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Ed & Jimmy:

Thanks for your help. I found those ideas helped me.

Jimmy, on one of your thoughts, could you clarify?

> 3. Keep the sustain turned way down(0-9), and fiddle with the decay 
> until the sound gets punchy and percussive.

Are you talking about amp or filter sustain? And you are talking 
about doing it to get punch on the attack right? So far I have been 
using low sustain levels on the filter but not on the amp. I guess I 
have been trying to get a sustainable sound, in order to articulate 
staccato and legato notes. (Maybe that's one of the problems) I do 
know that sometimes, my timing is sloppy in the way I take my finger 
off the key.

Cheers,

Jerry