I am a big fan of the Springbeats VelPro software. I like it because I can set a curve for my keyboard, and then it applies across all VST software (Pianoteq, Native instruments VSTs, etc.). Also, VelPro allows multiple contours that you can flip back and forth through, so it's easy to make flat profiles for organs, as well as more and less aggressive velocity profiles to suit your moods. Lastly, using an outside velocity scaler is of benefit because it preserves whatever velocity profiles that people have 'baked into' their FXP settings for the various instruments, as velocity profiles can help give effects that are creative in addition to being functional.
This last point bears a little more explaining, as since PIanoteq 7.0 (I think), there are now TWO levels of velocity settings in Pianoteq. One level is the preset-by-preset velocity curves, which can be 'frozen' across all presets (check the "snowflake" icon in the graphical user interface of Pianoteq, allowing you to 'freeze' different settings), or left 'floating' so that the curve may changes as per different preset files dictate - this has been the way that the velocity curve has functioned since the beginning of Pianoteq.
The new function of the velocity curve is the "Global" velocity curve, which is a separate level of velocity curve that remains 'frozen' and separate from the regular floating velocity curves automatically once it is created. It essentially does for Pianoteq what an external velocity editor does for all VSTs, adapting the keyboard outputs for your particular keyboard or preferred playing response style. This second Global velocity setting is employed by clicking the grayed-out "G" button to the bottom-right of the velocity curve diagram to turn it on.
I hope that this explanation has been of help,
David
- David