CHAPTER 10. EDITING MIDI NOTES AND VELOCITIES
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As in the Note Editor, you can select multiple velocity markers to change by clicking with
the
modi er held down.
Tip:
To set a group of notes so that they all have the same velocity, select their markers
in the Velocity Editor, drag them up or down to either maximum or minimum velocity, and
then adjust velocity to the desired value.
As we saw earlier, Draw Mode allows drawing identical velocities for all notes within a grid
tile. While in Draw Mode, velocity drawing is limited to only those notes that are currently
selected. To draw markers individually (as you would want to with a crescendo, for instance)
deactivate grid snapping with the
Ctrl
4
(PC) /
4
(Mac) shortcut, or simply hold
down the
Alt
(PC) /
(Mac) modi er.
Drawing Identical
Velocities (Left) and a
Crescendo (Right).
Tip:
To draw a velocity ramp with notes that are all in the same key track, press
and
click on the piano roll to select all notes within the desired key track, make sure Draw Mode
is activated and draw the ramp into the Velocity Editor while holding the
modi er,
so that you affect only the selected notes.
Tip #2:
To draw a
linear
velocity ramp across a selection of notes, rst select the notes that
should be affected (using the
modi er to select non-adjacent notes if necessary).
Make sure Draw Mode is
not
activated and draw the line into the Velocity Editor while
holding the
Ctrl
(PC) /
(Mac) modi er.
Notes in the Note Editor display their velocity in their coloring
light notes play softly,
and vice versa. To change the velocity of notes without the Velocity Editor open, click any
selected note and drag vertically while pressing the
Alt
(PC) /
(Mac) modi er.
Vertical movements in Draw Mode correspond to velocity changes. This means that, with
one horizontal motion and one vertical motion, you can draw multiple notes and their
velocities without releasing the mouse button. If you change velocity with this vertical
