Getting a sustained note?

[OurJud]

I'm sure there must be a way, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

I want to get a sustained note, like you would if holding the key down, but it doesn't seem to matter how long I stretch the note or change the BPM, I can only ever get a single note, like I've tapped the key.

How do I get a note (with the 'smooth synth' for instance) that sounds like I'm holding the key down?

Thanks in advance.

[blobertthebob]

for most instruments, you don't. smooth synth you can place multiple notes in a row and it sounds close enough, for e-guitar sustain will last a short time, and for all the 8-bit instrumetns sustain works. nothing else

[OurJud]

[...] you can place multiple notes in a row and it sounds close enough

Ah! I'd been trying notes that were too long, thinking I had to make them long to sustain them.

In actual fact if you set the note length to 1/16 and put them in a row it's even closer to a sustained note than at the default size.

Thanks for the quick response.