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4.2.11 Note Velocity Sensitivity
This section contains a sensitivity curve that determines the responsiveness of MIDI
Note Velocity. That means it changes how hard or soft you have to play to reach the same
volume and/or dynamics.
The default state in the Sensitivity section is a linear, which
has a value of 0, in middle of a value range between -100
and +100. Click and drag downward inside the box to cre-
ate a concave curve that makes Note Velocity less respon-
sive (-100). Or, click and drag upward inside the Sensitivity
box to create a convex curve that makes Note Velocity more
responsive (+100).
• NOTE VELOCITY is a term based on how strongly a key-
board player plays the keys, which not only affects the
loudness of notes, but in instruments that contain mul-
tiple dynamic levels, also changes the timbre of notes. To achieve this, different
samples are mapped to specific Note Velocity value ranges. For example, samples
recorded at a
p (soft) dynamic are mapped to Note Velocities 1–25, mp (medium
soft) samples are mapped to Note Velocities 26–45, and so on. Since Note Velocity
cannot be changed mid-note, it’s most often used in short instruments, where natu-
ral sounding dynamics can be achieved.
4.2.12 MIDI Control
This section deals with the most fundamental aspects of how to control sampled
instruments in terms of volume, dynamics, vibrato, and more. Effectively using these
controls is essential to writing convincing parts, and creating realistic performances.
MIDI Continuous Controllers (CCs) can be written directly into the sequencer of your
DAW, allowing you to program a piece with specific con-
troller movements, or assigned to the knobs and sliders of
a MIDI controller, allowing you to play and record control-
ler movements that affect volume, dynamics, and vibrato in
real-time.
Composers use both inputs fluidly, recording volume and
dynamics to create expressive performances, editing the re-
corded MIDI for polish, and programming Keyswitches (KS)
and other controls directly into the DAW’s sequencer.
PLEASE NOTE: The MIDI Control area of the Player win-
dow will display all the available MIDI CCs for the loaded instrument. While there are
some general rules for how MIDI CCs are implemented, please refer to the Instrument
Descriptions found in the Description Box of the Browse page for specific details on how
an instrument is programmed.