Midi Pedal Steel Guitar Tutorials
The Steel Guitar UI
This explains some of the various parts of the Pedal Steel Guitar GUI.
Velocity Layout
This tutorial shows how the velocities are laid out and how they work.
Understanding how to use and apply these velocities is key to understanding how to edit the midi and create a great pedal steel guitar sound.
Tod's Velocity and Keyswitch Toolbar in Reaper
If you have Reaper, this Velocity Toolbar makes editing the Pedal Steel Guitar much easier.
Also featured is the keyswitch toolbar.
Slow Intro (Part 1)
Editing the Velocities and adding Pitch-Bends/Slides
This tutorial shows how to edit the velocities to select which Pedal Steel Guitar string is used for each note, along with how to add pitch envelopes to mimic the Pedals, Knee Levers, and Sliders.
Also shown is how to select the Timbres for each note.
Slow Intro (Part 2)
Add Volume and Vibrato to the slow intro.
This tutorial shows how to add Dynamics using volume and vibrato. Volume and vibrato give the Pedal Steel Guitar it’s soul.
Presets Menu
This tutorial shows how to save and load the presets, as well as import and export Global presets.
Also shows how to use CC26 to automate the Temp FQs.