Thanks, guys. Yes, that's pretty much what I expected. And I think I generally know how to program the instruments. For example, I don't like it when the mod wheel is not mapped to pitch (vibrato), and instead is mapped to filter, or something like that. So, I'll go in and re-map the mod wheel to pitch. Velocity is going to be similar to this.
Although, I also use a couple of "lazy man" tricks, like putting different notes from the same instrument on different tracks and set the track volume. Or, use volume automation on the track.