fade effects

[elana_chan]

Originally Posted by herbert

Hi Elana,

It is not natural for a pipe organ to fade out in a song. A fade out is useful at the end of a song. You can accomplish a fade by first extending the length of a note or notes and then changing the volume graphically by going to graph over notes, volume.


Best wishes,

Herbert

A pipe organ's sound does in fact fade when a note is let up in a similar fashion to the fade out you get from a piano that has it's sustain pedal held down. Call it an echo of the sound if you wish but it's the result of the sound reverberating off nearby objects (such as the walls of a church or concert hall) after the organ itself has stopped playing. Here is a link to the original song I am transcribing, the effect I am asking about can be heard at 0:14 (14 seconds) and is present for nearly two seconds before the organ starts playing again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssbXlqSQ1AY