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To alter the key velocity of backbeats

  1. From the Window menu, choose Advanced Tools. Click the MIDI Tool image\MIDI_Tool.gif and select the region to be affected. Click to select one measure, SHIFT-click to select additional measures, drag-enclose to select several on-screen measures, click to the left of the staff to select the entire staff, or choose Select All from the Edit menu.

If you want to edit only one staff (and the desired region fits on one screen), double-click the highlighted region to enter the MIDI tool split-window.

  1. From the MIDI tool menu, choose Key Velocities
  2. From the MIDI tool menu , choose Alter Feel. The Alter Feel dialog box appears.
  3. Enter the desired amount of key velocity alteration (a positive or negative number) in the Backbeats By box. The range of MIDI key velocity is 0 to 127, so the number you enter here, when added to the existing velocity values of the notes, will not exceed 127. (If you prefer, you can click the Percent of Original button and type a percentage value into the Backbeats By box.)
  4. Click OK (or press ENTER).

 

 

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