How can I increase the velocity of every note in a MIDI piece all at once, rather than having to do it note by note? This question was asked and answered in 2007, but I'm unable to apply that answer to Logic Pro X 10.5.1. Thanks!
With all four methods??
The ones involving the piano roll also involve selecting all notes first. The ones in the inspector do not. But the ones in the inspectors just add the velocities "afterwards", so in the editors the values do not visually change, you have to listen for it. But with the piano roll methods, they do also change visually.
However, if amongst your selected notes there are already notes of velocity 127, they will not change, and the rest will also "stick", they hit a ceiling. With the cmd-ctrl method, you have to also press the option key while already dragging to avoid this "ceiling". Same goes for downwards change: as soon as one of the notes reaches 1, the rest will not go down either, and you have to add the option key to overrule that.
Another way to avoid this is to simply deselect notes that are already at 127 or 1. This means that the highest velocity note will determine the ceiling, so if the highest note is at 120 for example, you can only drag all notes up 7 values (unless of course you use the option key as described).
If you do the added option key, the disadvantage is that you are losing the relative velocities of the notes, so you will effectively alter the dynamics.
With all four methods??
The ones involving the piano roll also involve selecting all notes first. The ones in the inspector do not. But the ones in the inspectors just add the velocities "afterwards", so in the editors the values do not visually change, you have to listen for it. But with the piano roll methods, they do also change visually.
However, if amongst your selected notes there are already notes of velocity 127, they will not change, and the rest will also "stick", they hit a ceiling. With the cmd-ctrl method, you have to also press the option key while already dragging to avoid this "ceiling". Same goes for downwards change: as soon as one of the notes reaches 1, the rest will not go down either, and you have to add the option key to overrule that.
Another way to avoid this is to simply deselect notes that are already at 127 or 1. This means that the highest velocity note will determine the ceiling, so if the highest note is at 120 for example, you can only drag all notes up 7 values (unless of course you use the option key as described).
If you do the added option key, the disadvantage is that you are losing the relative velocities of the notes, so you will effectively alter the dynamics.
I did this, and the other suggestions, but the velocities do not change. I suppose I must be missing a step.
What did you do exactly?
And another important question, do like to increase the velocity or the volume? What do you like to achieve?
My intention is to alter the velocity in order to change the timbre of the piano, which of course will additionally alter the volume; and I will re-adjust the volume if that becomes necessary. Regarding what I did, I simply attempted to follow the instructions I received on the forum, but saw no change in the velocity numbers.
Got it, thanks! I want to see the velocity numbers, so the piano roll method is best. I guess I was missing the velocity change in the other methods because I was looking for the numbers change. Man, if only I had joined the forum long ago. The hours I would have saved! Oh well, I finally made it! Thanks again!
Select the regions you would like to change. In the Region Inspector: edit the Velocity parameter by CLICK+HOLD and moving your mouse up or down.
Logic Pro Region inspector - Apple Support
As YoYoBen says
Or if you want, in the piano roll you can select the regions you want then option drag the velocity slider.
There are two more ways: in the pianoroll select all notes (cmd-A) then hold cmd-ctrl clickhold and drag on any of the notes. Or in the track inspector add a number to the Velocity parameter.
I did this, and the other suggestions, but the velocities do not change. I suppose I must be missing a step.
I did this, and the other suggestions, but the velocities do not change. I suppose I must be missing a step.
I did this, and the other suggestions, but the velocities do not change. I suppose I must be missing a step.
Altering MIDI piano Velocities
