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Most large organs have considerable "latency", You don't even need to go as far as organs to see latency. Low-pitched stringed instruments such as fretless/up
by colanderman 14y ago
Most large organs have considerable "latency",
You don't even need to go as far as organs to see latency.
Low-pitched stringed instruments such as fretless/upright bass guitars have latency due to the mechanics of the strings themselves; e.g. jazz bass players have to account for this when playing. Most good jazz bass players do this unconsciously.
Polyphonic reed instruments (e.g. harmonicas, melodicas, accordions) all have this issue as well. Reeds of significant mass (i.e. lower-pitched reeds) can take tenths of a second to sound (more on older instruments).
Also: if you can feel the string in your fretting hand vibrate on a fretted instrument, you're doing it wrong. (The string does not vibrate past the fret -- that's the point of frets! If it does, you're not pressing firmly enough and you get fret buzz. Either that or your finger's on the wrong side of the fret and you're muting the sound.)
- eric_h 14y ago"if you can feel the string in your fretting hand vibrate on a fretted instrument, you're doing it wrong." Generally the entire body of an acoustic guitar vibrates with the sound of a plucked string - the fretting hand (being the only hand currently attached to the guitar) would likely feel the vibration carrying from the body, through the neck of the guitar. It's faint, but nevertheless perceivable.
- triplesec 14y agofurthermore, a non-fretted instrument such as the cello, violin, fretless bass etc does give you good haptic feedback.
- triplesec 14y agoI'd never thought of that, but yes, the lowest of the high-pressure reed pipes do sound later on the Organ, and you do have to allow for that. And at the bottom of the cello. Well, remarkable the things I'd not consciously noticed all these years of playing!