mp is louder than mf for Violin 2 (Solo)
I have a piece which uses Muse Sounds Violin 2 (Solo), and when I exported the stems, I noticed that the parts marked mp are consistently louder than the parts marked mf. There aren't any dramatic registral or technical changes to explain it, and the viola, cello and clarinet look more as expected (though the clarinet is often very very quiet or too loud). I wasn't able to replicate it in a new score, but for some reason it's happening in this piece. I have effects loaded onto each track, but I disabled them all for a dry export. I'll attach some pictures comparing the violin with the other strings, which are essentially always supposed to be on the same dynamic level.
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My observations so far. And realize that playback on my system might be different than yours.
First I panned the instruments. For example, Clarinet far left. Violin far right, Cello off center left. Viola off center right. This let me hear each instrument a little better.
I switched Violin 2 for violin 1. 2 seemed to be ignoring dynamics in general.
I boosted the clarinet (which seems to ignore hairpins and dynamics in general) in the mixer and brought down the cello.
In reply to My observations so far. And… by bobjp
For me, it looks like the clarinet is responding to dynamics properly, but it's quieter and has a bigger difference between dynamic levels. I used a limiter and compressor for that, which is good enough. For violin 2, it does look a lot like it could be ignoring dynamics, but it does go down to p in measure 92 (could be explained by staccato) and at the very end. In m.179, it gets quite a bit louder but then almost goes down to p. Usually I prefer the sound and playing of violin 2, but I can try it with violin 1.