Everytime after watching these videos, I'm amazed there is still so much to learn when it comes to handy features like these velocity tips. Amazing! Well done and keep these video's coming!
Every time any time there's many new stuff to learn from ur vids. Thank you so much Greg. Ctrl+Shift for changing single note velocity is life saving 👍👍👍
Your videos are the gold standard for Cubase training. I've been a user since the Cubase VST days in the 90's and regularly find new ways to do things watching your series. Cubase has grown much like Photoshop and other apps to include features tailored for many different needs that no single person will ever use even half of them at this point probably. Except Greg Ondo. Cheers sir and thanks. Probably no way to solve this one without more functionality from Steinberg, but... especially for us orchestral mock-up people, maybe one day Cubase will allow midi cc data lanes to be linked and edited together. (ie. Open violins I A, B, C, and violins II A, B, C tracks all at once, link their cc editing and make changes that apply to all 6 tracks selectively.) As it stands, there are no good work around for this. Other ways to do it yes, but not good ones. If you happen to come up with some new approach that streamlines such things (hah long shot but thought I'd ask) would stand up and cheer for such a video, even just addressing that specific challenge would be fantastic :D
There is a way to link volume and other controllers quite easily with a macro using automation as opposed to CC lanes. I will produce a video showing how. Thanks for the comments on the videos, I am happy that people find them useful.
Great video! Saving the patterns in the quantize panel? Epiphone!!! Greg noted (no pun intended) at the beginning that velocity is not the same thing as volume. That might sound confusing to some, as velocity and volume have similarly, but not exactly the same, effects on the final sound. Velocity is typically analogous to "how hard did I hit that key/drum pad/controller pad...", not "how loud is that instrument". Using a piano as an example, 'fading in' a piano part using velocity will sound slightly different from fading in a piano using say, track volume automation. This is because a piano note sounds quite different if played softly than it does when hammered down hard. Same goes for drums, strings, horns... This is great, as it gives us options in how to mix/balance midi tracks. Using midi velocity editing on a track will make it sound much more like the musician trying to balance to the rest of the band by adjusting his/her playing style. Think of a jazz band playing a song with large dynamic shifts through the piece, for example. The drums, pianos, etc will have different timbres in the soft passages because everyone is 'hitting' their instruments more softly. The sound is very different than simply pulling down the volume on a loud passage. For overall mix adjustments though, automating the track's final volume might be a better option. Vocal ducking might be an example of this...
Hi. Is it possible to modify the velocity with an external midi controller ? I want to use a fader (on my korg nanokontrol2) to change the velocity of a selected note. Thank you :
Cheers Greg! I didn't know that about saving velocity patterns within the quantize panel. I must admit that I've not used this panel before...has to be worth a look now though! :-)
I realise this is an old video but I’m trying to find out if it’s possible to record in velocity using an external controller such as a fader (as you would expression or dynamics with a modwheel) after the notes have been drawn or played. I’m using Cubase 11, thanks!
I know this is from a few years ago, but maybe you'll see my question. What is the easiest/fastest way to make the velocity of a set of notes all the same? For example, if I open a drum part in the Key Editor, and select all notes of a certain note value by clicking CTRL plus the note value on the piano at left, is there a way, other than using the Line Tool (or Velocity Compression) to make them all the same value? (In the Drum Editor there are functions for Quantize, Length, and Expression, but nothing for Velocity). I ask this because, for example, in some styles, such as EDM, you often want your kick drum to be all the same velocity. Thank you :)
Good how/to, but it seems that one can only try out the steps in the examples if you have Cubase Pro, or maybe Artist. I have Elements 9.5, so it is missing quite a few of the features in the pull-down MIDI menu and Editor shown in the walk-throughs.
Sorry if this has already been covered elsewhere. I have a midi cymbal in my project That I don’t want to change the velocity of as it changes it’s sound. I do however need to adjust the actual volume of it. From what I read it is possible with automation cc7 but it is difficult to automate on this track as there are other cymbals with it as well. Is there a quick volume adjustment (like the velocity) for this reason? Thanks for any help viewers!
How does cubase handle Expression vs Velocity vs Modulation?? I noticed Expression/Modulation isn't consistent with all VST instruments. I must be doing something wrong any advice is highly appreciated.
