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You can distribute the values non-linearly, though; the difference between smallest and largest value might be big, but I don't think I could hit a pad or key i
by rzzzt 7y ago
You can distribute the values non-linearly, though; the difference between smallest and largest value might be big, but I don't think I could hit a pad or key in 128 different ways. Some controller software does offer a selection of velocity profiles.
- oriolid 7y agoIt depends on the instrument. 128 positions is well enough for piano. From other instruments, drums is the one I know best, and there single parameter is just not enough: the result depends on velocity, the position where the stick hits drum head, for non round tip sticks the stick angle. For cymbals, in addition to hitting different parts of the cymbal, stick tip, shaft and shoulder give different sounds. And so on... There's a good reason why loops sampled from acoustic drums are used even though drum synths exist.
- PaulDavisThe1st 7y agoYou do not need MIDI 2.0 to solve any of those problems.
- oriolid 7y agoNo, and I don't expect MIDI 2.0 to help. It was just response to the idea that single parameter would be enough but 7 bits wouldn't.