Click on a velocity below to display the curve
Here you can see the preferred velocity curves by Pianoteq users for specific keyboard models. To try out any of these curves, copy the velocity text and paste it in the velocity panel in Pianoteq.
Feel free to supply your own preferred velocity curve for your own keyboard.
Watch Phil Best's demonstration, using 2 velocity curves for Pianoteq's Steinway B Gentle
-- Select your keyboard manufacturer --
Akai
Arturia
Casio
Clavia
Cme
E-Mu
Fatar
Generic
Infinite-Response
Kawai
Korg
Kurzweil
Novation
Roland
Sibelius
Studiologic
Yamaha
Arturia
Keylab-88-Mk2
Velocity = [0, 14, 27, 37, 52, 72, 98, 113, 127; 1, 8, 24, 41, 65, 85, 106, 118, 127] Casio
(Bechstein)-GP300-GP400-GP500-GP310.-GP510
Velocity = [0, 8, 18, 33, 46, 65, 76, 91, 103, 111, 127; 0, 0, 29, 57, 72, 94, 104, 117, 127, 127, 127] CDP-130
Velocity = [0, 1, 20, 34, 57, 86, 114, 127; 0, 0, 32, 61, 94, 113, 127, 127] GP300-(and-GP400-and-GP500)
Velocity = [0, 1, 17, 43, 79, 111, 127; 0, 0, 32, 66, 96, 127, 127] PX-200
Velocity = [0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120, 127; 0, 5, 11, 21, 32, 43, 53, 59, 64, 69, 75, 85, 96, 107, 116, 123, 127] PX-780
Velocity = [4, 8, 33, 38, 56, 78, 106, 126; 0, 13, 33, 38, 62, 98, 117, 100] PX-S1000
Velocity = [0, 13, 25, 38, 51, 64, 76, 89, 102, 114, 127; 0, 4, 13, 27, 45, 64, 82, 100, 114, 123, 127] Privia-PX-130
Velocity = [0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120, 127; 0, 5, 11, 21, 32, 43, 53, 59, 64, 69, 75, 85, 96, 107, 116, 123, 127] Privia-PX-150-PX-350
Velocity = [0, 3, 13, 22, 38, 57, 72, 90, 108, 124, 127; 0, 0, 23, 36, 55, 70, 83, 97, 112, 127, 127] Velocity = [0, 8, 28, 51, 80, 118, 127; 0, 1, 32, 61, 96, 126, 127] Velocity = [7, 17, 26, 34, 43, 50, 57, 64, 72, 81, 90, 99, 109, 118; 1, 5, 11, 19, 29, 39, 51, 64, 79, 93, 105, 114, 122, 127] Privia-PX-750
Velocity = [1, 25, 50, 77, 102, 120; 0, 20, 43, 71, 100, 127] Clavia
Nord-Electro-3
Velocity = [0, 1, 29, 74, 93, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 127] Cme
Mkeys
Velocity = [0, 5, 15, 30, 56, 75, 101, 121; 0, 13, 29, 46, 66, 82, 95, 107] UF80-keyboard
Velocity = [2, 21, 46, 68, 87, 127; 0, 11, 32, 54, 74, 127] E-Mu
Xboard-61
Velocity = [0, 1, 56, 98, 116, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 127] Fatar
Studiologic-SL-880
Velocity = [22, 49, 72, 83, 93, 103, 109; 0, 22, 59, 80, 96, 120, 127] Studiologic-VMK-188
Velocity = [0, 1, 14, 27, 43, 54, 66, 91, 125, 127; 0, 0, 7, 28, 64, 87, 102, 120, 127, 127] Generic
velocity-curves-for-fast-keyboards
