Midi editing

[TelePaul]

Something i noticed the other day. When i open a midi part, i can edit the velocity by default....but theres many other options available to me (eg afterbreath) that can also be edited..the thing is, I dont know their application...i only know velocity is the amount of pressure exerted on the 'instrument', like, how hard youd hit a drum

 

[noisewreck]

but theres many other options available to me (eg afterbreath) that can also be edited

Wish there was such an option in real life after eating that nice garlic bread

These are all assignments for editing some kind of continuous data (such as pitchbend, modwheel, aftertouch, main volume [MIDI CC#7], and any other MIDI CC). You just select it from the list, and draw lines, curves, whatever. Now, in order for these to have any sort of effect, your VSTi must be able to respond to it. On some instruments these continuous controllers are hardwired to specific things. On others they are freely assignable. Check out the documentation that came with your MIDI instrument (VST or hardware) to find out more about its MIDI capabilities and what controllers are assigned to what (if any).

 

[TelePaul]

Thanking you, ive a load of things to read up on my m-audio controller.

 

[fraserhutch]

Wish there was such an option in real life after eating that nice garlic bread

That would be SOOO kewl if you could modify your filters and such on the fly just by eating or drinking something or another... imagine the patch names: "whisky tenor sax", "roquefort buzzsaw"....

 

[TimOBrien]

Some of us have been using devices that use such data for awhile...

http://www.patchmanmusic.com/wx5info.html