[SCRIPT MIDI] MVelocity - multi-tool for velocity editing

[erikmartinez]

Script:
MVelocity


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The script can:

◈ Randomizing notes within a specified range. Before setting the range, it is advisable to update the target randomization values for more interesting results.
◈ Expanding or compressing velocity relative to the target value. If "compress" is selected, it will compress the notes toward the target value, while "expand" will work in the opposite direction.
◈ Creating interpolations for velocity using a Bezier curve.
◈ Setting velocity for notes at specific positions to quickly generate interesting rhythms.

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Features and controls:


● All parameters work “together”, so each parameter takes each other into account until the third change;


● LMB-draw along the vertical sliders to create quick patterns;


● Hold shift+drag left to set the same value for all v-sliders;


● CTRL+ldrag will, in turn, bring the first held v-slider into focus;


● Use alt+lm to set values ​​only after releasing the left mouse button for optimization (also taking into account shift/ctrl+alt will change the notes only when the cursor is released);


● To work with a curve, you can use LMB either:


● For comfortable control of circles, use ctrl+lm for the nearest black point (vertical);


● To bend the curve and control the red dots, use shift+LMB for the nearest dot;


● You can stop being sad in case you are sad, the bezier curve will do it for you;


● Use presets to change the curve in the desired direction through the native menu (right-click on the curve screen, it will show the last installed preset);


● Hold and wait (or just click) on the “+” or “-” button so that vertical lines are gradually created;


● To quickly change the range (narrowing and stretching) you can use shift+wheel;


● To move the set range you can use ctrl+mousewheel;


● To change the direction, use drag and vertical control or the mouse wheel for target; factor is not supported temporarily:


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Installation

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1. Install js_ReaScriptAPI extension.
2. Import THIS repository via reapack.
3. Install MVarious and then MVelocity in the repack
4. Done!
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You can also try my script for creating arpeggios inside the MIDI editor - MArpeggiator

[Vagelis]

Another awesome midi tool from you, love it thanks man!

[dahya]

OMG, this also looks amazingly useful, thanks for that !

[dahya]

Hiya, so one thing I've noticed, is that if I have some notes in the midi editor, and I set some of them to mute, when I "fiddle" with the script (ie change any parameter), it unmutes the muted notes - is there a way to ignore muted notes or something in the script?

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by dahya

Hiya, so one thing I've noticed, is that if I have some notes in the midi editor, and I set some of them to mute, when I "fiddle" with the script (ie change any parameter), it unmutes the muted notes - is there a way to ignore muted notes or something in the script?

indeed, I haven't considered ignoring muted notes. I added this to my notes and will definitely correct it in the next update.

[soundlimit15]

How do I import 'THIS' repository (text file) into repack,Import Repository asks for a URL? Thanks.

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by soundlimit15

How do I import 'THIS' repository (text file) into repack,Import Repository asks for a URL? Thanks.

Just copy the link and import into reapak

[goto]

Thank you erikmartinez! So many many use case of this tool I can think of to the point of being essential for MIDI composers.
The GUI however has an extremely slow response time on Linux, making practically unusable.

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by goto

Thank you erikmartinez! So many many use case of this tool I can think of to the point of being essential for MIDI composers.
The GUI however has an extremely slow response time on Linux, making practically unusable.

Quite strange, could you show how noticeable the braking is? Perhaps the fact is that any changes in the graphical interface are applied immediately. In this case, you can add an auto-apply switch.

[goto]

Originally Posted by erikmartinez

Quite strange, could you show how noticeable the braking is? Perhaps the fact is that any changes in the graphical interface are applied immediately. In this case, you can add an auto-apply switch.

This morning the GUI was quite responsive but after playing a bit with it, it started to become less and less responsive. There is a lag of 4 to 6 seconds after an interaction with a button, slider or knob, until it updates graphically the changes in the interface.
Reaper native buttons remain responsive.

[daeavelwyn]

Hello,

I just wanted to report an issue with your awesome script. I don't know why, but on my laptop, the GUI bugs a bit.

Here is the problem :


Of course I've tried resizing the windows, uninstalling and reinstalling, but it doesn't work.

I have to mention I have this script on my desktop computer and it looks perfectly as it should.

So I started to compare my 2 versions and the only difference is I'm sacling my windows 10 screen on my laptop.

Open Settings.
Click on System.
Click on Display.
Under the "Scale and layout" section, use the drop-down menu and select the scale settings that suit your needs. Options available include 100, 125, 150, and 175 percent.

i'm actually on a 14" laptop using a 1920x1080 resolution so I upscale my screen to 125%.

If I switch back to 100%, the issue disappears. So I guess this is an issue related to RTK, but as it impacts your plugins, I'd like to mention it to you.

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by daeavelwyn

Hello,

I just wanted to report an issue with your awesome script. I don't know why, but on my laptop, the GUI bugs a bit.

Here is the problem :


Of course I've tried resizing the windows, uninstalling and reinstalling, but it doesn't work.

