On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 04:48, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi; > > My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates > the Tuba; why? > > I know that this is really a midi versus live performance question... > > I can change the dynamics of the Tuba to be "fff" and both the left > hand and right hand of the Piano to be "ppp", and yet the Piano > dominates the Tuba during midi playback. > > I'm not expecting a midi playback to sound as good as a live > performance, but this seems...odd. > > Is there anything I can do with Lilypond to generate a midi playback > of Tuba+Piano pieces that sound more realistic? > > Thanks, > Ken Wolcott > > Are you doing a fast render in Fluidsynth? I had problems like that last week with a choral work. All the voices were set to clarinet at the same volume, but a couple were only just audible. I had to “record” a live MIDI performance. This page may have something to do with that issue, if this is the issue... https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/issues/219 Vaughan