Velocity Sensitivity

A type of touch sensitivity in which the keyboard measures how fast each key is descending. Compare with pressure sensitivity.

A keyboard which can respond to the speed at which a key is depressed; this corresponds to the dynamics with which the player plays the keyboard. Velocity is an important function as it helps translate the performer's expression to the music. Velocity can be routed to many destinations on the Emulator III and is also translated over the MIDI line.