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Sostenuto Pedal (SosPdl)
When Sostenuto is on, the layer will respond to all sostenuto messages (Controller
destination 66, Sostenuto). When off, the layer ignores sostenuto messages. Sostenuto, as
you may know, is a feature found on pianos that have three pedals. Pressing the Sostenuto
pedal on a piano (usually the middle pedal) sustains the notes whose keys you were holding
down when you pressed the pedal. Notes played after the pedal is already down do not get
sustained.
Freeze Pedal (FrzPdl)
This parameter activates or deactivates the layer’s response to Freeze pedal messages
(Controller destination 69, Freeze). The Freeze pedal control causes all notes that are on to
sustain without decay until the Freeze pedal control goes off. If a note is already decaying, it
will freeze at that level.
Ignore Release (IgnRel)
When IgnRel is off, the layer responds normally to Note Off messages. When on, the layer
will ignore all Note Off messages that it receives. This should be used only with sounds that
decay to silence when a note is held, otherwise the sounds will sustain forever (press the
Cancel and Enter buttons simultaneously to stop sustained notes). This parameter can come
in handy when your Forte SE is slaved to a drum machine or sequencer, which sometimes
generates Note Ons and Note Offs so close together that the envelope doesn’t have time to
play before the note is released. If used in combination with ThrAtt or TilDec (see below).
IgnRel allows you play staccato, yet still hear the entire length of the attack and decay
sections of the amplitude envelope.
Hold Through Attack (ThrAtt)
When on, this parameter causes all notes in the layer to sustain through the entire first attack
segment of their amplitude envelopes, even if the notes have been released. If you have a
sound with a slow attack, or an attack that’s delayed with the delay control, setting this
parameter to On will make sure your notes reach full amplitude even if you’re playing fast.
When set to Off, notes will release as soon as you release the note (generate a Note Off). If
the first attack segment of the layer’s amplitude envelope is very short, you probably won’t
notice a difference between values of On and Off.
