[directmusic] Re: Volume progression
- From: "Ciaran Walsh" <ciaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:05:35 -0000
yeah, pretty annoying, but then DLS is pretty hit and miss at the best of
times... I find a fair amount of trial and error is usually required ;)
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[mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bjorn Lynne
Sent: 05 November 2002 15:59
To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [directmusic] Re: Volume progression
> If I remember correctly, it's using "hundredths of a decibel" as
units,
> so "-9600L" is really -96db.
> Since -6db (-600L) means "half the volume", you'll need to use an
> exponential curve that increases twice as much during each time period to
> give a linear-sounding fade.
Actually, this got me thinking about the odd volume scaling on the ADSR
envelope in the instrument designer. If you set the Sustain of an instrument
to 100%, it's at max volume, but if you put it down to 90%, it seems to drop
a LOT more than 10% of the volume - in fact, it goes nearly silent. It seems
that the entire range of volume is covered in the 90-100% and if you want to
tweak the level, you've got to try things like "98%", "97%" etc. which seem
to be a lot different just within that one percent. And anything under 90%
is just quiet. Well almost.
Anybody else find this a bit odd?
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Bjorn Lynne - Composer, Producer, Sound Designer
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