Wendy,

What you are experiencing is due to how MIDI works. When A sustained note is played, it is either on or off. This is true for sounds like strings, organ, clarinet, trombone, etc.

Sounds like piano, guitar, etc., have decay attached to the end of the note so that it fades away.

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My approach to solving your problem is similar to Pipeline's except I use "main volume control" on the single MIDI channel on which the MST is located.

In your case, this means that I would...

1. save the original file so that I can always return to it if needed and then work on a copy of that file

2. in chordsheet view, click on the ending bar and then enter into Piano Roll view (this should locate me at the ending bar in Piano Roll view)

3. set the MIDI channel to #7 (since this is the MIDI channel that corresponds to the location of your MST) -- this is #1 on the image below

4. select "Control" (#2 on image)

5. select "7 Main Volume MSB" (#3)

6. at the beginning of the ending bar (#4), left-click on the location shown by #5 below

7. drag the mouse to zero about a third of the way through the third bar in the ending region and release the mouse button.

This will give the effect you need and apply it only to the MST.

8. freeze the MST so that the changes are preserved

Regards,
Noel

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