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                              ...few of Those .
                        
       
       
  'Sustain pedal' modification    
 
   
  Sustain pedal for electric piano simply holds the notes until the pedal is being pressed. These long notes therefore sound exactly the same, but simply last longer. I have written some additional code in order to get more natural and musical effect. 
 
 
 
 
 

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  Adaptive 'gain envelope' parameters    
 
   
  You ever wished, the sound of the instruments would be wide and open when you play slow and dreamy, but immidiately become short and sharp when you perform the fast passages?
 
 
 
 
      (coming soon)
       
  Human breath control    
 
   
  Observing the breathing can be usefull as well. It offers us valuable information about ourselvses, our physical and emotional state. In this example I simply use it to control the choirs. I try to make them breathe with me.
 
 
 
 
 

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  Aftertouch control    
 
   
  Many keyboards offer aftertouch sensitivity, but rarely anyone uses it. You can use aftertouch to control anything you like; drumming styles or the ambient sounds, maybe trigger few arpeggios...
 
 
 
 
 

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  Aftertouch layering    
 
   
  If we go furher and divide aftertouch pressure into many layers, it gives us the possibility to play multi-layered voices, playing different instruments with different aftertouch pressure. Ever wanted to play three different choirs AND a Soprano soloist.. all at once?
 
 
 
 
 

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  Tempo following    
 
   
  It is a common practice to put on some drum loop and simply play-with-it. But hey, the loop doesnt play-with-me, it stays at 120bpm all the time no matter what I do. Lets try to make this machine listen.
 
 
 
 
      (coming soon)
       
  Shuffle/Swing following    
 
   
  You ever played with a straight 4/4 loop and you started swinging it badly? Let me guess.. the loop didn't swing with you, did it? We kinda got used to it. The computers dont swing... Or do they?
 
 
 
 
      (coming soon)
       
  Emotion recognition    
 
   
  It is fairly simple to observe few basic feelings of a performer. Emotions like FEAR and ANGER can easily be analysed from a midi performance. These emotion parameters can then of course be used to controll ANY of the performance parameters - ambient sounds, drumming styles, gain envelopes, filter envelopes,...
 
 
 
 
       
       
  Harmony recognition    
 
   
  Observing harmonic content can open many new possibilities for diagnosting musical performance and designing automatic accompaniment systems. To be honest, I am not too good at it currently.
 
 
 
 
      (coming soon)
       
  My personal setup    
 
   
  It is a mix of it all and it rocks heavily. Even my girlfriend is jealous of this beauty! 8)