I really like the Scarbee EP-88s’s Note Off Delay feature, which recreates the feel of playing an actual Rhodes by delaying the Note Off by about 20–30ms (it feels really satisfying to play). This made me wonder if I could replicate that effect for other electric piano plugins. Essentially, my goal was achieved with this simple GP Scriptlet, which made me truly appreciate the brilliance of GP Scripting:
Var
delayTime : integer = 20
On NoteOffEvent(m : NoteMessage)
SendLater(m, delayTime)
End
However, occasionally, it seems to drop processing, causing the sound to continue playing indefinitely. If anyone knows a solution to this problem, I’d really appreciate your help.
Thank you for your comment. It doesn’t seem to be related to the sustain pedal. Also, the frequency of this issue is quite irregular—sometimes it happens every few tens of seconds, while other times it only occurs about once every five minutes. I’m not sure what conditions trigger it.
The problem is reproducible with multiple plugins (KONTAKT, Rhodes Anthology, etc.), but the frequency is quite irregular—it doesn’t seem to occur with any specific phrase, but rather happens randomly.
Could you check if your notes off at missing out of your controller (MIDI monitor just after your MIDI in block) or after your Scriptlet (MIDI monitor just after your Scriptlet) ?
I am able to reproduce the issue with this scriptlet, though it does seem rather random when it occurs. I can play the same group of notes(as a chord) many times over with no issue and then once in awhile the issue occurs.
Yes, I also tried setting delayTime to 200. Even if I play the same note repeatedly—where the Note Off from the previous note can cut the following note shorter than intended—it generally doesn’t cause the note to sustain indefinitely just from that alone. However, every now and then, the sound still gets stuck randomly.
same exact behavior you mention happens to me with sustain pedal. do you have a sustain pedal plugged in? can you try while the notes are stuck - to press the sustain pedal once or twice?
or how are you stopping the stuck notes - via the panic button?
the strange thing for me - as i even monitor the sustain pedal cc’s there isn’t an off message missing - all messages are there properly in the monitor as if there should be no stuck sustain - yet there is.
also like you mentioned - the issue can happen every few seconds or once every few minutes. no idea also what the conditions are to trigger it - it just happens when it wants to.
In my Scriptlet case, the stuck note can be relieved by playing that key again, and the sustain pedal doesn’t have any effect on it.
I assume you’re referring to a general sustain pedal stacking issue, independent of any GP scripts. If I recall correctly, I’ve experienced a similar problem before, and it turned out to be due to a defect in the MIDI ports on my audio interface.
