Amazing!!!!! Various years working with Reaper and there is something new to learn every day that makes it much better.... this will be a huge time saver. Thank you very much Kenny!
This is like rediculously useful. When I do a drum performance with a midi controller that is super sensitive, I often have issues with the velocity maxing out or being too close to the bottom. This really helps to bring those velocities together to improve the dynamics.
OK...OK... it took me eight months to get around to watching this one.... oh how I wish I watched it nine months ago :) just what I was looking for . many thanks Sir Kenny. I have just given you an honourary knighthood. :)
This looks like a work around not a better solution and accurate way of compressing velocities. i think piano roll in Reaper is like audio recording and editing in FL Studio,still a shame in 2021 to not have a midi plugin or function like "Humanize" and "Quantize"in the midi editor. Any way ,thaanks for the effort Kenny
I have a piano track, once I select all notes, go to event properties, select type 'Note', add a value like /2 for velocity and click apply......it generates a tons of additional notes (mostly E) in my track. Any idea what this may be caused by and how to fix it?!
Hi can someone help me? when i compress the velocity and move it up the track in the mixer is cliping. Is there anyway to compress and increase the velocity volume with out cliping?
@@eilaydrumcovers1202 CTRL A to select all notes or drag with your mouse. You can right click on the piano roll too to select all notes for a single note.
@@JonesCo. Thank you but i have a problom: when i compress the notes and i get the velocity my track is cliping? is there any way to make it sound louder with the compression with out cliping?
Hey Kenny, thanks for the tip. But there is a glitch. I tried this on a piano performance and it works great. However, it adds E4 ghost notes to the entire performance and deletes CC64 pedal action.
Hi Kenny...years waiting for this 😉 Thank you so much! How to record drum in the way in I want all the kick velocity I play only limited around 100 to 110 (or any numbers), is it possible? If the velocity lets say 80, it will automatically increase to 100 and of the kick velocity is 120, it will decrease automatically to 110 in the way in I record the MiDI note
i the case of drums id highly recommend bouncing them down and processing that with an actual compressor, since the velocity in midi changes the sound drastically, but the compressor doesnt as much.
You want to start fixing things at the source, especially, when you consider MIDI drums, since a given VSTi applies different samples for different velocities. If you print MIDI to audio, you'll retain poor velocities. An example. If there's a snare ghost note in MIDI, which is too loud, when you compress it as audio, it'll still sound awkward. So you want to have your VSTi choose a soft hit in MIDI instead, which won't sound strange if you process it as audio afterwards.
@@zbigniewszczudlik1175 well in your example with the too loud ghost note, midi compression wont do any good. but i think we all agree that a good source is key.
@@MrMockigton It won't do any good if you treat all the drum sounds globally the same. That's why we need to compress selectively, too, per the type of sound we want to get. For instance, with up to 24 velocity layers available in Steven Slate Drums, you don't want to print a sound with radically wrong samples applied by the VSTi.
if you create an automation item around the points you want to manipulate (time selection around the points, right click a point, automation items > insert new automation item), by double clicking the automation item you can compress/expand the points by adjusting the 'Amplitude" slider. hope this helps :)
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My life just got much easier - thanks Kenny!
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Amazing!!!!! Various years working with Reaper and there is something new to learn every day that makes it much better.... this will be a huge time saver. Thank you very much Kenny!
Great tip just wish I knew about this 4 months ago..
This is like rediculously useful. When I do a drum performance with a midi controller that is super sensitive, I often have issues with the velocity maxing out or being too close to the bottom. This really helps to bring those velocities together to improve the dynamics.
Another great tip Kenny, thanks!
Sure did learn sumthin, been wondering how to do this for ages. Great stuff as ever Kenny
Reaper has transcended, can't wait for the next tutorial
Great video, thanks so much for sharing!
OK...OK... it took me eight months to get around to watching this one.... oh how I wish I watched it nine months ago :) just what I was looking for . many thanks Sir Kenny. I have just given you an honourary knighthood. :)
Great tip. I thought the video was going to be about the JS Plugin, but this is a great alternative.
Just what I was looking for. Thanks
So very useful! Thanks very much.
Thanks Kenny
tnx! that is a common issue I deal with, as I usually play the entire score in midi, and have a few odd keys that are slightly louder for some reason
thanks for this awesome tip!
This is going to save me so much time. Thank you, Kenny!
Kenny is a National Treasure. He must have read my mind-- just yesterday I was wondering how to do this w CCs. TY KG. Aces!
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This looks like a work around not a better solution and accurate way of compressing velocities.
i think piano roll in Reaper is like audio recording and editing in FL Studio,still a shame in 2021 to not have a midi plugin or function like "Humanize" and "Quantize"in the midi editor.
Any way ,thaanks for the effort Kenny
humanize and quantize are both in reaper's midi editor (by pressing H and Q, respectively)? or are you talking about FL studio
Thanks Kenny! I love Your videos
Again, Sir. Thank you.
Hello Kenny Gioia. Obrigado de novo.
That is really interesting. I didn't know about this. Seems really useful. Thank you!
Great! I’ve been looking for a way to do this for a while. Yet another video to bookmark for future reference 🙂Thanks
I have a piano track, once I select all notes, go to event properties, select type 'Note', add a value like /2 for velocity and click apply......it generates a tons of additional notes (mostly E) in my track. Any idea what this may be caused by and how to fix it?!
