Kurzweil PC3A8 [138/423] Velocity offset

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Setup Mode

The Key/Velocity (KEY-VEL) Page

Velocity Offset

VelOset also changes the response, but in a more direct way, by adding or subtracting a

constant to the key velocity. For example, if this is set to 25 (assuming a scale of 100%), then 25 is

added to the velocity of every keystroke, usually making the sound that much louder. The softest

possible keystroke will have a value of 25, while a keystroke with velocity of 102 will produce the

same sound as a note with velocity 127 (102+25=127). Negative values diminish the response: a

setting of -25 means the loudest velocity available will be 102, while any keystroke 25 or below

will produce a velocity of 1 (a velocity value of zero has a special meaning in MIDI and cannot be

used for Note Ons).

You can think of Scale as being a proportional change to the velocity, while Oset is a linear

change. The maximum values for Oset are ±127. The following illustration shows the eects of

Velocity Oset. Note that Velocity Oset is the only parameter changed in this example; the other

parameters are set to their defaults (scale = 100%, curve = linear, min = 1, max = 127).

MIDI Velocity

127

Strike Velocity

Velocity Offset: -64

Velocity Offset: +64

low velocity keystrikes result in MIDI velocity of 1;

maximum MIDI velocity reduced

low velocity keystrikes produce

medium MIDI velocity and greater