Adjusting Note Velocity

Within the Graphic Editor's Notes display (piano roll), you can view graphic representations of individual note velocities bychecking Velocity Stems in the Switches menu.

MIDI notes within the Notes display show a 'velocity stem' rising from them; the length of the 'stem' rising from each note indicates the velocity level of that note.

To edit velocity using velocity stems:

  1. Click the Velocity Tool icon in the top portion of the Graphic Editor window (it's just to the right of the Forceps Tool icon).

The cursor becomes a tweezers.

  1. Click and drag Note Velocity Stems up or down to raise or lower individual note velocity. You can also scale the velocities across a selected range of notes'using the Velocity Tool on a single note will in turn scale the velocities of all other notes within the selection.

To turn off Velocity Stems in the Graphic Editor window, select Velocity Stemsin the Switches menu so that the checkmark is removed.

You can also use the Average Velocity display of the Graphic Editor window to view the velocity of notes in a track. Click and hold the mouse on the track's Data Type pop-up menu and select Average Velocity, or press the V key within the Graphic Editor, and the current track will switch to show note velocities. The track view displays on an x/y graph for the average velocity of each note in the selected track. If there is only one note at a given time, the 'y' direction represnts the exact velocity. In this display, you can 'draw in' velocity curves, crescendos, decrescendos, and so on with relative ease (you can even do this in real time during playback for instant feedback). When in the Graphic Editor's Average Velocity display, use the Curve Tools to the left of the Magnifying Tools to create ultra-smooth velocity transitions. Using the Graphic Editor's Average Velocity display to draw velocity is further explained in Average Velocity.

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Adjusting Note Velocity