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Hello All,
I was away from the lovely Synfire for much too long but recently got back into it and am presently in the final stages of completing a 12-14 minute cross-over piece.
There are 26 instruments and a great many containers and I am finding it a NIGHTMARE to mix within Synfire. Sure I have my DAW but I WANT to mix in Synfire as it will provide for a more convincing final result to have the instrumental balancing completely realized as a result of the velocity / volume changes at the MIDI side instead of after-the-fact on the audio side.
Is there a way to make RELATIVE changes to volume or velocity across multiple selected instruments and or containers?
I would expect such a feature to be a high priority for any composer who works with orchestral type music.
Someone please tell me the feature exists :)
Thank you, Jeremy
Di., 17.07.2018 - 10:59 Permalink
Relative changes seem like a tempting idea. Thanks for bringing it up.
As far as I remember, this was not pursued yet for the reason that sounds repond to volume and velocity very differently. There's no standard that would ensure a meaningful generic handling of dynamics, expression, and similar parameters.
So your best bet is to place a new container, snapshot Volume and/or Velocity parameters and shape them with the tools at hand until the result matches your idea. This container could still be moved around for various effects.