Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide362
3 Drag the top (diamond) of the velocity stalk
up or down.
– or –
If two notes have the same start time (with ve-
locity stalks on top of each other), Control-drag
(Windows) or Command-drag (Macintosh) the
actual note up or down.
Drag up to increase the velocity value, or down
to decrease it. While dragging, the diamond
turns blue and the associated note becomes se-
lected. The dragged velocity values are reflected
in the Current Cursor display.
The velocities for a range of notes can be edited
with the Pencil tool, either by Freehand or with
any of the Pencil tool shapes.
To draw velocity values that fade in:
1 Set the MIDI track to Velocity view.
2 Select the Pencil tool with the shape set to
Line.
3 Click at the beginning of the note range, near
the bottom of the velocity range, and drag to
the right and up until the line encompasses the
range of notes you want to include in the fade.
You can also use the Trimmer tool to scale the
velocities for all selected notes. This is useful if
you like the velocity relationship between the
notes, but want them to be louder or softer.
To scale velocities with the Trimmer:
1 Set the MIDI track to Velocity view.
2 Using either the Selector or Grabber, select the
range of notes to be edited.
3 With the Trimmer, click near the range of se-
lected notes and drag up or down. Dragging up
increases the velocities for each note; dragging
down decreases them.
Dragging a velocity stalk
Editing simultaneous velocities
Changing velocities with the Line shape
In Pro Tools 6.x, when in Velocity view, the
Trimmer tool can be used to trim note dura-
tions in addition to changing velocities.
Changing velocities with the Trimmer
In Pro Tools 6.x, click in the upper 25% of
the track height to scale velocities. When in
Velocity view, clicking in the lower 75% of
the track height lets you trim note lengths.