Reaper daw selecting specific midi notes to draw in velocity

Discussion in 'Reaper' started by stav, May 27, 2024.

  1. stav

    stav Guest

    I have some drum midi...but i want to select only the hihats for example to change their velocity

    i select them all

    and then i use the control key to change velocities like drawing but the midi notes of kick/snare etc are affected as well

    how can i do this only for the hi hat in this case

    thanks
     
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  3. Melodic Reality

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    Doubt you can draw that precisely having full blown MIDI sequence, best thing is to separate that event into different parts and work on specific one.

     
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  4. stav

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    hm thanks i thought i found another way but it didnt' work after all

    i now see something with event properties, putting the notes on another channel i think that works too
     
  5. xorome

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    I don't know how you're working with MIDI, so here's what I do:

    - Make sure you have no notes selected
    - Right click once on the note for hi-hats in the piano on the left side.

    - This selects all hi-hat notes. Zoom in if you don't see it. You can now change all hi-hat velocities together in whatever manner you prefer, including:

    - Dragging velo handles in the velo lane.
    - Drawing in the velo lane.
    - Dragging velo up/down in the MIDI editor.
    - Ctrl-F2 and enter +/- in the velo field.
    - Context menu.

    The changes will only affect selected notes - with my settings anyway.
     
  6. stav

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    do you have kick/snare/hi hat on same midi item?

    i think the notes of hi hat need to be selected /F2 event properties and put on another channel for that to work in this case otherwise kick/snare etc are affected too when "drawing in" patterns with ctrl
     
  7. xorome

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    Yes, I have a full kits in the same item.

    I don't know if this is default, but this is how I have it set up:

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    In other words, regular drawing follows note selection, Ctrl overrides selection.
    So I just don't hold Ctrl.
     
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