (~1.5s), the volume builds up quickly and becomes overwhelming.
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> In commercial hardware synthesizers, is there anything done to mitigate
> this? (I don't have experience with hardware synths)
> Or is this "normal" for the sound to build up?
>
> Thanks.
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Yup I am. 

lppier wrote
> When I press a sequence of midi keys into my csound object with a long
> release (~1.5s), the volume builds up quickly and becomes overwhelming.
>  
> In commercial hardware synthesizers, is there anything done to mitigate
> this? (I don't have experience with hardware synths)
> Or is this "normal" for the sound to build up? 

It's normal, but of course it's also undesirable. You can lower the output
level of your instrument(s) and turn up the volume of your amp. Csound
produces a clean signal, so turning up the amp shouldn't result in too much
noise.

Another alternative is to run the outputs of all voices through a Csound
mixer "instrument" using one of the signal bussing opcodes. You can then
process the output with a compressor or limiter opcode, to avoid overload.



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Hi Jim,