Low volume when recording MIDI as wav

[pithehero]

Hi there!
I'd like to convert my MIDI-files into wavs.
When I record it with the EWS64XL Wave record, the gain of the signal is very low (around -15 dB). I also tried to record the signal with a DAT-recorder, which I plugged to the Digi-out of the EWS. But neither there I didn't get higher signals.
Is there a possibility to increase the volume of the MIDI-sound or is there maybe something wrong with my soundcard?
Thanxx

Pi


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[falerecte]

I did the same and seemed to have the same problem, but this isn't really a problem; you can normalize the result with edson wave, and you'll get it as you want, it's what I did.

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[pithehero]

Thanks for the tip. Shure, it's always possible to normalize. But the quality of the sound is worse if you record a low level signal...
I noticed, that the signal is much higher if I put the level of the chorus effect on 127 and put all the parameters of the effect to zero. Another possibility is to use the equalizer as amplifier... But nevertheless I still don't understand why the signal of the MIDI sound is so low...


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[Honki-Bobo]

It is just a general thing of mixing digital audio: The maximum level of digital audio is -9dB FS (full scale). It's a so called "headroom" to prevent digital distortions wich end up in cracking sounds. So if you use the digital output when playing back MIDI and audio, you will rarely reach higher levels than -9dB FS. So what you can do is to mix each instrumen of your song as loud as possible and make a mixing that is maximum loud, so you can reach -9dB FS. And the quality difference between -9db FS and 0db FS (normalized) you cannot hear!

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