(5 hours ago)Chello Wrote: ⚅Graham
Thanks for shedding light on this problem - you more than anyone else has made me aware of this.
I haven't tried the program you mention, but I have found my own solution:
Yamaha tends to set all levels to 110, which is far too high, and this doesn't give enough headroom to bring weak sounds to life.
By setting all levels to 63 and adjusting plus/minus accordingly, max headroom is achieved for both all tracks and the right voices.
The same problem (but to a lesser extent) exists on the Pa5X due to its Finalizer, which allows an output level of -5dB - supposedly because the technology is so good that distortion is avoided.
This means that some voices are too weak, because many tracks have a level of 110 to 127..!
I turn off Finalizer, and adjust all levels down to 80 or lower, and get an output level of -20dB, which in my opinion gives the best result HiFi-wise.
This is very difficult to achieve with styles made with OS 1.4, because these have been heavily processed with Cubase, and all adjustments are made with effects, so I actually have to adjust UP to 115 to achieve an output of -20dB.
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Chello. Thankyou for your feedback.
Yamaha always have set their initial volume Styles @ 110 (which I like.)
110 still leaves plenty of headroom.
Why do players think they need to pump up style part volumes so high puzzles me.
As you know these volumes can push keyboard preamp into clipping and leaves no room for adjustments.

I think it's time to take up knitting !!!!

(5 hours ago)Graham UK Wrote:

(5 hours ago)Chello Wrote: ⚅Graham
Thanks for shedding light on this problem - you more than anyone else has made me aware of this.
I haven't tried the program you mention, but I have found my own solution:
Yamaha tends to set all levels to 110, which is far too high, and this doesn't give enough headroom to bring weak sounds to life.
By setting all levels to 63 and adjusting plus/minus accordingly, max headroom is achieved for both all tracks and the right voices.
The same problem (but to a lesser extent) exists on the Pa5X due to its Finalizer, which allows an output level of -5dB - supposedly because the technology is so good that distortion is avoided.
This means that some voices are too weak, because many tracks have a level of 110 to 127..!
I turn off Finalizer, and adjust all levels down to 80 or lower, and get an output level of -20dB, which in my opinion gives the best result HiFi-wise.
This is very difficult to achieve with styles made with OS 1.4, because these have been heavily processed with Cubase, and all adjustments are made with effects, so I actually have to adjust UP to 115 to achieve an output of -20dB.
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Chello. Thankyou for your feedback.
Yamaha always have set their initial volume Styles @ 110 (which I like.)
110 still leaves plenty of headroom.
Why do players think they need to pump up style part volumes so high puzzles me.
As you know these volumes can push keyboard preamp into clipping and leaves no room for adjustments.

I think it's time to take up knitting !!!!