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0006040ardourfeaturespublic2016-02-13 19:57
Reporterflorianb Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
Status newResolutionopen 
Summary0006040: MIDI mixer faders should be volume and not velocity multiplier
DescriptionOne basic Synthesizers/Samplers, strong velocity is equal to high volume.
It is not the case on SoundBanks Samplers. These have multiple layers of samples so a strong velocity sounds totally different than a low one at matching volume.
 
Since faders are very automation oriented, I think being velocity multipliers doesn't make sense.
They should be volume CC.
 
Because of that I simply never use these faders and have Volume CC on every track, which is not handy to manipulate. Since I use a control surface, it's such a pity!
 
Now, the ideal scenario would be to have faders configurable, something like:
MIDI faders are:
- Velocity Multipliers
- List of all CC ...
 
This way, anyone could even use faders for pitch e.g. or whatever is the most useful for them.
Individually for each fader would even be better!
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florianb

2014-11-24 17:43

reporter   ~0016000

Plenty of people would use faders for expression also.

jsollano

2015-08-22 21:07

reporter   ~0017095

In addition, velocity is applied when sending the "note on" event, and doesn't change for the duration of the note. Any changes are applied only to new notes. This means that it is not possible to do smooth mixing as would be expected when using a control surface.
One way to demonstrate this is: record a midi track with very long notes. Using a midi surface control the mix.

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-11-24 17:39 florianb New Issue
2014-11-24 17:43 florianb Note Added: 0016000
2015-08-22 21:07 jsollano Note Added: 0017095