You can change the velocity of notes individually, including for a single note in a chord, or to create a consistent increase/decrease in velocity across a range of notes.
Velocity is often used to control the dynamics of non-sustaining instruments.
Prerequisite
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The lower zone is shown.
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Key Editor
is selected in the lower zone toolbar. -
You have selected the instruments that you want to show in the Key Editor.
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You have added the Velocity editor to the Key Editor.
Procedure
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Select one of the following tools, depending on how you want to change velocities:
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To change the velocity of selected notes, select Select by pressing Shift-Alt/Opt-1 or clicking Select
in the Key Editor panel toolbar. -
To change the velocity using free shapes, select Draw by pressing Shift-Alt/Opt-2 or clicking Draw
in the Key Editor panel toolbar. -
To change the velocity using consistent slopes, select Line by clicking Line
in the Key Editor panel toolbar.
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Optional: If you selected Select
, select the notes whose velocity you want to change, such as individual notes in chords. This also selects their velocity bars.
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Optional: If you selected either the Draw
tool or Line
tool, choose one of the following velocity edit scopes in the Velocity editor header:
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All notes
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Selection
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In the Velocity editor, change the velocity in one of the following ways:
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If you selected Select
, click and drag the top of one of the selected velocity bars upwards/downwards. -
If you selected Draw
, click and draw any shape across the required range. -
If you selected Line
, click and drag a line across the required range.
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Result
The velocity of the affected notes is changed. If you selected the Selection velocity edit scope, this only applies to selected velocity bars.
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You can also use the Transform and Histogram tools to change velocities on a large scale in different ways.
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You can also set the same velocity for all selected notes by changing the value in the value field in the editor header.