Changing the velocity of notes

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.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Key Editor is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • You have selected the instruments you want to show in the Key Editor.

  • You have added the Velocity editor to the Key Editor.

Procedure

  1. Select one of the following tools, depending on how you want to change velocities:

    • 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.

  2. 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.
  3. Optional: If you selected either the Draw tool or Line tool, choose one of the following velocity edit scopes in the Velocity editor header:

    • All notes

    • Selection

  4. In the Velocity editor, change the velocity in one of the following ways:

    • 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.

Result

The velocity of the affected notes is changed. If you selected the Selection velocity edit scope, this only applies to selected velocity bars.

Tip

You can also use the Transform and Histogram tools to change velocities on a large scale in different ways.