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Topic: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

Hi all,

I've had the little widows program 'Velocity Midi Mapper' which I downloaded from a link on this forum for some time now. I wondered who wrote it and posted the link on this forum?

I'm using it to great effect with Pianoteq 8 and my new Casio PX-S5000.

I wanted to thank you, whoever you are, for the program,

Warmest regards,

Chris

EDIT:

https://forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads...apper.html

Found it via a Google search. Written by Georg Z and posted on piano world. Thank you Georg.

Here's the program link...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ohAQnE...Wh0wzJgxYx

I'm using a compressed curve of 0.70 from 0,0 to 127,127 with the Casio PX -S5000 touch set to H2. More info to come and I'll make a demo when I've got something polished!

Chris

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

sigasa wrote:

Hi all,

I've had the little widows program 'Velocity Midi Mapper' which [...] I'm using it to great effect with Pianoteq 8 and my new Casio PX-S5000.

[...]

Chris

Hi

Your curve seems to be compensating for the hard touch setting?


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nnjs89qg0oue7qnabm3u8/SigasaCurve.png?rlkey=v6i68wcjapog1a4onk1jye9r0&raw=1


I've found during my experiments that there doesn't seem to be an 'ultimate', gold-standard curve for a given keyboard. By constantly altering the velocity curve, you never get comfortable with the keyboard and never experience the satisfaction of just playing it.

However, If the keyboard is severely lacking (for example my PSR-9000) then a curve will extend the dynamic range or place your playing in the 'sweet' spot you are craving. Now, I use them for effect or to alter a midi recording to sit better in a mix.

Here's an example:


https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php...59#p991159


You can download MIDI ShapeShifter from here:


https://github.com/robianmcd/midi-shape...r/releases


PS: I'm not endorsing one midi filter over any other!

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

DEZ wrote:
sigasa wrote:

Hi all,

I've had the little widows program 'Velocity Midi Mapper' which [...] I'm using it to great effect with Pianoteq 8 and my new Casio PX-S5000.

[...]

Chris

Hi

Your curve seems to be compensating for the hard touch setting?


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nnjs89qg0oue7qnabm3u8/SigasaCurve.png?rlkey=v6i68wcjapog1a4onk1jye9r0&raw=1


I've found during my experiments that there doesn't seem to be an 'ultimate', gold-standard curve for a given keyboard. By constantly altering the velocity curve, you never get comfortable with the keyboard and never experience the satisfaction of just playing it.

However, If the keyboard is severely lacking (for example my PSR-9000) then a curve will extend the dynamic range or place your playing in the 'sweet' spot you are craving. Now, I use them for effect or to alter a midi recording to sit better in a mix.

Here's an example:


https://forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php...59#p991159


You can download MIDI ShapeShifter from here:


https://github.com/robianmcd/midi-shape...r/releases


PS: I'm not endorsing one midi filter over any other!

Thank you for your post. Yes, to a certain degree I am compensating for the H2 setting, but I also intended to try and make the velocities more even so I needed a compressed curve in this instance.  I've since been working with the H1 on the Casio with a 0.75 on Velocity Curve Mapper.

Thanks again DEZ

Warmest regards,

Chris

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

There's also VelPro if you don't mind paying a few bucks (with a free demo available):

https://springbeats.com/velpro/

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

sigasa wrote:

Hi all,

I've had the little widows program 'Velocity Midi Mapper' which I downloaded from a link on this forum for some time now. I wondered who wrote it and posted the link on this forum?

I'm using it to great effect with Pianoteq 8 and my new Casio PX-S5000.

I wanted to thank you, whoever you are, for the program,

Warmest regards,

Chris

EDIT:

https://forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads...apper.html

Found it via a Google search. Written by Georg Z and posted on piano world. Thank you Georg.

Here's the program link...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ohAQnE...Wh0wzJgxYx

I'm using a compressed curve of 0.70 from 0,0 to 127,127 with the Casio PX -S5000 touch set to H2. More info to come and I'll make a demo when I've got something polished!

Chris

Thank you <3
Nice that someone find it useful :-)

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

this thing seems super handy, any chance of a Mac version?

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

georg wrote:
sigasa wrote:

Hi all,

I've had the little widows program 'Velocity Midi Mapper' which I downloaded from a link on this forum for some time now. I wondered who wrote it and posted the link on this forum?

I'm using it to great effect with Pianoteq 8 and my new Casio PX-S5000.

I wanted to thank you, whoever you are, for the program,

Warmest regards,

Chris

EDIT:

https://forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads...apper.html

Found it via a Google search. Written by Georg Z and posted on piano world. Thank you Georg.

Here's the program link...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ohAQnE...Wh0wzJgxYx

I'm using a compressed curve of 0.70 from 0,0 to 127,127 with the Casio PX -S5000 touch set to H2. More info to come and I'll make a demo when I've got something polished!

Chris

Thank you <3
Nice that someone find it useful :-)

Thank you Georg,

Warmest regards,

Chris

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

mqbernardo wrote:

this thing seems super handy, any chance of a Mac version?

In theory it should be possible to compile for Mac without any code changes...
But I don't have a mac :-(

You could try yourself, source code is available:
https://github.com/georg-zeiser/midi-velocity-mapper

You will need Visual Studio 2019 or newer (free Community Edition is good enough) and .NET Core 3.1 SDK

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Re: Who here wrote the program 'Midi Velocity Mapper'?

thanks for the link, but such a task seems too daunting for me. never wrote (or read, for that matter) a line of code in my entire life.
but maybe someone else might attempt it. thanks fro making this and making the code available, though!

best,
Miguel.