Descriptions of Parameters
Setup Editor Parameters
5-9
Velocity Offset (Vel Offset)
Adds a constant value to your keystrike velocity. The value for all zones in the default setup is
0
.
A positive value for this parameter causes an upward shift in the entire velocity curve. For
example, if you set a value of
64
, every note in that zone has a final attack-velocity value of 64
greater than your keystrike velocity (to a maximum of 127, of course). So if you play a note with a
keystrike velocity of 32, the final attack-velocity value is 96. Negative values for Vel Offset shift
the velocity curve downward.
Vel Scale and Vel Offset have a very close relationship; when you change the value of one of
them, you’ll often want to change the value of the other as well. For example, suppose you set
Vel Scale to
250%
in a zone, to make it stand out from the other zones when you’re playing hard.
You may find that the velocity curve pins at the high end rather quickly--in other words, by the
time you’re playing
f
, the final attack-velocity value may already be 127, and playing
ff
or
fff
doesn’t give you any more dynamics. Setting a negative offset shifts the velocity curve
downward, preventing the final attack-velocity value from maxing out before you get to
fff
.