Velocity = [0, 4, 8, 16, 18, 29, 42, 64, 80, 105, 127; 0, 3, 6, 13, 15, 25, 38, 60, 76, 103, 127] velocity-curves-for-slow-keyboards
Velocity = [0, 4, 7, 11, 15, 23, 28, 43, 64, 91, 127; 0, 38, 46, 54, 60, 70, 75, 87, 100, 113, 127] Infinite-Response
VAX77
Velocity = [0, 22, 38, 53, 69, 84, 100, 127; 0, 7, 20, 36, 56, 77, 96, 120] Kawai
CA97
Velocity = [0, 2, 12, 15, 17, 24, 33, 40, 51, 69, 85, 97, 102, 116, 121, 127; 0, 0, 2, 3, 4, 9, 18, 26, 40, 64, 85, 100, 106, 120, 124, 127] ES110
Velocity = [7, 29, 53, 87, 99, 105, 127; 0, 20, 48, 97, 119, 127, 127] ES7
Velocity = [0, 5, 26, 51, 83, 112, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 124, 127] MP11
Velocity = [0, 1, 24, 53, 100, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 127] Velocity = [0, 1, 30, 46, 81, 115, 127; 0, 0, 32, 65, 96, 121, 127] Velocity = [0, 3, 7, 12, 17, 23, 30, 36, 43, 49, 56, 63, 72, 79, 85, 93, 99, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 123, 127; 0, 6, 10, 13, 17, 21, 25, 30, 36, 41, 47, 54, 62, 69, 75, 82, 90, 96, 102, 107, 110, 112, 113, 114] MP8
Velocity = [0, 1, 36, 57, 79, 100, 116, 126, 127; 0, 0, 36, 57, 85, 103, 123, 127, 127] Velocity = [0, 1, 18, 45, 80, 117, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 127, 127] MP9500
Velocity = [8, 19, 40, 66, 81, 99, 127; 0, 7, 22, 52, 71, 95, 123] VPC-1
Velocity = [0, 21, 38, 59, 80, 100, 118, 127; 0, 14, 29, 48, 67, 90, 116, 127] Velocity = [0, 5, 15, 30, 49, 72, 98, 127; 0, 1, 5, 15, 30, 54, 86, 127] VPC1-(Velocity-Curve-Improvements)
Korg
Kronos
Velocity = [0, 1, 15, 30, 51, 69, 87, 104, 119, 127; 0, 0, 11, 28, 55, 79, 102, 114, 125, 127] SP-170
Velocity = [0, 25, 41, 54, 69, 80, 127; 6, 15, 35, 57, 94, 127, 127] Velocity = [0, 25, 41, 54, 69, 82, 98, 127; 6, 15, 35, 57, 94, 116, 123, 127] SP-200
Velocity = [0, 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 115, 127; 0, 6, 16, 40, 80, 107, 120, 126, 127, 127] Velocity = [0, 10, 19, 30, 49, 60, 72, 98, 126; 0, 20, 43, 62, 79, 92, 100, 111, 116] SP-300
Velocity = [0, 5, 15, 30, 48, 58, 71, 83, 95, 104, 114, 127; 0, 13, 29, 46, 64, 75, 84, 94, 109, 119, 122, 127] X5D
Velocity = [7, 19, 29, 43, 54, 66, 76, 86, 95, 105, 116, 127; 0, 4, 14, 27, 42, 57, 68, 87, 98, 110, 120, 127] Kurzweil
MIDIBOARD
Velocity = [4, 15, 30, 49, 72, 98, 127; 0, 5, 15, 30, 54, 86, 127] PC3X
Velocity = [3, 5, 15, 30, 49, 72, 98, 127; 0, 24, 44, 62, 79, 95, 111, 127] Roland
D-10
Velocity = [0, 8, 16, 34, 57, 79, 103, 127; 0, 0, 8, 31, 80, 114, 127, 127] EP-7-II
Velocity = [3, 22, 42, 61, 78, 93, 108, 127; 0, 15, 39, 67, 94, 112, 123, 127] FP-3
