3 Adding pitch bending or aftertouch can add a lot of subtlety to an otherwise
4 plain sounding midi region and help humanize it.
8 <img src="/images/MIDI_pitch_bending.png" alt="Automation: pitch bending">
9 <figcaption>Automation: pitch bending</figcaption>
13 Pitch bending and aftertouch both work the same way, through automation, by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>
14 clicking the MIDI track's header <kbd class="menu">> Automation > Bender (or
15 Pressure) > the channel to bend</kbd>.
19 Using the Draw tool, as for all the automation, allows to create a gradual
20 change from one drawn point to another. A line in the center produces no
21 change to the pitch, while a line above the center will bend the pitch to a
22 higher note (up to 4 semitones) and a line going under the middle will bend
23 the pitch to a lower note.
27 The values can be anything between 0 (-4 semitones) to 16383 (+4 semitones). No
28 automation or a value of 8192 means no pitch shifting.
32 Aftertouch works very similarly, though the values are between 0 and 127. It
33 should be noted that aftertouch differs from velocity, as aftertouch allows to
34 slightly change the timbre or create a vibrato, while the velocity sets the
35 power with which the note is played (e.g. on a keyboard, the key is hit).