Is there a program to apply played MIDI velocity to preexisting notes?
I have a song that has some complex notes in it that are difficult to play. I have the sheet music written out as a MIDI sequence. Now I need to apply velocity to the notes.
Is there a program that can take incoming MIDI velocity input from a keyboard, and apply that to prewritten notes for humanization purposes?
Edit: After doing some more research, it looks like I'm looking for some sort of step sequencer. Anyone know of a sequencer with this function?
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A reverse approach can be more rewarding. Play the piece into a sequencer, aiming for feel rather than the right notes! Play ANY notes, but with the right phrasing.
Now, start editing. It's easy to correct the wrong notes. When you've 'fluffed' at a more basic level, take a passage that DID go well as your model, copy the note positions and velocities. This will be easiest in a 'piano roll' editing page. This shows the Cubase one. Pitch, position and length is shown in the main display. Velocity for a selected note is shown both numerically (at the top of the page) and graphically (at the bottom). All the good MIDI sequencer programs have something similar. Even the ones much cheaper than Cubase!
As far as I know, most DAW software allows for track automation, and I believe that track automation can be applied to MIDI tracks as well, though I have only ever used it for audio tracks.
For audio, I usually record my guitar clean signal as the track; and any MIDI footpedal presses/midi expression pedal movement on an automation roll attached to the track. The automation then gets passed to the the VST sims to manipulate VST parameters.
Automation can be armed and recorded after the fact as well, and can be adjusted manually via mouse. In fact you can "draw pictures" with the mouse if that suits you or even copy image histograms etc.
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