Increasing relative volume

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Hi,

Im using a midi cable to record midi samples to a Vst's on cubase (with keyboard).

However, the volume of these sapmles is a little bit low.

I was wondering, Is there a way to increase the relative volume ? For example, changing the midi - signal sensitivity or adding a "const" volume to each note?
 
Why don't you just turn up the track volume if the samples are too low?
 
the track volume is on the max.....and is still on low volume. I don't want to decrease other tracks so that these saples will be heard, nor , increasing the computer general volume....
I'm sorry that this question is a little bit hard to understand... :(
 
lower all the other tracks to balance....then raise the volume on your speakers to whatever level you listen to.
 
It can be done..... but, If want to produce a song from these tracks that I lowred ,and send this song to other people or upload ,I do'nt want my song to be "relatively quiet" to other songs they hear ( I mean that they won't need to increase their speaker volume level to much.....maybe they don't own good enough speakers).
So if I do so, the solustion would be to increase the relative volume of my whole song .....How do I do that? :confused:
 
Well...chances are that your DAW can already push levels beyond the point of clipping...and I can bet money that's where your other tracks are at, you just don't hear them clipping because the DAW has the math power to avoid it...but on a CD/MP3 the level will be clipping.

You've probably fallen into the trap of adjusting your other track levels for listening level in your room....rather than mixing level...and that's why now the MIDI samples seem too low in volume. Get the tracks balanced...then when you finish the mix, you can normalaize to full digital level or if that's not enough for you, slam the crap out of the mix in the mastering stage with some maximizer plugin (there are plenty out there that will jack up the mix so your ears bleed).

Bottom line....you need to start by calibrating your listening level. Put a CD of your favorite music and play it thorugh your monitor system and set the listening level where you like it. Then see what you need to do to balance the mix levels of your tracks...and then adjust final level during the mastering stage as needed.
 
thank you very much! I hope though that the qulity would not be damaged too much as a result of using the maximizer plugin....
 
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