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The MIDI editors
Editing velocity values
When “Velocity” is selected for viewing, the lane shows
the velocity of each note as a vertical bar.
Velocity values are edited with the Pencil or the Line tool.
The different tools and Line tool modes offer several pos-
sibilities, as listed below.
Ö If the option “Controller Lane Editing: Select Tool de-
faults to Pen” is activated in the Preferences (Editing–MIDI
page), the Arrow tool automatically switches to the Pencil
tool when you move the pointer into the controller display.
If you want to use the Arrow tool to select events in the controller display,
press [Ctrl]/[Command].
Ö If the Speaker icon (Acoustic Feedback) is activated
on the toolbar, the notes will be played back when you ad-
just the velocity, allowing you to audition your changes.
• You can use the Pencil tool to change the velocity of a
single note: click on its velocity bar and drag the bar up or
down.
While you drag, the current velocity value is shown in the display to the left.
• You can use the Pencil tool or the Line tool in Paint
mode to change the velocity values of several notes by
painting a “freehand curve”.
When editing velocity, these two methods have the same functionality.
• Use the Line tool in Line mode for creating linear veloc-
ity ramps.
Click where you want the ramp to start and drag the cursor to where you
want the ramp to end. When you release the mouse button, the velocity
values are aligned with the line between the two points.
• Parabola mode works in the same way, but aligns the
velocity values to a Parabola curve instead.
Use this for smooth, “natural” velocity fades, etc.
• The remaining three Line tool modes (Sine, Triangle and
Square) align the velocity values to continuous curve
shapes (see below).
Note:
• If there is more than one note at the same position (e.g. a
chord), their velocity bars will overlap in the controller lane.
If none of the notes are selected, all notes at the same position will be set
to the same velocity value when you draw. To edit the velocity of only one
of the notes at the same position, first select the note in the note display.
Now, editing will only affect the velocity of the selected note.
You can also adjust the velocity of a single note by select-
ing it and changing its velocity value on the info line.