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.

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

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

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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.

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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?

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

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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.

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Last edited by DJ Robby Rox on Mar-29-2010 at 04:09

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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.

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