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Topic: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

Hi all

I have found that using the Trombetworks Velocity Changer software has helped me greatly. I am very pleased with the velocity curve I now have for my Yamaha P515WH. I can run the Trombetworks software in the back ground, use loopback software to pipe the output of this to the input of Pianoteq or any DAW of your choice, and bingo.

If anyone wants the free Trombetworks software, I'll post a link.

Warmest regards,

Chris

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

Chris,

i would like to give the software a try.
Couldn't find a working link on the web though.
So if your link still works, please be so kind to post it ...
Thank you in advance ...

Pboy

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4v33o05hk9ses...7.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nfcebgzot76rd...e.zip?dl=0

You will need both applications

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

Try VelPro by Springbeats.com

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

I'm using the Bome MIDI Translator at the moment. No GUI - you have to program it, and it's very awkward, but it can be used for other things too - very powerful. I only use it for a fixed curve that I always use with the P515 (even for it's INTERNAL sounds - I loop the MIDI back). I then may apply an additional correction for different instruments & apps, using their inbuilt curve adjustments.

One thing I used Bome for recently is to modify the tri-sensor MIDI stream from the P515, to translate the contiguous Note-Ons, to a standard Note-On/Note-Off stream - an application I am using couldn't handle the contiguous Note-Ons.

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P.S two aspects of Bome's programming language that are extremely annoying: no floating point, and no arrays.

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

skip wrote:

I'm using the Bome MIDI Translator at the moment. No GUI - you have to program it, and it's very awkward, but it can be used for other things too - very powerful. I only use it for a fixed curve that I always use with the P515 (even for it's INTERNAL sounds - I loop the MIDI back). I then may apply an additional correction for different instruments & apps, using their inbuilt curve adjustments.

One thing I used Bome for recently is to modify the tri-sensor MIDI stream from the P515, to translate the contiguous Note-Ons, to a standard Note-On/Note-Off stream - an application I am using couldn't handle the contiguous Note-Ons.

Greg
P.S two aspects of Bome's programming language that are extremely annoying: no floating point, and no arrays.

How are you finding your P515 Skip? I have a P515 also. Am I right in thinking you used to have a Roland FP90??? I have been thinking of cross grading to the FP90 as many review the PHA50 keybed very favourably. What are your thoughts Skip?

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

I like the P-515 very much. No - I did not have an FP90, but I did briefly own an FP60....for one day. I discovered a problem with it's action, so returned it and got the P-515 instead.

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

skip wrote:

I like the P-515 very much. No - I did not have an FP90, but I did briefly own an FP60....for one day. I discovered a problem with it's action, so returned it and got the P-515 instead.

Greg

Thank you Greg.

May I also ask what external velocity curve you are using with your P515?

Warmest regards,

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

I have the touch setting on Medium, and the curve is slightly exponentially rising, terminating mapping an input of about 100, to an output of 127.

Greg

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

I recently bought an Arturia Keylab 88 Essential. A known issue is that it offers nearly no velocity adjustments.
Or at least the changes in the settings barely differ from each other.
The slightest touch results in a fortissimo no matter which of the three in-built presets i use.

This is discussed in the Arturia forum but Arturia doesn't seem to care, even if it could probably be corrected with a tiny firmware update.
Within Pianoteq i am able to edit the curve but many of my standalone VSTs do not offer this feature.

With the Velocity Changer and LoopBe1 i can control the velocity now. Amazing!

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

Another idea to consider: a handy and versatile user-configurable hardware MIDI interface

MIDIhub
https://blokas.io/midihub/

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A 4-in, 4-out MIDI interface with internal firmware programmable for many types of MIDI routing, filtering, convolutions and transformations of MIDI data, using a configuration/editor app that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, which flashes the desired configuration to the MIDI interface's firmware (up to 8 different configurations of MIDI routing/filtering, I think), so that the hardware is independent of its programming app.

https://i.postimg.cc/G2GqcG6q/midihub.jpg

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I bought one of these a couple weeks ago and like it very much so far. Well-thought-out in its design and implementation.

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

@Stephen_Doonan

Whoa, this box has it all!
The list of features seems endless. It's amazing for all the synth guys who want to go DAWless.
But for the sole purpose of changing the velocity of a masterkeyboard (when used with a computer) it's a bit of an overkill i guess.
It's a luxurious little helper nevertheless.

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Re: Trombetworks Velocity Changer

Zaskar wrote:

It's amazing for all the synth guys who want to go DAWless.

The MIDIhub is great for various problems (such as some MIDI mapping) in software/computer based DAWs too.
It's a neat little device.

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