I have to mention I have this script on my desktop computer and it looks perfectly as it should.

So I started to compare my 2 versions and the only difference is I'm sacling my windows 10 screen on my laptop.

Open Settings.
Click on System.
Click on Display.
Under the "Scale and layout" section, use the drop-down menu and select the scale settings that suit your needs. Options available include 100, 125, 150, and 175 percent.

i'm actually on a 14" laptop using a 1920x1080 resolution so I upscale my screen to 125%.

If I switch back to 100%, the issue disappears. So I guess this is an issue related to RTK, but as it impacts your plugins, I'd like to mention it to you.

Hi. Could you please check MVelocity version 1.0.28 and also MArpeggiator version - 1.0.43 and let me know if this problem is still there? I had a problem with the interface display when I scaled the screen\system more than 100%, and somehow managed to solve the same problem in windows.

[daeavelwyn]

Hello,

I can confirm for mvelocity and marpegiator that now, it works. But I can't no more resize/scale the GUI. It's not a problem in my case but I'd like to let you know.

thanks for the fix !

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by daeavelwyn

Hello,

I can confirm for mvelocity and marpegiator that now, it works. But I can't no more resize/scale the GUI. It's not a problem in my case but I'd like to let you know.

thanks for the fix !

Thanks for the reply! MArpeggiator 1.0.45 version has made zooming available, MVelocity does not have this feature yet. But the scale is not saved when restarting, I think it is not as critical as before, let me know if there are any problems!

[daeavelwyn]

Hello Erik,

I can confirm marpegiator GUI zoom works very well, thanks ! Mvelocity works well even if, as you mention, resizeing isn't yet implemented

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by daeavelwyn

Hello Erik,

I can confirm marpegiator GUI zoom works very well, thanks ! Mvelocity works well even if, as you mention, resizeing isn't yet implemented

Great!
Okay, we'll leave it at that

[Reflected]

Excellent Script
I think that ability to save presets for your scripts could be very useful.

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by Reflected

Excellent Script
I think that ability to save presets for your scripts could be very useful.

Thanks for the kind words! Can you tell me how you would like to see the ability to save presets? For each individual parameter? Or for all parameters at once. I wanted to add logic like in MArpeggiator[/size] - to switch between instant "Auto Apply" and just "Apply", I think saving presets can be used in combination with these settings.

[Reflected]

I think that for now saving all of the parameters as one preset will be good enough since there aren't much sections and parameters.

[Subz]

This is very laggy on my pc!

Admittedly, I have an extremely crap GFX card (GTX 650)


Subz

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by Subz

This is very laggy on my pc!

Admittedly, I have an extremely crap GFX card (GTX 650)


Subz

I think this is due to the fact that while the script is running, it regularly checks for new or changed notes. I’ll try to take into account all the problems and rework the script (I wanted to do a redesign in favor of imgui)

[reapero]

hi!

I cant open it. it says
AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaperScripts\MIDI Editor\../libs/Functions.lua: No such file or directory

When trying to install MVarious i get this:

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by reapero

hi!

I cant open it. it says
AppData\Roaming\REAPER\Scripts\ReaperScripts\MIDI Editor\../libs/Functions.lua: No such file or directory

When trying to install MVarious i get this:

Apparently you have an old version of Arpeggiator installed, please delete my entire repository and install it again so that the latest versions are installed. Soon I will update the reapak by making the latest versions the initial ones, and there will be no such problems. But as I tried to indicate everywhere, mvarious and arpeggiator must be the latest version. It's better to completely delete the repository and reinstall it clean.

[reapero]

Worked! Thanks a lot

[Mantiruna]

Great tool. But I have a problem with the GUI, because it opens with this big edge and I always have to resize it.

[reapero]

How would one go if i want to simply accent the onbeat 1/8th on the hi hat pattern? I am trying with the Step velocity but i am not sure if i fully get it

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by Mantiruna

Great tool. But I have a problem with the GUI, because it opens with this big edge and I always have to resize it.

I thought we'd conquered the skylight problem but no.... xd
Can you tell me if you have the OS or reaper scale increase? Right now a temporary solution might be to remove or comment out just one line to avoid this, as a temporary solution you can try like this for now. If you don't mind, can you experiment by deleting one or two of these values out of three, that would tell me what's wrong

local curr_scale = rtk.scale.system * rtk.scale.reaper * rtk.scale.user

I am waiting for an additional answer from the author of this library

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by reapero

How would one go if i want to simply accent the onbeat 1/8th on the hi hat pattern? I am trying with the Step velocity but i am not sure if i fully get it

Damn, you're right! The script after running evaluates each note in one step, not each note among the selected ones, though it only affects the selected ones if there are any, I'll put it in the notes, the update might be big. Maybe there will be a version on Imgui

[Mantiruna]

