low notes longer, high notes shorter

[Jami]

Hey there,
I am new to lmms and the tutorials I've seen haven't helped me out. I have the problem that when I'm using the heaven string instrument in the piano roll and make two long notes, a low one and one two octaves higher, the high one stops almost immediately but the low one continues for the full duration. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks
Jami

[musikbear]

Hey there,

Hi, Welcome to the Forum Jami !
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I am new to lmms and the tutorials I've seen haven't helped me out. I have the problem that when I'm using the heaven string instrument in the piano roll and make two long notes, a low one and one two octaves higher, the high one stops almost immediately but the low one continues for the full duration. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks
Jami

using the heaven string instrument
"heaven string" is not an instrument, it is a Sample
Samples in LMMS can only be played correctly as they once was recorded, That means that a Sample only will play absolutely correct when the A4 key is down! No other key-press will play the sample as intended.
That does not mean that you cant find a keypress that could create an amazing sound, but the output will always have an altered length, just as you have noticed.
So you may ask, "what are samples then good for"?
They cant be rebuild in something like Audacity. Those programs can do a sc. Stretching and create a sample with the defined new pitch, but in same length as the original sample.
But you are not done yet..
After you have build the samples you need for a scale, you need a SamplER to play the SampleS. How that is done you can see in my video here:

[Jami]

when the A4 key is down!

What is the A4 key?

[HenryDeath]

when the A4 key is down!

What is the A4 key?

I must admit when searching a4 key you may get results about the Audi A4 car, but… just add an obvious keyword, like “music” and you should find by yourself…

https://www.google.com/search?q=a4+key+music

You may be interested in what’s called "Soundfont", that is a way to use samples as a normal instrument. To put it in very simplified terms, it’s a pack of many samples of a particular instrument, in different pitch (or even volume), so a “MIDI” (search it and read if you don’t know what’s this is, because it’s kind of a very very basic of computer music) instrument may play it and it would sound closer to the real instrument.

[Jami]

You may be interested in what’s called "Soundfont", that is a way to use samples as a normal instrument. To put it in very simplified terms, it’s a pack of many samples of a particular instrument, in different pitch (or even volume),

I realized about the a4 key just a couple minutes after. So I just google soundfont or MIDI and download one? Or is there one integrated in lmms?

[musikbear]

You may be interested in what’s called "Soundfont", that is a way to use samples as a normal instrument. To put it in very simplified terms, it’s a pack of many samples of a particular instrument, in different pitch (or even volume),

I realized about the a4 key just a couple minutes after. So I just google soundfont or MIDI and download one? Or is there one integrated in lmms?

No Soundfonts cant be included.
Soundfonts will not give you an opportunity to play samples as if it was an instrument. Soundfonts are instruments made with samples, but it wont load your own samples. You do need a SampleR for that
The Soundfont we recommend is General-User. It cowers all your soundcard build-in options
Here you can find some soundfonts
https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/7-reso ... -resources
This SF2-player for soundfonts
https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/5-buil ... sf2-player
And here you can see how you install the default-Soundfonts, you need for midi-imports
https://docs.lmms.io/user-manual/gettin ... -directory

[KeeleyStark]

Hey there,

Hi, Welcome to the Forum Jami !
Here are all important links:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4740
-A few rules and useful forum instructions
If you like to introduce yourself, to the community, go here:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4480

I am new to lmms and the tutorials I've seen haven't helped me out. I have the problem that when I'm using the heaven string instrument in the piano roll and make two long notes, a low one and one two octaves higher, the high one stops almost immediately but the low one continues for the full duration. Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks
Jami

using the heaven string instrument
"heaven string" is not an instrument, it is a Sample
Samples in LMMS can only be played correctly as they once was recorded, That means that a Sample only will play absolutely correct when the A4 key is down! No other key-press will play the sample as intended.
That does not mean that you cant find a keypress that could create an amazing sound, but the output will always have an altered length, just as you have noticed.
So you may ask, "what are samples then good for"?
They cant be rebuild in something like Audacity. Those programs can do a sc. Stretching and create a sample with the defined new pitch, but in same length as the original sample.
But you are not done yet..
After you have build the samples you need for a scale, you need a SamplER to play the SampleS. How that is done you can see in my video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0cNNL3kgHo&

I appreciate for the links, I am new here as well and I don't know much and that is why I am gathering information for now.

[musikbear]

I am new here as well

Welcome KeeleyStark too!
Did you see the 'important links'?
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4740
-A few rules and useful forum instructions
If you like to introduce yourself, to the community, go here:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4480

[HenryDeath]

No Soundfonts cant be included.

Why can’t LMMS have a default soundfont?

In Linux there is a “General MIDI" soundfont which is packaged with the FluidSynth MIDI player. It is published under the MIT License, hence it may be included in LMMS I guess.