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ALICIA’S KEYS User Manual – 16
The same effect can be achieved without the use of the pedal, by silently pressing the keys
corresponding to these harmonics instead (This has the same effect as pressing the Sustain
Pedal on these strings). Using this method allows you to determine exactly which harmonics
you would like to resonate.
Sympathetic Resonance Rules
Setting these rules allows you to determine how much Sympathetic Resonance is experienced
when playing the piano. You can set the number of rules for Pedal Up and Pedal Down mode
separately. Click the button to enable or disable Sympathetic Resonance Rules. In Pedal Down
mode it is generally better to use fewer rules for performance reasons.
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Note: More rules means more sympathetic resonance harmonics but also a higher voice
count which could negatively affect performance.
The Resonance tab
• Volume: Adjusts the overall volume of resonance sounds.
• PedalUp: Controls the number of different resonance intervals for keys that are physi-
cally pressed, rather than sustained using the pedal. The higher the number, the higher
the voice count and CPU usage.
• PedalDown: Controls the number of different resonance intervals for keys that are not
physically pressed, but rather sustained using the pedal. The higher the number, the
higher the voice count and CPU usage.
• Voices: Determines the maximum number of voices. This should be lowered if you expe-
rience performance problems.
• AllowSilentKeyStrokes: Activating this control will cause notes with velocity 1(notes
pressed very softly) to be completely silent. Even though such notes are silent you can
get sympathetic resonances in them.