Disklavier

I'm glad you solved the problem and that the assisted living folks can now enjoy
their music at background levels.

However, one man's mate is another man's person!  While I've never used Veloset,
I wouldn't want anyone to think badly of Cakewalk--Pro Audio 9, at least. 
Adjusting note velocities is not only a cinch, there are a number of ways to do
it:

Select the track(s) to be edited.

1) Pull down Edit/Scale Velocities.  You may either scale the selected notes by
a percentage, or set them to fixed values.  You may also make linear crescendos
and decrescendos by merely filling out the dialog box and clicking.  And, if you
don't like the result, you can Edit/Undo.

OR

2) Pull down Edit/MIDI Effects/Cakewalk FX/Velocity and fill out the dialog box.

OR

3) If you need to make more sophisticated changes, you can always write and run
a CAL script that will change any given velocity value to another.

As an example of Cakewalk's versatility, suppose you wanted to change the
velocity value of all notes less than 25 to 25.  Select the track(s), pull down
Edit/Select/By Filter.  In the dialog box, click "None", check "Note", in "Max"
type 24, click "OK".  Now go to Edit/Scale Velocities, type 25 in both boxes,
click "OK" and it's done.

Now, if someone would just write a Cakewalk plug-in that would display a
histogram of the note velocity distribution in a MIDI file or selection, I could
be a happy person's mate.

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bnbwv@... wrote:
> 
>     Thanks for the reply.  I think I have solved the problem.  I am
> trying to massage a few files to play on a PianoDisk system on a
> Samick grand at a local assisted living home.  It requires SMF0
> files, and to keep the volume compatible with a background
> application, I wanted to reduce the dynamic range of velocities as I
> have been doing at home for my Disklavier.  I got a program called
> MidiType off the internet free, written by one Jeff Glatt, which
> converts files from one format to another.  However, although the
> files seem to play properly both on the piano and on the Windows
> multimedia player, apparently it does something to the files to be
> incompatible with Velocet.  The solution seems to be to adjust the
> velocities before converting the file type with MidiType.
>     I might mention in passing that I recently bought a copy of
> Cakewalk Home Studio 9, which I had hoped would be a significant step
> up from my old TRAX and Midisoft Sessions programs that I have been
> making do with for years.  At this point, however, I have been unable
> to get the Cakewalk program to do velocity adjustments and file
> conversions anywhere near as conveniently as the old programs, and am
> extremely unimpressed with it.  I emailed Cakewalk for instructions
> thinking that I had missed something, but the first response did not
> help and a second request has gone unanswered.  I would not recommend
> it to anyone for these types of operations.
> 
> Bob
> 
> --- In disklavier@y..., "Robert E. Welcyng" <rwelcyng@a...> wrote:
> > I've never tried Veloset, but I believe I know what it is.
> Assuming that all
> > the files that didn't work did not come from a single faulty
> source, my
> > suggestion is to invest in a proven sequencer that would give you
> the capability
> > of examining and modifying MIDI files and not waste your time.
> Power Tracks by
> > PG Music is quite capable and inexpensive ($29).  See
> www.pgmusic.com
> >
> > Cakewalk costs more, but would also do the job nicely.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > bnbwv@y... wrote:
> > >
> > > Do we have a Veloset expert in the group?  I have found that a
> > > significant number of files are rejected by Veloset complaining
> that
> > > an "unrecognized statement in MIDI file" has been found. Is there
> a
> > > way around this?
> > >
> > >
> > > To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@e...
> > >
> > > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and
> moderator, send it to:
> > > disklavier-owner@egroups.com
> > >
> > > To reach our group's web site go to:
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> > >
> > > To visit Todd's family web site that contains some fun disklavier
> content among other things, go to:
> > > http://MuncyFamily.com
> > >
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> > --
> > Robert Welcyng
> > Anchorage, Alaska
> 
> To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@...
> 
> To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to:
> disklavier-owner@egroups.com
> 
> To reach our group's web site go to:
> http://egroups.com/group/disklavier
> 
> To visit Todd's family web site that contains some fun disklavier content among other things, go to:
> http://MuncyFamily.com
> 
> THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP?
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Robert Welcyng
Anchorage, Alaska