I am currently running Free Edition V4 and I am staggered by the realism I am getting from my relatively modest setup. This consists of an old Technics PR300 digital piano, Core 2 laptop, Alesis IO2 Express interface for both audio out and midi, a Marantz PM44SE amp and high-mounted JBL Control 1 Pro speakers, as well as a bit fed through the piano's own speakers to provide some bass extension.
Anyway, my only problem is that occasionally whilst playing I get stuck notes, as though a midi note off message is not being received. This can happen even when only a couple of stops are drawn and is at its worst when playing a combination of fast moving melody over a relatively thick accompaniment. I do not get the same problem when using the Basic/Advanced evaluation editions so I suspect that this may be related to the polyphony limit of the free version.
Is this something that I should expect from the free version or is it likely to be linked more to my setup? With V3 I did not have this occur anywhere near so often and, as far as I can see, MIDI/audio settings are unchanged since the upgrade (which was otherwise very worthwhile). Would turning off ambient effects make a significant difference here and are there other things which can be done to improve polyphony (if that is indeed the problem) without being overly detrimental to the sound or latency.
I'm sure that when I'm able to upgrade to a licensed version then things will improve, but I'd like to know that the problems are simply due to the (understandable) limitations of the Free Edition rather than an intrinsic problem with my setup.
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
Anyway, my only problem is that occasionally whilst playing I get stuck notes, as though a midi note off message is not being received. This can happen even when only a couple of stops are drawn and is at its worst when playing a combination of fast moving melody over a relatively thick accompaniment. I do not get the same problem when using the Basic/Advanced evaluation editions so I suspect that this may be related to the polyphony limit of the free version.
Is this something that I should expect from the free version or is it likely to be linked more to my setup? With V3 I did not have this occur anywhere near so often and, as far as I can see, MIDI/audio settings are unchanged since the upgrade (which was otherwise very worthwhile). Would turning off ambient effects make a significant difference here and are there other things which can be done to improve polyphony (if that is indeed the problem) without being overly detrimental to the sound or latency.
I'm sure that when I'm able to upgrade to a licensed version then things will improve, but I'd like to know that the problems are simply due to the (understandable) limitations of the Free Edition rather than an intrinsic problem with my setup.
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
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