Is there an easier way to set velocity?

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2011/08/02 16:39:27 (permalink)

Is there an easier way to set velocity?

I'm using Superior Drummer 2 and I'm trying to find an easy solution to making a hi-hat sound more 'human', so instead of individually adjusting the velocity on each hit, I'm wondering if there is any way to set it to randomize between certain values?

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    garrigus
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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/02 16:51:48 (permalink)
    In SONAR, you can try adding the Velocity MIDI effect to the FX bin of the MIDI track. It provides a Randomize feature.

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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/02 16:54:55 (permalink)
    Right, but then it would apply to the entire track, which would be no good. This is useful if I have the hi-hat set to a different track. Still useful! Thanks. 

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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/02 17:00:34 (permalink)
    You could copy the hi-hat notes from the midi drum track and delete them from the original drum midi but still reroute the new hi-hat midi to the superior drums. Then apply the FX as Scott mentioned but it will only affect the hi-hats.


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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/02 17:00:45 (permalink)
    Aren't the midi plug-ins also available for offline processing when you right-click in the piano roll? I haven't used Sonar in a long while but I seem to recall those tools were there. It would then just be a matter of selecting only the hi-hats and applying the midi fx offline.

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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/03 14:34:56 (permalink)
    I'm certain i've seen a CAL or two that will do just what you ask -- i.e. take a series of uniform midi values and randomize them between a low and high value.

    (If you select HH midi notes alone, say, via lassoing in the PRV, the CAL will be applied only to these selected notes.)

    I can't honestly remember whether the CAL(s) i'm talking about came with Sonar X1, or whether i found them online -- there's a bunch of CALs available for download at various websites. I didn't keep the URLs, but i remember that i found these websites via a Google search.

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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/03 14:36:35 (permalink)
    You can always play the hats on your keyboard - instant, real humanization.  Works great.

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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/03 15:07:36 (permalink)
    This is another reason I split drum MIDI onto separate tracks.
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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/04 01:35:07 (permalink)
    Just select the hithats notes, then apply the MIDi fx to randomize
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    Re:Is there an easier way to set velocity? 2011/08/04 04:48:19 (permalink)
    Ghoul, you might want to read this thread

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