velocity switcharoo and midi

i been wondering something and im not at my mpc right now. i know how to set up velocity switching on the mpc so if i hit the pad harder than x it plays a different sound. my question is, aren't i assign a different note number based on velocity and would that work if i assign a track to midi and do it. like will it transmit a different midi note # based on velocity? i have been strictly using the mpc as a midi controller recently and this seems like it could be really useful. maybe i just need to learn how to work the nnxt in reason and figure out it's velocity mapping.

i had this idea of using velocity to switch between a set of normal drum sounds, and reversed versions of the same sounds, and granulized (i love granulab) versions of the same sounds. i think it would be very useful.

any velomappers out there?

brainwashcloth wrote:aren't i assign a different note number based on velocity

I dont' get what your trying to say here. I'm pretty sure it does transmit another note since it's all midi info. For it to play another sound i would think that it'd have to transmit the note that the second sound is assigned to.

I guess I don't see what your meaning by "assign a track to midi" either. I mean isn't a track a midi track?

I don't use any computers for music, so maybe that's where I'm missing ya. The forward/reverse drumset sounds like a good idea though.

aren't i assign a different note number based on velocity and would that work if i assign a track to midi and do it. like will it transmit a different midi note # based on velocity?

I tested yo theory... no luck. That function will only work for internal sounds.

I looked at the midi data in Step, and although another sound is triggered, the same pad/note number is transmitted.

Go figure.

hmmmm, thats ok nnxt has velo mapping too. just another weird thing about the mpc's midi. you would think it would use pitch bend for 16 levels, but nooooo. HA.

It's not really weird, the velocity switching is a function of the sampler, not the sequencer. so if the MPC receives velocity to a note that has velocity switching and not from the sequencer, it will switch just the same. the sequencer information is just the velocity level. The switch is in the sampler.

16 levels must be similarly a function of the sampler, not sure what midi data corresponds to it, since I don't think there is a midi value associated to the tune function. Maybe sysex.