One of the things you're almost forced to do when playing legato is to back off on the velocity you can use. (Ever tried thumping the keys and playing legato simultaneously?)

So similar effects - smoother transition of notes - are possible just thro detection of low velocity. In fact the Yam. PC Voice editor that comes with Ty2 allows you do just that- there are settings to modify the attack in various ways depending on velocity.

I haven't been able to convince myself whether Yam really is determining legato by analysis or inference from velocity since it's quite difficult to test & distinguish with certainty.

It wouldn't be the first time that a company would patent a new idea just to keep the Competition from being able to develop and exploit it, even though they may not actually be using it themselves.

John



[This message has been edited by jwyvern (edited 04-25-2008).]