Re: My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates the Tuba; why?

[Gilles Sadowski]

Hello?

Le dim. 27 févr. 2022 à 18:47, Kenneth Wolcott
<kennethwolcott@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Hi;
>
>   My Tuba+Piano engravings: during midi playback, the Piano dominates
> the Tuba; why?
>
>   I know that this is really a midi versus live performance question...
>
>   I can change the dynamics of the Tuba to be "fff" and both the left
> hand and right hand of the Piano to be "ppp", and yet the Piano
> dominates the Tuba during midi playback.

You can alter the balance with

  \set Staff.midiMinimumVolume = #0.2
  \set Staff.midiMaximumVolume = #0.8

HTH,
Gilles

>
>   I'm not expecting a midi playback to sound as good as a live
> performance, but this seems...odd.
>
>   Is there anything I can do with Lilypond to generate a midi playback
> of Tuba+Piano pieces that sound more realistic?
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wolcott
>