Thanks for this video. I want to ask how to see the changes in the midi that have set the position and velocity on the midi modifier. it is very difficult to fix it because there is no visible change in the midi event (for example in studio one you can see the changes after Humanization) but in Cubase it is not visible but still works properly. please explain sir.
Is there a way you can go to the bottom of the editor where it says velocity, and select only the velocities across the entire piece of music, and just bring them down together, but by just dragging a mouse across the notes quickly, without selecting them one by one. It seems in Cubase you can only do this by editing the velocity one note at a time. I'm coming from logic where, for example, you would just select the loudest notes by dragging horizontally across the tops of the loudest notes in the velocity section of the editor, and just drag them down, without selecting any other notes and without having to select them one by one at the top of the editor. In cubase, trying to do this with the object selection tool, it simply brings all notes to the value that you drag across. I just want to skim the top of the notes to select the loudest ones, and just drag those loudest ones down. Thank you so much for this channel and this video, hopefully this question make sense? They have to be a way to do this I just don't know how.
If I want to increase the velocity on one instrument but over multiple midi tracks how Do I do that? It only lets me raise the velocity of one track at a time even though I have all the tracks selected. For example I want to raise all the crash hits over multiple different midi clips (on the same channel just Verse clip fill clip chorus clip).
I wish SB would add velocity stems to each note like the old Atari ST DAW Dr. T's KCS Omega. It's even better than holding Shift+Control. Every note has a vertical velocity stem at the start of the note and you could just drag that up or down even when stacked. You had to select the velocity tool, but really cool feature in an old DAW.
Hi i just found this video, i have question here : So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?
Hi Greg - thanks for this. Strange question - when you click with the draw tool on the velocities - sound is generated. I take it some kind of internal midi signal is generated to activate the VST. However in cubase there does not seem to be a way to record these signals. Do you know any way these can be recorded? One could record the audio but I'm hoping to record this midi directly.
When you send midi data, the target has the option of responding in any way it wants. If the velocity value is high then how does the instrument deal with it. It's nit a real instrument so it has to figure out how that virtual instrument would react to a harder hit. Is there a ton of info stored so the instrument can return an accurate reaction to velocity OR is it an algorithm? I suspect algorithm, but I am not sure.
Hi! I have a quick question and I couldn't get any solution from else where. Trying my luck here. Anyone please teach me how to set "velocity" back to default instead of "sustain" setting (Under the midi key editor window)? I needed an extra step to change the "sustain" to "velocity". (I use velocity quite often) Appreciate that!
Every time I play a note using midi, no matter how hard or soft, the notes are recorded at a fixed velocity at 75. Does anyone know how to restore back to velocity registers according to how hard and or soft you play the keys?
Randomize velocity works to me exactely like here in this video on 4:59 - I set the numbers, but they go to 0 and nothing happens :). I am using Cubase 10 Pro.
...this doesnt explain how can I make a one internal note velocity change say for woodwind instrument. If I want to make a woodwind not has a crescendo, what do I do?
Hi Greg, was it a bug in the first usage of the logical editor for the strings? The last 4 beats seems to have been ignored. I could not reproduce it though.
Greg Ondo... Cubase has a total worse Track manipulation of note velocity and lenght realtime fix adjustement. All must be done in any editor. The Track Midi Modifier/Insert in this case is totally useles. Why there's no additional Length Fix or Velocity Fix? And why Vecocity Shift +128 and Velocity Compression 100/1 does not result in a fixed velocity of 100. What a pain! In Logic simply click the Track parameter eg. Velocity Lenght +/-/= , then set the value and done.
Greg Ondo... How to waste your time! Cubase has a total worse Track manipulation of note velocity and lenght realtime fix adjustement. All must be done in any editor. The Track Midi Modifier/Insert in this case is totally useles. Why there's no additional Length Fix or Velocity Fix? And why Vecocity Shift +128 and Velocity Compression 100/1 does not result in a fixed velocity of 100. What a pain! In Logic simply click the Track parameter eg. Velocity Lenght +/-/= , then set the value and done.
Hi i just found this video, i have question here : So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?
