How do I shut off an instrument?

[Kontraster]

I?m new at making my own music, therefore my qustions can bee rather stupid, but... anyway:

Let us say that I have used an instrument in Channel 1, but in the middle of the song, I don?t want the intrument to be heard any longer. I first thought that I could just stop creating notes, but... I then noticed that the intrument still was heard, in a long, monoton sound. So... how do I shut it off totally, in the middle of the song, so I don?t hear it at all?

This problem also appears when the instrument is "played", the tones doesn?t get any distinct end between the notes. What have I missed? I would be most pleased for suggestions.

And... off course this problem never appears with drum sounds. They are polite enough to end when the notes end.

[Relabsoluness]

Maybe you should use note off's(==) and/or note cuts(^^). Example:

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|C-501......|C-502......
|...........|...........
|...........|...........
|...........|^^ 02......
|== 01......|...........

Also, if you don't want the samples to loop indefinitely, you can change this for example by adding volume envelope for the instrument from the instrument tab.

[Kontraster]

Thank you extremely much!

[LPChip]

Just a suggestion: If you see the main index of the forum, there's one item called OpenMPT Online Manual (wiki). If you go there, you can find lots of info about mpt.