Velocity = [0, 1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57, 65, 73, 81, 89, 97, 105, 113, 121, 127; 0, 0, 5, 12, 21, 32, 44, 53, 59, 64, 69, 76, 86, 97, 108, 117, 124, 127] FP-90
Velocity = [0, 7, 18, 34, 52, 73, 98, 127; 0, 8, 21, 38, 57, 78, 102, 127] Juno-Stage
Velocity = [0, 19, 32, 40, 60, 77, 95, 112, 127; 0, 11, 22, 29, 47, 64, 85, 105, 127] RD-250s
Velocity = [4, 27, 40, 73, 106, 127; 0, 18, 35, 70, 99, 113] RD-300GX
Velocity = [0, 1, 9, 35, 64, 127; 0, 0, 40, 64, 96, 127] RD-700NX
Velocity = [0, 1, 24, 71, 87, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 127] Sibelius
music-notation-software-playback
Velocity = [20, 39, 61, 71, 84, 98, 113, 127; 0, 15, 33, 52, 70, 88, 108, 127] Studiologic
Acuna-88
Velocity = [0, 2, 27, 63, 109, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 127] Numa-Nero
Velocity = [6, 19, 34, 87, 100, 112, 127; 0, 11, 29, 98, 113, 123, 127] VMK-188-plus
Velocity = [0, 28, 50, 66, 80, 95, 110, 127; 0, 24, 50, 68, 87, 102, 116, 127] Yamaha
CLP-430
Velocity = [0, 11, 24, 33, 42, 50, 59, 67, 77, 86, 93, 102, 111, 127; 0, 4, 9, 18, 30, 42, 53, 65, 76, 89, 99, 110, 119, 127] CP33
Velocity = [0, 19, 34, 48, 79, 93, 108, 127; 0, 6, 18, 35, 92, 109, 121, 127] Velocity = [0, 13, 13, 35, 56, 72, 88, 107, 127; 0, 0, 15, 36, 60, 80, 101, 127, 127] Clavinova-CLP-230-(GH3)
Velocity = [0, 19, 38, 66, 93, 108, 127; 0, 4, 18, 66, 107, 123, 127] Clavinova-Modus-F01
Velocity = [13, 31, 48, 64, 79, 93, 104, 116, 127; 0, 35, 60, 81, 100, 120, 126, 126, 127] GranTouch-GT2
Velocity = [0, 9, 30, 73, 100, 118, 127; 0, 8, 22, 56, 82, 106, 127] Mox8
Velocity = [0, 12, 22, 41, 79, 90, 120; 0, 30, 44, 58, 77, 86, 127] NU1
Velocity = [0, 17, 49, 81, 103, 121, 127; 0, 0, 28, 64, 99, 127, 127] P-120
Velocity = [0, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 37, 39, 41, 44, 46, 48, 51, 53, 55, 58, 60, 62, 64, 67, 69, 71, 74, 76, 78, 81, 83, 85, 88, 90, 92, 95, 97, 99, 101, 104, 106, 108, 111, 113, 127; 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26, 30, 33, 37, 41, 46, 50, 55, 61, 66, 71, 76, 82, 87, 91, 96, 100, 104, 107, 110, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 126, 127, 127] P-515
Velocity = [0, 8, 18, 31, 50, 74, 104; 0, 5, 15, 30, 54, 86, 127] Velocity = [0, 20, 39, 56, 64, 73, 93, 105, 116; 0, 18, 36, 54, 64, 74, 96, 110, 127] P80
Velocity = [0, 10, 26, 42, 58, 74, 90, 106, 117, 127; 0, 0, 14, 33, 55, 79, 101, 118, 127, 127] PSR-E303/E313
Velocity = [8, 9, 19, 32, 47, 61, 77, 93, 115; 0, 6, 8, 18, 31, 46, 66, 91, 127] PSR-E343-Velocity-Curve
Velocity = [0, 4, 22, 31, 58, 118, 127; 0, 0, 32, 64, 96, 127, 127]