Greg Ondo... Cubase has a total worse Track manipulation of note velocity and lenght realtime fix adjustement. All must be done in any editor. The Track Midi Modifier/Insert in this case is totally useles. Why there's no additional Length Fix or Velocity Fix? And why Vecocity Shift +128 and Velocity Compression 100/1 does not result in a fixed velocity of 100. What a pain! In Logic simply click the Track parameter eg. Velocity Lenght +/-/= , then set the value and done.
Hi i just found this video, i have question here : So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?
Hi i just found this video, i have question here : So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?
I simply love the way you say "vloaacity".
Must be a joke, it only distracted me.
Beast on CUBASE, when we talk about the way of explaining things. Just amazing!
This Channel with Greg has helped me immensely. I depend on this Channel for my Cubase survival.
Everytime after watching these videos, I'm amazed there is still so much to learn when it comes to handy features like these velocity tips. Amazing! Well done and keep these video's coming!
Lots of helpful Cubase videos coming out lately. Very grateful and keep 'em coming!
Every time any time there's many new stuff to learn from ur vids. Thank you so much Greg.
Ctrl+Shift for changing single note velocity is life saving 👍👍👍
Ctrl+Shift for some reasong not work in my PC windows 10 and Nuendo 10.3
I always enjoy yoir clear and concise videos. Thankyou!
Thanks so much, Greg! Just what I was looking for, and tenfold more.
Your videos are the gold standard for Cubase training. I've been a user since the Cubase VST days in the 90's and regularly find new ways to do things watching your series. Cubase has grown much like Photoshop and other apps to include features tailored for many different needs that no single person will ever use even half of them at this point probably. Except Greg Ondo. Cheers sir and thanks.
Probably no way to solve this one without more functionality from Steinberg, but... especially for us orchestral mock-up people, maybe one day Cubase will allow midi cc data lanes to be linked and edited together. (ie. Open violins I A, B, C, and violins II A, B, C tracks all at once, link their cc editing and make changes that apply to all 6 tracks selectively.) As it stands, there are no good work around for this. Other ways to do it yes, but not good ones. If you happen to come up with some new approach that streamlines such things (hah long shot but thought I'd ask) would stand up and cheer for such a video, even just addressing that specific challenge would be fantastic :D
There is a way to link volume and other controllers quite easily with a macro using automation as opposed to CC lanes. I will produce a video showing how. Thanks for the comments on the videos, I am happy that people find them useful.
Ctrl + Shift + Note value, another lifesaver! Many thanks.
Another great tips video - thanks, Greg!
these videos by Greg is very informative. I have learnt so many new things watching these video. Thank you!
Great tips! Thank you.
Great tips Greg,thank you for wonderful series how to learn Cubase,cheers
Very very helpful !!! Great job Greg !!!the last tip it’s very smart !!!
Absolutely FANTASTIC thankyou sir!
very well explained, thumbs up
Thank you Greg - ctrl&shift (Win) in the key editor on an individual note is a real time saver
I was bemoaning the lack of a dedicated velocity tool to use on the notes directly but Ctrl + Shift is a great tip thank you!!
Thanks. Always always pickup something new “oh...that what that things for”
Awesome tips!!!
Fantastic. Thanks!
Very helpful ... thank you
Great video! Saving the patterns in the quantize panel? Epiphone!!!
Greg noted (no pun intended) at the beginning that velocity is not the same thing as volume. That might sound confusing to some, as velocity and volume have similarly, but not exactly the same, effects on the final sound.
Velocity is typically analogous to "how hard did I hit that key/drum pad/controller pad...", not "how loud is that instrument". Using a piano as an example, 'fading in' a piano part using velocity will sound slightly different from fading in a piano using say, track volume automation. This is because a piano note sounds quite different if played softly than it does when hammered down hard. Same goes for drums, strings, horns...
This is great, as it gives us options in how to mix/balance midi tracks. Using midi velocity editing on a track will make it sound much more like the musician trying to balance to the rest of the band by adjusting his/her playing style. Think of a jazz band playing a song with large dynamic shifts through the piece, for example. The drums, pianos, etc will have different timbres in the soft passages because everyone is 'hitting' their instruments more softly. The sound is very different than simply pulling down the volume on a loud passage.
For overall mix adjustments though, automating the track's final volume might be a better option. Vocal ducking might be an example of this...
Thank you for the great tutorial
Thank You!
Hi.
