User`s guide

Chapter 16: MIDI Editing 205
Manually Editing Note Velocities
When a MIDI track’s Display Format is set
to Velocity, each note’s attack velocity is
represented with a velocity stalk. The taller
the velocity stalk, the higher the velocity
value (0-127).
To edit a velocity stalk with the Grabber:
1 Set the MIDI track’s Display Format to
Velocity.
2 Select the Grabber tool.
3 Drag the top (diamond) of the velocity
stalk up or down.
– or –
If two notes have the same start time (with
velocity stalks on top of each other), Com-
mand-drag (Macintosh) or Control-drag
(Windows) the actual note up or down.
Drag up to increase the velocity value,
down to decrease it. While dragging, the
diamond turns blue and the associated
note becomes selected. The dragged veloc-
ity values are reflected in the Current Cur-
sor display.
The velocities for a range of notes can be
edited with the Pencil tool, either by Free-
hand or with any of the Pencil tool shapes.
To draw velocity values that fade in:
1 Set the MIDI track’s Display Format to
Velocity.
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.
4 Once the line encompasses the desired
range of notes, along with the desired
steepness of the fade, release.
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’s Display Format to
Velocity.
2 Using either the Selector or Grabber, se-
lect the range of notes to be edited.
3 With the Trimmer, click near the range of
selected notes and drag up or down. Drag-
ging up boosts the velocities for each note,
dragging down reduces them.
Dragging a velocity stalk
Changing velocities with the Line shape