Harry
Active Member
I'm making some pieces for SOLO piano pieces (for the first time) in my DAW (Cubase), using different virtual pianos (in Kontakt).
They are delicate pieces, and I tend to play quite softly, so the basic track is coming out at around -20db. Velocity of the hardest hit note is 62. Is that too quiet? I can raise the relative velocities (inside Cubase that is, not by hitting harder) but I notice it affects the timbre quite a bit. Or I can simply raise the Kontakt instrument output? Or I just export the track as a WAV and then eg normalize to a higher level? Not sure what the best solution is in terms of final sound quality?
They are delicate pieces, and I tend to play quite softly, so the basic track is coming out at around -20db. Velocity of the hardest hit note is 62. Is that too quiet? I can raise the relative velocities (inside Cubase that is, not by hitting harder) but I notice it affects the timbre quite a bit. Or I can simply raise the Kontakt instrument output? Or I just export the track as a WAV and then eg normalize to a higher level? Not sure what the best solution is in terms of final sound quality?