Here's two things I may as well ask here. Same midi file.

1. The vocal came in very low which I'm used to because I didn't have a limiter on the input.

For now I'm using the Forte DXi as the default (I'll probably be using ST3 later) and the midi tracks were really overpowering the vocals to the point that even after I did a gain change on the vocal track up to about a +3 or so with the peak limit on, it was still low so I copied it to a second track in order to boost the volume so she can hear it for now.

Any way to simply turn down the overall volume of the default synth? Subgroups only work on audio, not midi and using the mixer or volume sliders doesn't work because the midi file is full of volume changes which are actually good, the file has decent built in dynamics. I know I can strip all that out and use the nodes for the final mix but I like how this midi file was put together, it's really well done.

2. This question concerns the drum track. The Forte plays it fine, it just sounds like crap. I put ST3 on the drum track and selected several kits to test and every one of them did not play the drum track properly. I just listened to it now and what's happening is ST is only playing a third to a half of the midi drum notes, the rest are simply dropped for a bar then they play, then dropped, then play. I switch back to the Forte and they play all the time like they should.

Here's where I think the problem is, in the piano roll the drum notes are tiny little things like 32nd or even 64th notes but the velocity bars all look good. Is it possible that they're too small for ST to detect all the time? This is weird, never seen this before.

I don't want to have to create this track from scratch and it's a song specific drum track, none of the RD's fit the song.

I'm well aware of the issues with downloaded midi files, I found sysex on track 1 so I removed all that but the other instrument tracks only have the usual program and volume changes which seem to be GM mapped.

Bob

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