Velocity response issue

[Glenn]

I could use some help here.

I use a Kurzweil K2000 as my controller keyboard, driving Sonar and the GPO plugin soft synth.

When playing GPO, particularly strings, I find that some notes don't sound when I play gently. I have to press much harder than I'd like.

I know the ModWheel is the way you control volume in GPO; not velocity.

But it just feels odd to have to press so hard when I am shooting for a very gentle and soft sound.

I have played with the different Velocity settings on the K2000, for what goes out from the keyboard to Sonar.

That doesn't help.

When I look at the events list on the track, I see that the notes that do not sound have a velocity of 1.

If I change it to 2, the note will sound.

I don't have this problem with anything other than GPO sounds.

Your thoughts?

--- Glenn

[DPDAN]

This sounds like a question for Tom Hopkins...

Tom? :)


Dan

[sfiks]

You can find out about that here (http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26128)

[Glenn]

sfiks,

Thanks! So it's not just ME! :)

I wonder if there is a real-time filter in Sonar that can add 1 to the velocity?

--- Glenn

[loogoo]

In Sonar you can add a MIDI effect to your track that will reset the default velocity range for you. Insert the MIDI effect that's filed under MIDI Effects / Cakewalk FX / Velocity. One of the options is setting the velocity range (default is 1-127). If you just bump up the lower setting to 2 that should solve your problem.

[Glenn]

Thanks, loogoo! I shall try it this evening.


--- Glenn

[dynamix]

I'm gonna try this with my PC88...