Is it possible to modify the velocity with an external midi controller ?
I want to use a fader (on my korg nanokontrol2) to change the velocity of a selected note.
Thank you :
Cheers Greg!
I didn't know that about saving velocity patterns within the quantize panel. I must admit that I've not used this panel before...has to be worth a look now though! :-)
I realise this is an old video but I’m trying to find out if it’s possible to record in velocity using an external controller such as a fader (as you would expression or dynamics with a modwheel) after the notes have been drawn or played. I’m using Cubase 11, thanks!
I know this is from a few years ago, but maybe you'll see my question. What is the easiest/fastest way to make the velocity of a set of notes all the same? For example, if I open a drum part in the Key Editor, and select all notes of a certain note value by clicking CTRL plus the note value on the piano at left, is there a way, other than using the Line Tool (or Velocity Compression) to make them all the same value? (In the Drum Editor there are functions for Quantize, Length, and Expression, but nothing for Velocity).
I ask this because, for example, in some styles, such as EDM, you often want your kick drum to be all the same velocity. Thank you :)
Thanks Greg; is it possible to adjust vlooocity in Cubase Elements as well, or is it a feature in Pro version only?
좋은 강좌 감사합니다...
Good how/to, but it seems that one can only try out the steps in the examples if you have Cubase Pro, or maybe Artist. I have Elements 9.5, so it is missing quite a few of the features in the pull-down MIDI menu and Editor shown in the walk-throughs.
Sorry if this has already been covered elsewhere. I have a midi cymbal in my project That I don’t want to change the velocity of as it changes it’s sound. I do however need to adjust the actual volume of it. From what I read it is possible with automation cc7 but it is difficult to automate on this track as there are other cymbals with it as well. Is there a quick volume adjustment (like the velocity) for this reason? Thanks for any help viewers!
9:20 is very useful
How does cubase handle Expression vs Velocity vs Modulation?? I noticed Expression/Modulation isn't consistent with all VST instruments. I must be doing something wrong any advice is highly appreciated.
Thanks for this video. I want to ask how to see the changes in the midi that have set the position and velocity on the midi modifier. it is very difficult to fix it because there is no visible change in the midi event (for example in studio one you can see the changes after Humanization) but in Cubase it is not visible but still works properly. please explain sir.
Is there a way you can go to the bottom of the editor where it says velocity, and select only the velocities across the entire piece of music, and just bring them down together, but by just dragging a mouse across the notes quickly, without selecting them one by one. It seems in Cubase you can only do this by editing the velocity one note at a time. I'm coming from logic where, for example, you would just select the loudest notes by dragging horizontally across the tops of the loudest notes in the velocity section of the editor, and just drag them down, without selecting any other notes and without having to select them one by one at the top of the editor. In cubase, trying to do this with the object selection tool, it simply brings all notes to the value that you drag across. I just want to skim the top of the notes to select the loudest ones, and just drag those loudest ones down. Thank you so much for this channel and this video, hopefully this question make sense? They have to be a way to do this I just don't know how.
Thank you👍
Damn, I'll have to watch this a second time. Every time he said *velocity*, I got distracted by how he said it exactly the same every time.
Great vid but at 11:52 I couldn’t get The Sweet’s Ballroom Blitz out of my head for the rest of the day😎
If I want to increase the velocity on one instrument but over multiple midi tracks how Do I do that? It only lets me raise the velocity of one track at a time even though I have all the tracks selected. For example I want to raise all the crash hits over multiple different midi clips (on the same channel just Verse clip fill clip chorus clip).
I wish SB would add velocity stems to each note like the old Atari ST DAW Dr. T's KCS Omega. It's even better than holding Shift+Control. Every note has a vertical velocity stem at the start of the note and you could just drag that up or down even when stacked. You had to select the velocity tool, but really cool feature in an old DAW.
Hi i just found this video, i have question here :
So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?
Hi Greg - thanks for this. Strange question - when you click with the draw tool on the velocities - sound is generated. I take it some kind of internal midi signal is generated to activate the VST. However in cubase there does not seem to be a way to record these signals. Do you know any way these can be recorded? One could record the audio but I'm hoping to record this midi directly.
