This one lesson will change how you produce music in less than 15 minutes.

One of the biggest misconceptions I see in music production is this persistent idea that velocity = volume. While volume is the most common parameter mapped to velocity, it is far from the only. In today's video I show you the expressive possibilities of velocity mapping. Join my Patreon:   / zwbuckley   Subscribe: ‪@zwbuckley‬ Newsletter: https://www.zwbuckley.com/blog Presets: https://www.zwbuckley.com/presets Courses: https://www.zwbuckley.com/all-courses Listen to my music: https://zwbuckley.bandcamp.com/ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:57 How we commonly use velocity 01:42 Mapping envelope decay to velocity 03:18 Creating interesting accent patterns with velocity mapping 03:50 Using velocity mapping to glue together song elements 04:31 Using velocity mapping to make arpeggios more interesting 05:45 Adding clarity to dense sections with velocity 06:55 Using velocity deviation probability to add liveliness 08:09 Velocity randomization 08:35 Creating expressive drums with velocity modulation 12:00 Humanizing arps 12:47 Outro