Velocity DXi problem in Sonar

Hello People,

I'm trying to use two separate MIDI tracks to play different drum parts of a single Velocity DXi instance.

When I use the vel+ trim in one of the MIDI tracks to increase or decrease the volume of just one drum part, it affects the volume of the other part aswell. I don't understand this because I thought that vel+ just adjusts the velocity values of the MIDI note data leaving the track. I've also noticed that the same thing happens with the transpose track adjustments aswell.

Anybody got any idea?

Thanks,
Henry

By the way, I'm using Sonar 5P (with the 5.2 patch installed).

Thanks tor.

What you've suggested seems to work OK, but it only allows me to 'absolutely' set the velocity values for the MIDI data on a particular track. I still don't understand why what I'm trying to do doesn't work (even if Velocity does use only one MIDI channel). All the vel+ trim should do is adjust the velocity values of MIDI notes/drum beats as they leave the MIDI track on the way to their destination (Velocty in this case). Also, I've tried the same thing with other DXis and the problem doesn't occur.

Henry

Thanks for your help tor.

My only concern with adding an instance per drum sound is that I'll use loads of CPU cycles - maybe this is not the case with a simple sample player like Velocity.

Cheers,
Henry

Thinking about it a little more, I still think that what I am trying to do should work.

Vel+ is a "track" parameter, so all it should do is alter the velocity of the MIDI notes as they leave the track to their destination (Velocity DXi in this case), irrespective of the channel. I appreciate that, in the case of Volume or Pan, what you are saying applies, because volume and Pan are MIDI "per channel" parameters.

Using my old MIDI soundcard I had a drum kit selected to channel 10 and then sent several different tracks all to channel 10, using vel+ on a per track basis to get the balance of volumes (you know what I mean!) for different drum sounds sounding right. I've also tried this with Loopazoid (a free drum sampler VST plugin) and the problem doesn't occur - and this is without using different channels for different drum sounds, if indeed this is possible.

By the why, I have exactly the same problem with the track transpose (key+), and surely that's got nothing to do with MIDI channels?

I'm suprised no-one has flagged this up before (or that the problem hasn't been fixed). Surely the way I'm wanting to use Velocity is the obvious way to sequence drum patterns?! Maybe Velocity is not a very popular choice for playing drum samples, and if so, does anyone have any good suggestions as an alternative to what I'm trying to do? I've got Sonar 5P, Project5v2 (without the Dimension Pro upgrade) and z3ta+ and no more money to spend.

ORIGINAL: sinc

I see this problem in Velocity, too.

Velocity has other problems, as well. If you insert any SynthEdit-based softsynth (such as Organized Trio) into your project, Velocity will not work.