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On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:53 AM, drew Roberts  wrote:
>> The question is what happens at the other end when a note gets struck a

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>> 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.

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