How the heck do I quiet the left hand in musesounds?
When composing, I often rely on the playback so that I have an idea of what I'm writing. However, the left hand in the new muse sounds is way too loud and overpowers the righthand easily, even at dynamics that are soft, such as mp or p. Tried to change the left hand velocities, but there was no effect. Is there a solution or is Muse Keys just borked.
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I would create two separate instruments, one for the left hand and one for right. You can then control the overall volume "per hand" in the mixer.
Currently Muse Sounds does not support this. It's being worked on along with a new powerful automation lane feature for fine tuning this behavior. Meanwhile you can switch to MS Basic for more control over velocity.
Note that it's an illusion if it seems the LH is louder than the RH. Muse Sounds doesn't actually differentiate these at all, it's just using the natural characteristics of an actual piano, where the longer/thicker strings can indeed result in a louder sound in music that isn't composed in a way to compensate for this as most piano composer would normally do. So if you're hearing the LH louder, that could be a sign to thin out the voicing.
In reply to Currently Muse Sounds does… by Marc Sabatella
That's your typical style of answer, in an attempt to deny the legitimacy of the question. No one cares whether it's an illusion or not. Pianists simply don't hit the keys as loud with the left hand as they do with the right hand when that's how they want their music to sound. They might also do the opposite sometime, as they see fit. A play back that can't be adjusted to match what a real player does is simply crappy.
In reply to That's your typical style of… by peewhy
Marc's answers are inevitably on topic, cogent, and polite. In no way did he "deny the legitimacy of the question". He explained what is happening. A factual explanation does not even touch on the "legitimacy" of your question.
Music notation software is not a live pianist. It can do some things, it cannot do others. That's simply the way the world works. If you think that the software is crappy, go use something else. I happen to think that it's a marvelous application that does many things very well. This particular thing is one thing that it doesn't do well, but Henk de Groot explained how you can do it.
In reply to That's your typical style of… by peewhy
No one is denying anything. As I explained, Muse Sounds simply doesn't support that feature currently. The only thing I called an "illusion" was when someone implied they had heard the hands at a different volume level in one of their scores using Muse Sounds. Again, it simply doesn't have that feature right now. It's planned for a coming update. Meanwhile, if you wish to exert that control, simply use a different sound library instead of MS Basic, and then the velocity controls will work.