Volume of the midi's are different

[frankie]

Shyam read thru the posts,the programe didn't fix his problem.

[JohnG]

Much as expected,

I haven't come across anything that an automatically fix MIDI files. There are too many variables. If you know the sound card or module that was used to author the file on, in the first place and duplicate it, then you might come close to what the author intended. But even then, that was probably done at home and if you're using it for gigging then it will probably sound significantly different played through the PA.

And even if you were able to duplicate it, it still probably wouldn't sound right to you. It's a matter of taste and what you want to perform to.

The only thing to do, realistically, is to use your ears whilst gigging and make a note, mental or otherwise, of the songs that "don't sound right". When back at home spend some time analysing what, in your opinion, is wrong.

Try changing the instrument used say from a regular bass to a fretless bass. Try changing the channel volume. The note velocities used may not give the right sound so push them up whilst pulling channel volume down or vice versa. Try raising the note velocity of every "down" beat a reasonable amount and every "off" beat a little less or, conversely, try reducing the velocity of the intervening beats.

You can also pull some notes forward in time to provide drive and drop others back. It can be instructive to analyse the rhythm of a piece to see how a drummer or bass player can play the down beat deliberately early. We can try to emulate that in a MIDI file. No one I know plays "perfectly" in time all the time. It's these imperfections that give music its human feel. A precisely in time MIDI file sounds just like a drum machine. Mechanical.

Try duplicating the track with another instrument at a different volume so fretless plus regular bass. Try putting the second instrument into a higher, or lower, octave.

Try changing the tempo a bit between verse and chorus.

In short what you're trying to do is to get a track sounding more like a person playing a real instrument.
And to do that you need to "think creative"! But the editing all takes time and every song is different. Try writing a program that can do that.

Just a few thoughts off the top of my head.
JohnG.

[frankie]

Aug 9, 2011 7:15:49 GMT JohnG said:

Much as expected,
Try duplicating the track with another instrument at a different volume so fretless plus regular bass. Try putting the second instrument into a higher, or lower, octave
JohnG.

Try using mute guitar down an octave [as a copy of bass line]Put bass in stereo pan at 48 and the copy [mute guitar] pan at 88.
It will take a quite a few gigs before you get it right.
If you can get a friend to attend your gigs with a note pad and give a nod after each file you think needs a fix.
Toss away the headphones when working on files.

[shyamwestwind]

I thought so ....... never heard of any programme that does this !!! One of the biggest "culprits" is the fingered bass guitar (I wonder why it is a kind of default bass guitar patch for most !! Its overwhelmingly bassy and tends to distort the ttal sound I usually alter this.
We need to tweak all the instruments to our liking and get the balance right . The master volume ofcourse needs to be controlled.