Great info Greg TU^ 93 ;-) Trevor
Good
When you send midi data, the target has the option of responding in any way it wants. If the velocity value is high then how does the instrument deal with it. It's nit a real instrument so it has to figure out how that virtual instrument would react to a harder hit. Is there a ton of info stored so the instrument can return an accurate reaction to velocity OR is it an algorithm? I suspect algorithm, but I am not sure.
I can't find the Midi Modifiers panel in Cubase 10?
Is there a way to automate the velocity with the modwheel?
how do oyu do this in older versions of cubase? that feature isnt visible
Hi! I have a quick question and I couldn't get any solution from else where. Trying my luck here.
Anyone please teach me how to set "velocity" back to default instead of "sustain" setting (Under the midi key editor window)?
I needed an extra step to change the "sustain" to "velocity". (I use velocity quite often)
Appreciate that!
Every time I play a note using midi, no matter how hard or soft, the notes are recorded at a fixed velocity at 75. Does anyone know how to restore back to velocity registers according to how hard and or soft you play the keys?
when i write midi with the pencil it defaults to 0 how can i make it sound with more value ?
I have Ableton 10 and Cubase 10 Pro. Cubase is so flexible when comes to midi editing nothing even comes close to Cubase
my default velocity has block to minumum. How to reset?
How do you set piano roll windows to white color?
What is "on/off velocity" ?
Randomize velocity works to me exactely like here in this video on 4:59 - I set the numbers, but they go to 0 and nothing happens :). I am using Cubase 10 Pro.
4:55 - This isn't how it looks in Cubase 11 ... how do I do this? I can't find it!!
...this doesnt explain how can I make a one internal note velocity change say for woodwind instrument.
If I want to make a woodwind not has a crescendo, what do I do?
How to use the pan effect using fx channel?
Xylem Crew This might help. ruclips.net/video/1--wd4zQRts/видео.html
How can I copy and paste sustain automation
Hi Greg, was it a bug in the first usage of the logical editor for the strings? The last 4 beats seems to have been ignored. I could not reproduce it though.
Looks like the last 4 beats were not selected during the edit.
I have checked again but last 4 beats were selected. It could be the result of the algorithm after all.
Guessing I cannot get velocity randomizer in elements 10..?
Hello, that is correct. .
@@Cubase so I should update at least to artist. What other advantages the artist level brings? And how much it is?
“Hey dude!” Still making music? Nah! I am a programmer now! Hahahahahaha
veLOOOcity
Greg Ondo... Cubase has a total worse Track manipulation of note velocity and lenght realtime fix adjustement. All must be done in any editor. The Track Midi Modifier/Insert in this case is totally useles. Why there's no additional Length Fix or Velocity Fix? And why Vecocity Shift +128 and Velocity Compression 100/1 does not result in a fixed velocity of 100. What a pain! In Logic simply click the Track parameter eg. Velocity Lenght +/-/= , then set the value and done.
9:21 Is why i came here.
I understood only VLOACITY, couldnt concentrate to other things..
Amazingly, he forgot to mention how to set the velocity of all the notes on a track to the same value. Anyone an idea?
Vulahcity.
Greg Ondo... How to waste your time! Cubase has a total worse Track manipulation of note velocity and lenght realtime fix adjustement. All must be done in any editor. The Track Midi Modifier/Insert in this case is totally useles. Why there's no additional Length Fix or Velocity Fix? And why Vecocity Shift +128 and Velocity Compression 100/1 does not result in a fixed velocity of 100. What a pain! In Logic simply click the Track parameter eg. Velocity Lenght +/-/= , then set the value and done.
Hi i just found this video, i have question here :
So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?
Greg Ondo... Cubase has a total worse Track manipulation of note velocity and lenght realtime fix adjustement. All must be done in any editor. The Track Midi Modifier/Insert in this case is totally useles. Why there's no additional Length Fix or Velocity Fix? And why Vecocity Shift +128 and Velocity Compression 100/1 does not result in a fixed velocity of 100. What a pain! In Logic simply click the Track parameter eg. Velocity Lenght +/-/= , then set the value and done.
Hi i just found this video, i have question here :
So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?
Hi i just found this video, i have question here :
So let say i draw a bar of C note for 127 and note-off velocity is 27, so the number 127 is the power or the note i play at first and the end of the not is at 27 right? Or what?