Topic: individual key velocities?

Hi,

Am I the only one hoping for a different velocity-response curve in different sections of piano keys? Having PTQ pro I can make many adjustments key by key individually but not velocity, right? Especially I'd like to have heavier curve at the bottom keys. (So maybe it's not necessary to have individual curves for each key, but at least some amount of this kind of an adjustment would be nice).

If I am right this kind of settings can be done in VPC, but there are quite many users who don't have that much freedom with their controllers.

Of course, with PTQpro we can adjust hammer hardness to react differently in the bottom for example, but IMO this is not the same as having different velocity-curve.

Last edited by Ecaroh (21-06-2014 01:11)

Re: individual key velocities?

I remamber about more people requesting this feature.

Re: individual key velocities?

Interesting! I do think this would be a nice feature. I was thinking last night that it would be cool to have a simple "tone" control besides the EQ. Sometimes it would be helpful to just have a knob or slider to go brighter or darker. Having that in the note editor of the pro version would be *awesome*.

You know, in place of the per-note velocity curve, I bet you could get an interesting result by combining changes in  hammer hardness and note volume, and possibly dynamics in the note editor.

Rachel Jimenez
Classical pianist and teacher
http://fundamentalkeys.com

Re: individual key velocities?

For the velocity curve I have seen on an other virtual piano that it was possible to change the form of the velocity curve, from softer to harder, just by the mouse roll. It was nice, precise and easy. Not as powerfull as Pianoteq but easier.

Re: individual key velocities?

Hi!

Is there anything new on this topic?

Is it possible to change the velocity curve of every single note?

I need this feature because one note of my cheap keyboard doesn't function properly.

Or is there any workaround?

Thank you in advance!

Re: individual key velocities?

There is some software called VelPro which will let you create per-key velocity curves. See this thread: https://www.forum-pianoteq.com/viewtopic.php?id=6374

Last edited by dazric (26-03-2019 13:26)

Re: individual key velocities?

Thank you, dazric !

But as I'm using Linux this wont work for me...

Re: individual key velocities?

Hi Chirp,

in Pro, for note-by note, change "dynamic" per note you need altered.

You can alter the "dynamics" for any note, or any selection of notes, or all notes - and it will act like an edit to your velocity curve, wherever you want to paint it in.

It's an interesting topic, because it's not identical to "velocity" but "dynamics" gives results because, it feeds a given velocity point into the engine at an indicated higher or lower position - if that makes sense.

The diff is really just that "velocity" is a given fixed number whereas "dynamics" is an adjustment given to a given fixed number you input (either via variable human keyboard strike or what's already written as the velocity in the MIDI file etc.). One is a fixed point, the other is an adjuster. What comes first, the point or the adjuster?

If you hit a note (or range) and your old keyboard gives a velocity you'd like to edit there, just adjust the "dynamics" up or down to suit for that note or notes, depending on the issue.

It will amount to a similar thing as applying a velocity curve to that note or area, for most intents and purposes it is close to identical as a concept.

Depending on your use case, it may do perfectly well. There will of course be cases where a fixed number is preferred or required - but mostly, for just playing or recording try the dynamic note-by note.

Being able to draw in exact velocity numbers per note might be interesting - even if I'd probably never use that. It would mean, only that velocity would pass to the engine, no matter how hard or soft you played.

Hope that's a help.

Pianoteq Studio Bundle (Pro plus all instruments)  - Kawai MP11 digital piano - Yamaha HS8 monitors

Re: individual key velocities?

Hi !

Thank you very much for your response !

OK, I'll give it a try !

Thank you so far.

( My problem is that one black key - I know it's often the black keys on cheap pianos - gives the engine too high velocity values. But I'll try :-)   )

Re: individual key velocities?

Man, upgrade!

There is, a simple workaround; get a new keyboard.

If you’re really serious, search out a hardware fix.

You see, being a newbie to Pianoteq isn’t always bad, so long as people of good intentions put in the hard work required, at this forum, to help others  —like yourself!

Pianoteq 8 Studio Bundle, Pearl malletSTATION EM1, Roland (DRUM SOUND MODULE TD-30, HandSonic 10, AX-1), Akai EWI USB, Yamaha DIGITAL PIANO P-95, M-Audio STUDIOPHILE BX5, Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP.

Re: individual key velocities?

If velocity adjustment on an individual key level were offered in Pianoteq PRO, it would make a possible selling point whenever you’re in sore need of an upgrade.  As your costly keyboard ages and wears, an upgrade to individual key velocity adjustment, if offered, could become your most economical lifesaver, certainly more than an expensive keyboard, especially, when your budget is low!

Pianoteq 8 Studio Bundle, Pearl malletSTATION EM1, Roland (DRUM SOUND MODULE TD-30, HandSonic 10, AX-1), Akai EWI USB, Yamaha DIGITAL PIANO P-95, M-Audio STUDIOPHILE BX5, Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP.

Re: individual key velocities?

Note to future players with a broken key who might land here.
I fixed mine using mididings ( https://github.com/mididings/mididings )
pip install mididings
mididings -I 20.0 "(KeyFilter(62) & VelocityFilter(lower=30)) % Velocity(multiply=0.5)"