By deepah84
Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:22 am
Stoney79 wrote:deepah84 wrote:Just in case, because this pad velocity sensitivity subject seems to be a recurrent one.
Do you guys set the amount of effect that velocity has on volume? I personally find that to let it at 100% isn't necessary, and to lower it a little bit gives better result when playing with the velocity.
Thanks for the advice. I'll try that, and see how that comes out. But I would think if your changing the volume on the velocity, it's not going to correct any issue you might have with the pad response. The amount of pressure you put down on the pads, there should be a equal amount of velocity that it effects. So lowering the volume, will only lower the volume. So now my medium hit to the pad will give me a lower sound, and vice, verse. But i'll check that out. thanks again.
Of course, if it is defective, this little tip won't change anything. But i'm afraid that some people feel like that if they have full level disengaged, they can't get full velocity, and then think "my pad is defective". But if you enter step edit, and play with a pad, it gives you how much pressure was perceived by the machine, and then you see that your mpc did receive like a 110-120 velocity pressure, but the volume was too much lower than a full level 127 pressure. This leads to 2 point: 1) the pad is perfectly working as the MPC perceive a proper velocity, so then why volume is that so much lower? 2) adjust the setting of amount velocity has on volume (and stop hit the pads like a punching ball...). To lower this setting doesn't lower the volume, it's the opposite, it just lower the amount of effect, so the result is that you get more volume. It changes the curve. Experiment>>>
with full level disengaged:
0% setting? just like if full level is engaged
20-30% settings? something between 2-3 db between soft and hard pressure
80% is a fave setting, it just take off that "why i can't get full volume when i hit hard the pad" feeling lol.
Pad sensitivity doesn't seem to be linear, to get a 127 you have to hit a lot harder than to get a 115/120, what is already a hard velocity. It is the curve response of the pad of the MPC, it doesn't react the same in the soft pressure area than in the hard.
While some synth gives a velocity curve adjustment function, the MPC gives a velocity on volume amount function.., what is really convenient as you can define a precise response to EACH pad independently.
This is a particular and key function of the MPC when it comes to play with velocity that definitely needs to be set to improve the MPC 3000 experience of its user!
Believe me.., TRY IT!