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Pro Tools Reference Guide760
2 Select any Grabber tool.
3 Drag the top (diamond) of the velocity stalk up
or down.
The velocities for a range of notes can be edited
with any Pencil tool.
To draw velocity values for a crescendo:
1 Do one of the following:
• Set the MIDI or Instrument track to Velocity
view.
• Reveal the Controller lane for the MIDI or In-
strument track and show 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 until the line encompasses the
range of notes you want to include in the fade.
You can also use the Trim tool to scale the veloci-
ties for all selected notes. This is useful if you like
the velocity relationship between the notes, but
want them all to be louder or softer.
To scale velocities with the Trim tool:
1 Set the MIDI or Instrument track to Velocity
view.
2 Using the Selector tool or any Grabber tool, se-
lect the range of notes to be edited.
3 With the Trim tool, click near the range of se-
lected notes and drag up or down. Dragging up
increases the velocities for each note and drag-
ging down decreases them.
Velocity Trim Tool
To trim the velocity of one or more selected MIDI
notes:
 With the Grabber tool selected, Command-click
(Mac) or Control-click (Windows) the note and
drag up or down. Notice that the Grabber tool
changes to the Velocity Trim tool.
Dragging a velocity stalk
For fine-resolution editing of velocity values,
Command-click-drag (Mac) or Control-click-
drag the top of the velocity stalk to the desired
value.
Changing velocities with the Line shape
When in Velocity view, the Trim tool can be
used to trim note durations in addition to
changing velocities.
Changing velocities with the Trim tool
Editing simultaneous velocities