Getting notes to 'hold'

[Ian Popperwell <popperwell@iname.com>]

Hi,

I use a Korg MS2000 synth in my looping rig and am asking the list about
this as a hopeful non-believer of the info Korg.UK have given me.

I use drones that sometimes continue throughout a piece, the MS2000 also
has a "Mod Sequencer" - an analogue-style step sequencer which I sometimes
want to leave running throughout a piece. I want to be able to send the
synth a MIDI message of some kind to do the equivalent of holding a note
down for how ever many minutes the piece lasts for. I know that I can loop
them, but I prefer to keep the sequencer (for example) locked up to the
MIDI clock of other band members/drum machines... then I can be more
creative and have more flexibility to work my loops over the synth drone or
seq pattern.

I asked Korg if there's a continuous controller for this but they say "no".
Anybody know if this is actually right or if there's any way of doing it
through CC messages? I could do it if I had an extra hand leaving the
others to play keyboard, sax or wind synth but I don't think I'm likely to
evolve as quickly as I might like - and the results might be unpredictable
- my extra hand might grow in the wrong position or at the wrong angle!!

I know Korg are probably right but thought it was worth asking... Looking
forward to any answers.

Thanks.

Ian.