Pseudo-sustaining

Preface

Most instruments on OS will play audio that’s unaffected by their actual note length. When you increase the length of a note, it will not make the note sound longer. In other words, a 1/4 note will sound as lengthy as a 1/16 note. There’s no auditory difference whatsoever.

You can edit note length if you would like to export the MIDI to a DAW (any professional music program) in the future. However, I really recommend doing this step on a DAW where you are actually able to hear note sustain.

if you’re staying on OS, then changing the note length is purely an aesthetic decision.


To remedy the lack of sustain, early OS veterans used pseudo-sustaining to in order to "extend" the length of instruments. This was accomplished by chaining notes of instruments such as Smooth Synth side by side.

This article will discuss everything you need to know about pseudo-sustaining.