I've been playing around with some of the .MGUs from minor9.com, which are kind-of OK, but the MIDI instruments, even with VSTSynthFont aren't great, so I thought I'd switch to RealTrack styles. A big improvement in the sound, as expected, but they're loud in comparison with the MIDI and I needed to back off the volume of all the RealTracks by a large amount to get a remotely sensible mix.

I reckoned there should be a standard way to do that, so had a look around.

In both the Prefs->RealTracks dialog and the Prefs->RealDrums dialogs there are options "Global volume adjust", which sounds like the option. I tried it ... no obvious change!

I check the manual which says "Global volume adjust: You can apply an overall Volume Adjust to the RealTracks. If they are too loud overall, try a Global Volume Adjust of about -10 dB."

Well I've tried reducing boith right down to -100dB and they appear to do nothing.

Am I misunderstanding this, or do they actually not work?
What do others do in this situation, please?

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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