[LAD] successive note on midi events

[Ralf Mardorf]

Paul Davis wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:53 AM, drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com> wrote:
>
>   
>>> The question is what happens at the other end when a note gets struck a
>>> second time.
>>>
>>> a) Nothing, the note is already on.
>>> b) Re-trigger, the voice is reset and the note gets played from the top
>>> c) Trigger, a new voice is assigned and will play simultaneously to
>>> previous voices
>>>       
>> So... which "real" instruments work like a, which like b, and which like c?
>>     
>
> most acoustic instruments works like (b) because their sound producing
> mechanisms use a particular set of material (possibly the entire
> instrument) to generate a particular note. if you just hit/stroke/blow
> it again, it starts a new sound using the same note.
>
> i can't think of any acoustic instruments that can do (c) because it
> would imply some means of generating more than 1 "copy" of the same
> voice.
>
> (a) would imply an instrument that can just ignored a performance
> gesture some fo the time, and again, its hard to think of any acoustic
> instrument that could do that.

c) If you e.g. play the e string of a guitar at the 5th fret and then 
the a string, while the guitar is normal e, a, d, g, b, e tuned.