From left to right, the linear setting is always a good starting point, but switching to the convex curve will give you greater control over louder notes, the saturated curve will deal with keyboards that won't otherwise generate maximum MIDI velocities, and the concave curve is the one to choose if the quiet end of the MIDI velocity range feels all 'bunched up' on your keyboard. Using full velocity and then changing it via software is probably what I’ll end up doing.Many MIDI keyboard controllers feature a clutch of different velocity curves, such as these. I’m still trying to come up with better settings for drums. That seems to work pretty well for synths, but with drum software like EZdrummer 2 it still requires too hard of a hit to get a good consistent sound. To finish, select to Send Preset to Hardware to save the settings to the keyboard (it can only save one preset at a time).Īfter some experimenting, I’ve been using curve 6 for the pads and the keys.
Choose each tab to enter custom settings into the entry fields (the user guide explains the details for each section). At this point it’s a good idea to select to Get Preset from Hardware and save a copy to your computer. Select the controller’s input and output from the Device Setup menu in Options (MIDIIN2 and MIDIOUT2). Plug the Alesis keyboard into your computer. To adjust the settings on your Alesis keyboard controller: Note that curve 8 has no sensitivity, so even a light press of a key registers at full velocity. The default setting for the pads is curve 1 and the keys curve 4, at least that’s what they were on my V25. The user manual contains a picture that shows all the different velocity curve settings that you can apply to your Alesis MIDI controller. It doesn’t appear to be available for download anywhere, but you can access it from the help menu using the V Editor software. I suggest reading the user guide first before beginning. But the software comes with a user guide that explains how to use the software to fully customize every knob, dial, wheel, pad, and key on the controller. I wasn’t really sure what the Alesis V Editor software was for at first since there isn’t much of an explanation anywhere. My fingers would’ve been worn down to bloody nubs in no time with the default settings. When I first started using the V25 keyboard controller, I found the drum pads required much more pressure than I was expecting to get a full sound. 
I recently purchased an Alesis V25, so this tutorial is specific to it, but the same process applies to the other models as well, the V49, V61, VI25, VI49, and VI61. The software is free to download from the Alesis website under the docs & downloads section for each individual model.
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