Disklavier

As I noted, I bought the less pricey Home Studio 9 program, which 
apparently does not support comprehensive modification of MIDI 
files.  I cannot justify the cost of the Pro version of Cakewalk, and 
felt that I was paying a little too much for the Home Studio for the 
few things that I wanted to do.  I will check out the PGMusic program 
and maybe try it.  I bought their 1000+ classical collection and, 
other than having to modify the velocities for 1000 files to be 
compatible with my old Disklavier, have been pleased with their 
product.
Incidentally, Velocet does display a velocity histogram, so you might 
at least use it to observe the velocity distribution, even if you 
don't use it to modify the velocities.


--- In disklavier@y..., "Robert E. Welcyng" <rwelcyng@a...> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> -----------------------------------
>  
> 
> bnbwv@y... 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?
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > To visit Todd's family web site that contains some fun 
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> > > Robert Welcyng
> > > Anchorage, Alaska
> > 
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> > 
> > To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and 
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> > 
> > 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 
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> > 
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> Robert Welcyng
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