User Manual

3.15
Sequencer Overlay
Notion allows you to view both notation and performance information within the same sta. This special mode is called
Sequencer Overlay and can be accessed via View > Show > Sequencer Overlay (or by pressing Tab).
When you enable Sequencer Overlay, you will see bars appearing on top of the noteheads in your score. Those bars
represent the note’s duration and position and even velocity or dynamic. By clicking and dragging on the end points of
the bars you can adjust the note’s start and end times as well as when the note starts in the measure.
These bars may have dierent colors or they may just be gray. Gray bars take their dynamics and velocity information
from the score. Colored bars represent custom or recorded velocity and override score dynamics in playback. The color of
the bars can go from blue to red, with blue representing low velocity and red representing high velocity.
Click on a note’s bar, and the velocity of that note will be indicated by a number immediately following the bar to the
right. To customize or adjust the velocity you can:
8 Double-click the middle point of the bar and manually type in your desired value.
8 Use [Windows: Alt+Up/Down Arrow; Mac: Option + Up/Down] to change in increments of 10.
8 Use [Windows: Shift+Alt+Up/Down Arrow; Mac: Shift + Option + Up/Down] to change in increments of 1.
8 Use Velocity Overdub to play in the velocities of the notes.
You can also change the duration of notes by sliding the beginning or the end of a note to the desired length.
Randomize Events
You can also bulk change the events of a selection. Go to Tools>Randomize Events. Here you can experiment with
dierent settings to humanize your output, from adjusting the start and end points of notes to the velocity. This is great
for a larger ensemble, to avoid all the players coming in exactly together - always a real giveaway!
Clearing your custom changes
Whether you’ve used the sequencer overlay, performed in with a MIDI keyboard, or used the Randomize Events feature,
you may want to strip these tweaks away.
Quantize to Notation:
To reset the duration of your Sequencer Overlay events:, make a selection, then Tools>Quantize to Notation.
Clear Velocities:
To remove all velocities, highlight a section of music and click Tools>Clear Velocities.