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Posted by DJ HARN on Mar-26-2010 18:23:

help with midi keyboard

help! I've just bought a midi keyboard to use with fl studio. Plugged it in to the usb and has been installed automatically. When i hit the keys, they correspond with the keys in the virtual instruments, however, the volume is so quiet that i can hardly hear the music. This is strange because when i play the instruments with my mouse, or using the computer keyboard, they are really loud. I've checked that the volume control is at max on the keyboard. I'm stuck! Any suggestions would be very good.

Posted by WithoutAngles on Mar-27-2010 08:39:

Some people in the DJ Booth could probably help, but you'd be better off posting in the Production forum.

Posted by progress on Mar-27-2010 20:45:

Windows or Mac?

Check your volume settings for the device/input in the operating system.

Posted by DJ Robby Rox on Mar-28-2010 04:16:

Re: help with midi keyboard

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Originally posted by DJ HARN
help! I've just bought a midi keyboard to use with fl studio. Plugged it in to the usb and has been installed automatically. When i hit the keys, they correspond with the keys in the virtual instruments, however, the volume is so quiet that i can hardly hear the music. This is strange because when i play the instruments with my mouse, or using the computer keyboard, they are really loud. I've checked that the volume control is at max on the keyboard. I'm stuck! Any suggestions would be very good.

Thats cause your keyboard has a sensitivity to velocity. If you hit your keys HARD they WILL sound loud.
When you key the notes in your are naturally keying in a high velocity (by default unless you lower it first) thats why unless you are slamming the shit out of your keys everytime you play a melody, it will play lower then mousing it in.
Its normal, what is the signal registering at in the channel? If its coming in under -10decibals then raise the gain or slap a compressor on.

Posted by d_Verge on Mar-28-2010 22:22:

Re: Re: help with midi keyboard

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
If its coming in under -10decibals then raise the gain or slap a compressor on.

Or just change the velocity curve/turn off velocity sensitivity all together in the MIDI settings, or edit velocity by hand on the piano roll, but why you suggest compression without any context as to the mix/instrument in question?

Posted by DJ Robby Rox on Mar-29-2010 03:58:

Cause a compressor has a gain knob. I mean what else did you expect me to say?

Posted by DJ Robby Rox on Mar-29-2010 04:02:

Re: Re: Re: help with midi keyboard

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Originally posted by d_Verge
Or just change the velocity curve/turn off velocity sensitivity all together in the MIDI settings, or edit velocity by hand on the piano roll, but why you suggest compression without any context as to the mix/instrument in question?

edit, not playing the "I know more then you" game.

Whether velocity, or using a gain knob, its all the same and will ultimately depend on the producer.

So great, he has 2 ways now. I prefer a compressor so I don't murder the groove leveling off velocity settings. He can choose w/e works best.

Posted by d_Verge on Mar-29-2010 20:18:

Re: Re: Re: Re: help with midi keyboard

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox
edit, not playing the "I know more then you" game.

Whether velocity, or using a gain knob, its all the same and will ultimately depend on the producer.

So great, he has 2 ways now. I prefer a compressor so I don't murder the groove leveling off velocity settings. He can choose w/e works best.

Not exactly. Velocity and gain are two different things. Velocity is just MIDI information that translates to per-note volume and sometimes may also be used to affect another instrument parameter like a filter cutoff.