Nathan Shelly

I'm working through the Max Midi tutorials and the 

 seems to suggest that if a note-on message is sent to a noteout object it should sustain indefinitely until it receives a note-off message:

 box. You should hear the device sound the note. It should sustain until you hit the second 

However, when I click the note-on message it gradually decays (over the course of a couple seconds) until I hear nothing. Am I missing something, or misunderstanding the text of the tutorial somehow? I'm using Max 7 on Windows 10 and I have the noteout object routing to the default synth (Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth).

The attached patch is the relevant portion of that tutorial, consisting of two messages comprising a note-on and note-off and the noteout object.

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I'm working through the Max Midi tutorials and the first Midi tutorial seems to suggest that if a note-on message is sent to a noteout object it should sustain indefinitely until it receives a note-off message:

"Then click on the first message box. You should hear the device sound the note. It should sustain until you hit the second message box, which will turn it off. "

I'm working through the Max Midi tutorials and the first Midi tutorial seems to suggest that if a note-on message is sent to a noteout objec

note-on-without-note-off-fails-to-sustain

G'day Nathan, without knowing anything about the Microsoft synth my guess is that it defaults to a piano sound - which naturally fades out over a few seconds even if you hold the note forever. If that's the case then nothing is going wrong.

Try clicking the note-off message sooner and you'll hear it stop abruptly. Or try selecting a sound that sustains instead of fading out (e.g. strings or organ).

Your guess about the Microsoft synth was exactly correct, its a piano sound that faded out naturally. Switched to a different synth and notes started sustaining. Thank you so much!

Note-on without note-off fails to sustain