Sickkk! I use a JS plugin for this but this is way better!
Which one? Parameters can be automated over time which is a benefit this solution lacks - if you need/want it of course.
What's the JS plugin?
@@larazarecord it's JS MIDI Velocity tool. You can add and multiply velocities of incoming midi msgs :)
@@IDDQDSound Thx
Hi can someone help me?
when i compress the velocity and move it up the track in the mixer is cliping.
Is there anyway to compress and increase the velocity volume with out cliping?
how can i get so flags (note length to the right) in velocities?
In midi editor go to Options - cc/velocity lane - show note length in velocity lane
@@JonesCo. How do i select all the notes?
@@eilaydrumcovers1202 CTRL A to select all notes or drag with your mouse. You can right click on the piano roll too to select all notes for a single note.
@@JonesCo. Thank you but i have a problom: when i compress the notes and i get the velocity my track is cliping? is there any way to make it sound louder with the compression with out cliping?
Hey Kenny, thanks for the tip. But there is a glitch. I tried this on a piano performance and it works great. However, it adds E4 ghost notes to the entire performance and deletes CC64 pedal action.
Brilliant
Thanks for yet another amazing video, Kenny! Question: how do you get the note durations to display on the velocity stems? Keep up the amazing work!
In midi editor go to Options - cc/velocity lane - show note length in velocity lane
@@REAPERMania Hey kenny when i want to compress how do i select all the notes?
gracias!
wow! thanks a lot!
You can either use js plugins
Why my midi screen is not like in the video? It also dosent let me compress all the notes.
the hi hat was better with more dynamics, it sounded more realistic
How to put that horizontal line on the velocity? In my reaper all I see y a dot on the velocity
Very useful tip. Btw, how do I get that keyboard to show up? the virtual midi keyboard that shows for me is completely different.
Does Reaper have a velocity scaler tool that allows to preview the media file’s velocity settings utilizing a fader?
Great! I didn’t know about this. Is there an extension that makes this a bit easier?
Interesting I would have put a compressor on it. That saves some CPU. Very useful on my eKit and Superior
Hi Kenny...years waiting for this 😉 Thank you so much!
How to record drum in the way in I want all the kick velocity I play only limited around 100 to 110 (or any numbers), is it possible?
If the velocity lets say 80, it will automatically increase to 100 and of the kick velocity is 120, it will decrease automatically to 110 in the way in I record the MiDI note
Such a great video. Is this possible for live performance or is that only achieved with multi-out put routing?
For a live performance you could just adjust the velocity curve of your keyboard
Thanks for the video Kenny 👍
What drums are you using here? They sound amazing
These - ruclips.net/video/BvECBkrf7bo/видео.html
@@REAPERMania thank you. Beautiful sounding kit 👌
i the case of drums id highly recommend bouncing them down and processing that with an actual compressor, since the velocity in midi changes the sound drastically, but the compressor doesnt as much.
Yes. But if the performance is that uneven, fixing the MIDI is what you actually want.
@@REAPERMania well, yes. of course you should start from somethin that is halfway reasonable.
You want to start fixing things at the source, especially, when you consider MIDI drums, since a given VSTi applies different samples for different velocities. If you print MIDI to audio, you'll retain poor velocities.
An example. If there's a snare ghost note in MIDI, which is too loud, when you compress it as audio, it'll still sound awkward. So you want to have your VSTi choose a soft hit in MIDI instead, which won't sound strange if you process it as audio afterwards.
@@zbigniewszczudlik1175 well in your example with the too loud ghost note, midi compression wont do any good. but i think we all agree that a good source is key.
@@MrMockigton It won't do any good if you treat all the drum sounds globally the same. That's why we need to compress selectively, too, per the type of sound we want to get. For instance, with up to 24 velocity layers available in Steven Slate Drums, you don't want to print a sound with radically wrong samples applied by the VSTi.
Is there a way to do the same thing with the points of automation envelopes?
if you create an automation item around the points you want to manipulate (time selection around the points, right click a point, automation items > insert new automation item), by double clicking the automation item you can compress/expand the points by adjusting the 'Amplitude" slider. hope this helps :)
LOL I tried this on a piano track and it changed all the 64 Hold pedal values to E4 (64) midi notes with 0 length! Maybe I'm doing something wrong?
Seems the trick is to set the midi filter to notes only before you apply the compression technique.
Sweet
Thanks from Russia!! )
Wow. 🤯
Is it possible to do this in reverse? i.e.to increase the range of a part that has been over-compressed
multiply by a number greater than 1 or divide by a number lesser than 1 i guess
Yes. Multiplying by 2 will give you 2:1 expansion. Just make sure you lower all the velocities first so they don't get crushed at the top.
WOW
Very cool!
What drums are those they sound good? Is it the Steven Slate free one?
Thanks.
Looks like Sitala with custom samples.
Steven Slate
@@REAPERMania Yes i though it sounded like it, Thanks!
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I want a video on how to create custom banks on Reticulate, when you'll make It? I tried an existing video but doesn't work..
And I want a pony. When you'll get it? :)
@@REAPERMania If you remember, I asked this long time ago? Can you make It?? Can you make a voting to see If others want It too??
There MUST be a faster and easier way to do this!! Too many steps to compress. There's GOT TO BE an easier faster way!!!!!!