Posted by: MacAllcock
Midi File Volume Settings - again - 01/31/05 01:51 PM
I reported a while back that I had noticed that setting the track volumes too high in a midi file caused my PSR2000 output waveform to show significant signs of clipping.
Well I've just bought a PSR3000 (and I haven't stopped smiling since...) It is not a shock to find that that this situation is still the case but interestingly I can now actually hear the distortion when the midi file is played on the 3000. Maybe I'm listening harder, or the output from the 3k is a bit cleaner to start with (so I hear the distortion more acutely)
So to modify my previous statement - don't take track volumes in a midi file above 100, and if you are using high note velocities and lots of tracks then maybe max track volume of 80 is a good rule.
But after the tweaking - my midi files don't half sound good.... and thats before I've edited to suit the megavoices!
Well I've just bought a PSR3000 (and I haven't stopped smiling since...) It is not a shock to find that that this situation is still the case but interestingly I can now actually hear the distortion when the midi file is played on the 3000. Maybe I'm listening harder, or the output from the 3k is a bit cleaner to start with (so I hear the distortion more acutely)
So to modify my previous statement - don't take track volumes in a midi file above 100, and if you are using high note velocities and lots of tracks then maybe max track volume of 80 is a good rule.
But after the tweaking - my midi files don't half sound good.... and thats before I've edited to suit the megavoices!