Velocity Filter 1.0.5
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Publisher Description
WHAT IS VELOCITY FILTER?
Velocity Filter is the fastest way to make all your synthesizer patches respond to MIDI velocity in a natural and musical way. Just add it to your audio unit effects on the synth track and you are done!
WHAT DOES IT DO?
It converts non-velocity-sensitive synths sounds into velocity-sensitive ones.
Velocity Filter can be configured as either a MIDI-controlled filter or a MIDI-operated volume control. In filter mode, it adds or removes high frequency energy according to the velocity of each MIDI note, so that lower velocity notes sound softer and have less high harmonic content. You can control the amount of boost or cut and the frequency range. In volume control mode, it adjusts the volume according to incoming MIDI velocity.
WHAT ELSE DOES IT DO?
In addition to MIDI velocity, you can also control the filter using MIDI-CC or aftertouch controls. So you can control it in a variety of ways.
HOW IS THIS BETTER THAN EDITING MY SYNTH PATCHES TO MODULATE THE FILTER CUTOFF BY MIDI VELOCITY?
Most synthesizers respond to velocity either by modulating the cutoff frequency of a lowpass filter or by modulating the gain. Doing velocity response that way distorts the tone of the patch in an un-musical way, especially if it uses a resonant lowpass filter. Instead of modulating the gain of a lowpass filter, Velocity Filter modulates the gain of a high-shelf filter. The sound is very different, and can be applied on top of the existing filters in the synth patch without destroying the tone of the patch.
Also, if you are browsing through a collection of 1000 patches, it's much easier to apply this filter to the output than to modify each and every patch to modulate the filter cutoff with MIDI velocity.
However, it's not necessarily "better"; it's just very different. Read the limitations section below for why it's not always better.
WHAT LIMITATIONS DOES IT HAVE?
All notes go through one filter, so if you play two notes at the same time, with different velocities, it will set the filter for the loudest of the two notes.
Also, the filter takes about 1 millisecond to change from loud to soft, so if you quickly switch from loud to soft, you'll hear the filter clamping down AFTER the initial attack. This is problematic for synth patches that have near zero attack time.
Velocity Filter does not support GarageBand because GarageBand does not support sending MIDI messages to audio effects.
Velocity filter is an audio unit plugin ONLY. It runs inside of host apps such as AUM, Audiobus, Cubasis, Auria, and Beatmaker 3.
Nov 17, 2020
Version 1.0.5
1. Fix crash bugs on IOS 14
2. Fix parameters are not being loaded correctly in AUM.
About Velocity Filter
Velocity Filter is a paid app for iOS published in the Audio File Players list of apps, part of Audio & Multimedia.
The company that develops Velocity Filter is Mani Consulting Limited Company. The latest version released by its developer is 1.0.5.
To install Velocity Filter on your iOS device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2020-11-17 and was downloaded 11 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the Velocity Filter as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install Velocity Filter on your iOS device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to the App Store.
- Once the Velocity Filter is shown in the iTunes listing of your iOS device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the GET button to the right of the app to start downloading it.
- If you are not logged-in the iOS appstore app, you'll be prompted for your your Apple ID and/or password.
- After Velocity Filter is downloaded, you'll see an INSTALL button to the right. Tap on it to start the actual installation of the iOS app.
- Once installation is finished you can tap on the OPEN button to start it. Its icon will also be added to your device home screen.
