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...It seems to me that whenever I load any of the demo songs for these types of styles that the real instruments are massively hotter - louder than any of the midi tracks. ...



First make sure that all MIDI control volumes (NOT the volume spinners inside BIAB, but the soundcard's mixer applet and the MIDI volume of whatever you use for MIDI output device) are turned all the way up. This is to include any possible Master Fader involved, such as found in the Playback mixer applet of most soundcards.

Second, if you still find that your RealDrums and RealTracks are too hot, there is a function designed into them for ironing out this situation. Look inside the BIAB Control Panels for RealDrums and then for RealTracks and locate the "Global Volume Adjust" via the Settings button found in each Control Panel.

Note that these Global Volume Adjustments are in dB so you must set them *relative* to what you are hearing now.

If the Realtrack is too hot, try entering "-3"dB first.

If still too hot, try a "-6dB" figure.

This will likely take a bit of back and forth with some critical listening to fine tune it in. Be advised that nobody is likely to be able to detect 1dB of difference, but the use of 3dB increments is a good sound choice here. That is because the decibel scale is based on log10, which, if you do the arithmetic, you will discover that 6dB correlates to "twice as loud" -- give or take.

You should know by now that the ears at PGMusic -- and the ears of at least some of us who serve as beta testers, too -- would not settle for anything but a perfect blend of the mix. Matter of fact, that's why those Global Volume Adjustment settings got there in the first place.


--Mac

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