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Velocity Group
Overview
The Velocity Group controls most of the aspects that affect
the velocities of the notes in the Generated Effect.
About Velocity Patterns
A Velocity Pattern represents amounts to be subtracted from
the initial velocities of notes as they are about to be
generated. This can therefore be used to provide patterns of
accents in the generated notes, while retaining some of the
original velocity information if desired. Choices can be
made from "Random Pools" of values as described in detail
later on.
Initial velocity is determined by the setting of the "Velocity
Mode," and how hard the notes are played when providing
input notes. If "Velocity Mode" was set to Constant - 124,
then all of the generated notes would have an Initial Velocity
of 124. Playing them with a Velocity Pattern of {0, - 20, - 40}
would produce the following accented velocities:
124, 104, 84, 124, 104, 84, etc.
Global Parameters
Velocity Mode
0: Actual
1: Average
Controls how the actual velocities of the notes received as
input source material affect the velocities of the notes as they
are generated.
When the "Velocity Mode" is 0: Actual or 1: Average,
the Velocity Range Bottom/Top parameters are available.
When the Velocity Mode is 2: Constant, the Velocity
Value parameter is available.
0: Actual
The actual velocities received are used as the "Initial
Velocity" for each note as they are generated. Loud notes
(and their generated counterparts) will play loud, and vice
versa. The Velocity Range Bottom and Top parameters are
operable, allowing you to scale the amount of sensitivity.
1: Average
The notes received as input have their velocities averaged,
and this is then used as the Initial Velocity at which to
generate notes. The Velocity Range Bottom and Top
parameters become operable, allowing you to scale the
amount of sensitivity.
Using this mode allows the velocities received as input to
control the overall volume of the resulting effect. For
example, you might use this mode so that playing chords
hard made the strumming of a guitar a bit louder overall, but
where the resulting velocities in each note of a cluster are the
same.
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2: Constant
Velocity Group Overview
Velocity Patterns are additive to Velocity Envelopes, and are
compressed to the degree that the envelope approaches zero.
In other words, a wide Velocity Pattern will become less
wide as the envelope approaches zero to prevent notes from
disappearing.
Velocity Patterns may be scaled by the "Velocity Scale"
parameter, yielding precise control over how a Velocity
Pattern affects an instrument, and additional variations.
A Velocity Pattern will loop as long as note generation
continues. It normally will not reset to the beginning of the
Pattern unless a new Trigger is received, or the Phase Pattern
has been configured to restart it at the beginning of certain
Phases. That means that a four step Note Pattern can be
looping while an eight step Velocity Pattern and a twelve
step Cluster Pattern are also independently looping, for
example.
2: Constant
The velocities of the notes received as input are ignored; the
Velocity Value parameter becomes operable and specifies
directly the initial velocity value at which to generate the
notes. For example, entering 124 will generate all notes with
an initial velocity of 124.
Velocity Value
Sets the Initial Velocity value at which to generate notes. For
example, entering "124" will generate all notes with an
initial velocity of 124. The Pattern Values and Velocity Scale
are then factored in to yield the actual generated velocities.
Not available unless "Velocity Mode" = 2: Constant.
Velocity Range Bottom
Velocity Range Top
Sets the overall velocity sensitivity range for input notes,
which yields the Initial Velocity to which the Pattern Values
and Velocity Scale is applied. Setting Bottom/Top to 1/127
will provide full sensitivity (any input note with a velocity of
1–127 will go into KARMA as played). Moving the bottom
value up decreases the overall sensitivity while making the
notes gradually louder - for example, with a setting of
64/127, an input velocity of 64 would enter KARMA as 96
(velocities in the range 1–127 are scaled into the range 64–
127, or 50% louder). Moving the top value down decreases
overall sensitivity while making the notes gradually softer -
for example, with a setting of 1/64, an input velocity of 64
would enter KARMA as 32 (velocities in the range 1–127
are scaled into the range 1–64, or 50% softer).
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