given your experiments, might be interesting to try the EQ fx on the pyramid…
this allows you to adjust the velocities depending up range…
i think this you could reduce the velocity of all notes, or try to tweak lower notes.
Id also assume if you do a couple of these in series,with different base notes you could fine tune even more…
as i say, interesting experiment if you are trying to determine what is possible on the pyramid, rather than do more preparation in the daw.