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

[Valentin Petzel]

Hello Ken,

Lilypond does not do midi replay, it just produces a midi file. This means that 
this is most likely a balancing problem of whatever sampler you're using for 
playback.

Cheers,
Valentin

27.02.2022 18:47:30 Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott@gmail.com>:

> 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.
> 
>   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