Originally Posted By: TLMelvin
I am using biab 2017. I recently noticed that the piano track (channel)volume was lower that the others. To experiment, I loaded the same real track (fingerstyle guitar 822) on different channels. The volume on the piano channel is definitely lower even though they are all set at 90. Why would that be, and how can I fix it?
Thanks.


TL,

I've been playing around with styles since reading this email of yours because I've noticed the same as you. I haven't really paid all that much attention to it, though, because I eventually export all tracks to a DAW and mix there. This means that whatever volume the tracks leave BIAB is irrelevant because I adjust the volumes in my DAW.

Inspired by your post, here is what I have discovered...

From what I can deduce, PG Music approach the creation of styles by adjusting the volumes of individual tracks in Stylemaker. These internal adjustments are such that when the final, instrumentally balanced style is completed, the 'balanced' track volumes all show '90' on the Mixer volumes.

The image at the end of this post shows three such adjustments made in the the _ECLIPSE.STY style so that balanced track volumes translate to '90' on the mixer panel. As can be seen, the three volume offsets for the individual Realtracks (1595, 1676, 1539) are +1, -7 and -8 respectively.

Since the above settings are applied to the tracks that host the RTs, any RT that is used to substitute for the above will be affected by these volume settings. For example: if a piano RT is used to replace RT 1539 (where the dB offset is -8 db), then that piano RT will also be playing at -8 db quieter; if, however, were the piano RT added to the track that hosted guitar RT 1595 (where the db offset is +1), then it will sound louder.

While such an approach might seem unusual, it means that anyone who plays around with mixer volumes for any style can always return to the original volume settings for the style simply by adjusting the volumes back to 90. From a user's perspective, this is very valuable.

Regards,
Noel

P.S. Apologies if this has already been discussed in detail. I didn't read through all the above posts. I just posted this on the off-chance that it added extra information.

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