Originally Posted by Fdemetrio
Dont you run into sustain issues when you cut and paste parts? I would thinkk cutting a piano part would have to interfere with the sustain before and after the phrase. It sounds like a lot of frikon work cutting and pasting bar by bar, but i guess it can be done.

It is a lot of work... for me. And I am very rough at it. But as you've alluded to before, some of the roughness gets obscured in the mix. For people who play at a high level and know music well, it would be quick and easy.

When working with MIDI in the DAW you have adjustments for blending things. You can adjust the "velocity" of every key strike. You can adjust the sustain. You can adjust the volume. In EZBASS you can add slides, thumps, mutes and other effects to notes or groups of notes that simulate actual playing.

You have to know where you are trying to take these things when complete. I spend a good deal of time looking at piano lessons, drum fills and so forth on YT, to understand how musical effects are made for various things.

Tedious as it is...I enjoy doing it.

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