Low audio level in "wav" files
Windows XP Media Edition V2002 SP3 0.9.5 2012
In a message (http://www.musescore.org/en/node/3487) I recently commented: "For reasons I don't understand, wav files exported by MuseScore have a very low level .."
So let me put these questions to our developers: Is this a known problem? Is this low level in the export of wav files a bug? Or is it just the way things work? If it's a bug, will a new release solve the problem?
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As I mentioned here it is actually the SoundFont you are using that causes the sound to be quiet. The two reasons a SoundFont won't use the maximum volume: (1) the sound samples used by the SoundFont were not fully normalized/amplified (2) some instruments were purposely attenuated so their relative volume (in relation to other instruments) is balanced.
Werner changed the volume control so that you can actually turn it up higher than 100%. Be aware that if you turn the volume up too high you will experience clipping .
See http://www.musescore.org/en/node/3093
In reply to As I mentioned here it is by David Bolton
Unfortunately, David, the low level occurs with EVERY sound font I try. So it isn't a problem with a PARTICULAR sound font. The developers need to keep digging. Other software, like that at HamieNET, uses the Fluid sound font and doesn't have this problem.
In reply to It's with EVERY sound font by EdwardsRG
Have you tried the prerelease? or a nightly? see [[nodetitle:Download]]
In reply to Have you tried the by [DELETED] 5
I just installed 0.9.6 2205:2269. I obtain the same result: incredibly low level wav output. Needs to be boosted 24db (!) to even get to half scale.
In reply to Have you tried the by [DELETED] 5
I tried again with the pre-release, this time running the volume on the playback to maximum. This time the wav levels are acceptable: no clipping occurred and they needed to be raised only 2-3 db or so to be in proper range.