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having problems with drum volumes when converting from MIDI to WAV

  • 24-07-2009 10:31PM
    #1
    booleybooley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭


    Hi there,

    Having some problems with adjusting the volume of the drums on track 10.
    I can change the volume of the drums in the MIDI file and it plays as I have set it.

    I save the updated MIDI file and the adjustment in volume appears to have been saved (when I play the saved MIDI its fine) but when I convert the MIDI to WAV and play it the drum's are back to the original volume.

    This only appears to happen with the drums, all other instruments are fine.

    Does anyone have any ideas?

    Thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Midi volume and audio volume are two different things,..Maybe adjust the velocity as opposed to the volume in your midi sequencer..(and yeah, itd help if we knew what sampler/sequencer you were talking about)..


  • #3
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,717 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    booleybooley wrote: »
    I save the updated MIDI file and the adjustment in volume appears to have been saved (when I play the saved MIDI its fine) but when I convert the MIDI to WAV and play it the drum's are back to the original volume.

    Are you sure that the instruments are panned correctly, and are you using the same soundbank to create the wave file as you are to edit it? might be worth saying what software you are using to do each.


  • #4
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    What are you using to play back the MIDI file?
    Is it a MIDI file you've downloaded?

    To change the volume, you'll have to go in to the MIDI data and change it there, the setting is at the beginning of each track along with program and controller changes. How you do this depends on what software you're using to play back the file. Some treat MIDI and audio levels separately, some don't.


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