User`s guide

Chapter 16: MIDI Editing 219
Change Velocity
The Change Velocity command automati-
cally adjusts attack and release velocities
for selected MIDI notes. Use it to make
notes louder or softer, or to create crescen-
dos or decrescendos.
Velocities can also be edited manually with
the Pencil and Grabber Tools (see “Manu-
ally Editing Note Velocities” on page 205).
✽ Velocity values usually affect the loudness
of MIDI notes. They may also affect other as-
pects of an instrument’s sound, such as filter
cutoff, envelopes, and modulations.
✽ The settings in the Change Velocity window
are saved with each session. To store your fa-
vorite settings as the default for use in future
sessions, save them as part of a session tem-
plate (see “Creating Custom Session Tem-
plates” on page 48).
To open the Change Velocity window,
choose MIDI > Change Velocity. Options
for the Change Velocity are discussed in
the following section.
While there are options for adjusting both
the attack and release velocities for notes,
most MIDI devices ignore release velocity
information. To see if your instrument sup-
ports release velocities, refer to the manu-
facturer’s documentation.
Set All To Sets all velocities to the specified
value (1–127).
Add Adds to existing velocity values by the
specified amount (1–127).
Subtract Subtracts from existing velocity
values by the specified amount (1–127).
Scale By Scales all velocities by a percent-
age amount (1–400%).
Change Smoothly Allows velocities to
change smoothly from one value to an-
other over time.
Change Smoothly by Percentage Allows ve-
locities to change smoothly from one per-
centage value to another over time.
The curve for this change can be adjusted
(+/– 99) to affect how gradually the change
occurs.
Change Velocity window