Originally Posted by erikmartinez

I thought we'd conquered the skylight problem but no.... xd
Can you tell me if you have the OS or reaper scale increase? Right now a temporary solution might be to remove or comment out just one line to avoid this, as a temporary solution you can try like this for now. If you don't mind, can you experiment by deleting one or two of these values out of three, that would tell me what's wrong

local curr_scale = rtk.scale.system * rtk.scale.reaper * rtk.scale.user

I am waiting for an additional answer from the author of this library

I don't have any increase in scale in Reaper or OS.
But deleting "rtk.scale.system" works! thx

[Digitt]

this is AMAZING. Ive been searching for something like this for ages. man, you are a god, thank you so much this is gonna be huge for me

[ShibuyaCyana]

Hi, thanks for this script! The step sequencer is a brilliant idea, but at first I thought it would be something like this accentuator from XLN audio's XO:

The general idea is, to generate a curve, and use it to determine the velocity attenuation (or offset) of every note, based on its rhythmic position. So that we can accentuate the first note of every beat, every measure etc, and hopefully make it sound more organic.

For now the script still could be used in something like a steady 4/4 pattern, but don't make much sense with some more complex ones:

notice the first note of the 2nd measure get attenuated, which doesn't make much sense in most cases.

This step sequencer itself is very good, we might even get quintuplet or septuplet pulses, which was not possible with XO's accentuator!

[Digitt]

Just started using your script and its fantastic, but it is crashing alot. First time was when I was adjusting the XY section. Second and third time was adjusting the step section. I had the song playing while I adjusted. And when it crashes, reaper itself freezes and I can't do anything until I force-quit reaper.

So it's unusable right now, cos every time I use it, it crashes reaper.

I'm using the latest version of MacOS Sonoma on Apple Silicon.

Also, FR: when I open it, it opens quite big and is a waste of space on the screen. This is how it opens for me everytime I use it https://imgur.com/a/obDZyNZ

I would prefer it open like this so that it doesn't waste space and so that I don't have to resize it every time. https://imgur.com/a/Bgluo6p

Another FR: adjust the steps in the step velocity section with mouse wheel. This would help alot for fine tuning with a musical feel.

thanks so much for the script.

[erikmartinez]

thanks for the feedback! I'm going to completely redo everything and transfer it to imgui as well. I'm thinking about a block model of a multi-tool, where all problems (graphic and technical) will also be solved

[Digitt]

Originally Posted by erikmartinez

thanks for the feedback! I'm going to completely redo everything and transfer it to imgui as well. I'm thinking about a block model of a multi-tool, where all problems (graphic and technical) will also be solved

thank you so much that sounds awesome

[Digitt]

Originally Posted by Digitt

Just started using your script and its fantastic, but it is crashing alot. First time was when I was adjusting the XY section. Second and third time was adjusting the step section. I had the song playing while I adjusted. And when it crashes, reaper itself freezes and I can't do anything until I force-quit reaper.

So it's unusable right now, cos every time I use it, it crashes reaper.

I'm using the latest version of MacOS Sonoma on Apple Silicon.

Also, FR: when I open it, it opens quite big and is a waste of space on the screen. This is how it opens for me everytime I use it https://imgur.com/a/obDZyNZ

I would prefer it open like this so that it doesn't waste space and so that I don't have to resize it every time. https://imgur.com/a/Bgluo6p

Another FR: adjust the steps in the step velocity section with mouse wheel. This would help alot for fine tuning with a musical feel.

thanks so much for the script.

one more FR as well in addition to these please: ability to pin it so that it stays open when clicking on the piano roll again. its very cumbersome to have to select my notes, then re-open it every time.

also i chose to terminate the script each time and dont know how to undo that. do you know how? since im doing that, the settings are reset every time i open it.

thanks sooo much for the amazing script! gonna be a game changer when it gets working properly! thanks so much!

[CodyWright]

I love this script!

I also get this same scaling issue on MacOS, 14"laptop which uses the retina scaling (defaults to 200%)

Will look at deleting that line to see if that helps.

Thank you!

[CodyWright]

Also, it seems like your developing super high quality versions of the "tools" from places like FL. Any chance you could look into making a MStrum Tool? The mouse modifier works great, but you can only do 1 chord at a time. Some of the other FL midi tools would be super cool too

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by CodyWright

Also, it seems like your developing super high quality versions of the "tools" from places like FL. Any chance you could look into making a MStrum Tool? The mouse modifier works great, but you can only do 1 chord at a time. Some of the other FL midi tools would be super cool too

in general I have functions and superficial work of the stream notes, lately I have noticed reduced work of scripts in the midi editor, but it is the stream chords that I would like to put in the multitool

[leonaman]

Originally Posted by erikmartinez

in general I have functions and superficial work of the stream notes, lately I have noticed reduced work of scripts in the midi editor, but it is the stream chords that I would like to put in the multitool

I love your tools. I hope you live long and prosper (no pun intended).

[erikmartinez]

Originally Posted by leonaman

I love your tools. I hope you live long and prosper (no pun intended).

Thank you, I'm very pleased! at the moment I'm trying to make a scale highlight (again inspired by fl studio)
it might look like this: