User Manual

NOTE AND AUTOMATION EDITING
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D If you hold down [Shift] when you edit velocity values, only selected notes will be affected.
This can be very useful, especially in “crowded” sections with lots of notes.
Consider for example if you have a busy drum beat, and want to adjust the velocity of the hi-hat notes only. Simply
dragging with the Line- or Pencil tool would change the velocity of all other drum notes in the area too, but if you
first select the hi-hat notes on the Drum Edit lane and press [Shift] as you draw, you can edit their velocity without
affecting any other notes.
Editing note velocity with the “Note Velocity” function
The Note Velocity pane in the Tool Window
The “Note Velocity” function in the Tool Window can be used for adjusting the velocity of selected notes in a number
of different ways.
Note velocity can be applied to:
• Individual (selected) notes in a note clip.
This has to be done in Edit Mode.
• All notes in one or several selected note clips.
This is done in the Song/Block View. If the clips are on the same lane, it can also be done in Edit Mode.
! In Edit Mode, select clip(s) by clicking on it/them in the Clip Overview.
• All notes in all note clips on one or several selected instrument tracks.
This has to be done in the Song/Block View.
D The “Add” function lets you add a fixed value to the existing velocity values.
To subtract, choose a negative value. Note that the allowed range is 1-127.
D “Fixed” allows you to set a fixed velocity value for all selected notes.
D The “Scale” function allows you to scale velocities by a percentage factor.
Scaling by a factor of more than 100% will increase the velocity values, but also make the difference between soft
and hard notes bigger.
Scaling by a factor of less than 100% will decrease the velocity values, but also make the difference between soft
and hard notes smaller.
D “Random” will randomize the velocity values by a set percentage value.
q By combining the “Add” and “Scale” functions, you can adjust the “dynamics” of the notes in various ways. For
example, by using a Scale factor below 100% and adding a suitable value in the “Add” display, you can “com-
press” the velocity (decreasing the difference between the velocity values without lowering the average veloc-
ity level).
Editing note velocity in the Inspector
You can also edit velocity values numerically in the Inspector. See “Note and automation editing in the Inspector”.