Korg Forums

bobeld@aol.com · Junior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2016 Posts: 60

I have the volumes of right hand 1,2 and 3 chained together so that I can adjust the volume by moving the Upper 1 slider.

I use the instrument with midi and mp3 files (as well as styles) - when playing a midi file I turn off the lead (I have the default channel 4 set to turn off automatically) so that I can solo with my right hand or my voice.

When I turn on the PA4x, the right-hand sounds (upper 1,2 and 3) are too loud compared to the rest of the keyboard. As a solution, I have succeeded in lowering the tenor sax and saving it using the "My Settings" button.

Selecting another sound from any sound bank results in my having to use the slider to lower its volume. I guess I could custom tailor each upper sound I use and save each one under "My Settings" but that seems rather cumbersome. I would not mind if I had to raise the volumes of all the voice patches. Since they start off too loud when chosen, it can be startling for my audience and I (unless I remember to move the Upper 1 slider first to adjust them).

My question: is there a way to globally lower the volume of Upper 1,2 and 3 globally so that all lead instruments (upper 1,2 and 3) do not start off too loud?

Currently, I use the balance knob to adjust the sound of the midi or mp3 as they tend to vary so any solution involving changing the function of that knob would not work for me.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can give me resolving this.

Snoopy · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:46 pm Post subject:

Hi,

if you use the songbook it would be much easier...

One entry ( including 4 keyboard sets ) for each song, the volumes are stored into the songbook Wink

_________________
Greetings from East-Frisia, Germany

PA4X MUSIKANT, OS 3.1.0, PKG-Version

bobeld@aol.com · Junior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2016 Posts: 60

Thanks for the quick response Snoopy. Your solution will not work for me. I don't work with setlists. My library contains over 100,000 midis,kars and CDG files. Some are variations of a single title. I have them arranged by decade and within decades, by artists. I also have separate artist folders for artists whose careers spanned longer time periods i.e.Sinatra,Streisand etc. I have separate world,Latin and jazz folders. My sets are made on the fly and depend on the crowd, and requests. A songbook would not work for the way I perform. Thanks again for your suggestion.

siebenhirter · Platinum Member Joined: 13 Oct 2011 Posts: 1844

bobeld@aol.com · Junior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2016 Posts: 60

siebenhirter,
Thank you for your response. Normalizing the volume of all songs (midi and mp3) will not accomplish what I want.

I want the starting volume of all the leads (patches) to be lower than it is. I know that I can set the starting volume of any particular patch (when I turn on the instrument) by saving it in My Settings - and I did that with a tenor sax patch. However, choosing another patch results in the lead sound being too loud so that it has to be adjusted each time using the slider. (I have assigned slider 8 to do the job).
With all the patches available on the Pa4x, it would be unwieldy to adjust and save all of them in My Settings. If all patches started off with volumes too low, I would not mind as much.
I was hoping for a global solution so that when I power on the instrument, all lead sounds are proportionately lower in volume. I think that altering that setting must be an option but I have not found out how to accomplish that.
Thanks again for your suggestions.

400nvd · Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 7:04 am Post subject:

Isn't it possible to use a pedal to achieve what you want?
_________________
Noël
Nord Stage 3, Korg PA4x,
HK Elements, HK Nano iPad pro

bobeld@aol.com · Junior Member Joined: 16 Feb 2016 Posts: 60

Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't explored the possibility of using a pedal. It would free my hands while playing. But I would have to remember to adjust the pedal volume every time I choose a new right hand sound just as I do now using the slider.

I'd rather have all the 1,2, and 3 sounds globally lower when I turn on the Pa4x and each time I change to a different voice. It sounds so simple to have a better balance between the styles,songs and mp3s and the lead voices, and yet I haven't found a way to achieve that.

If I could get it to work the other way, (lead sounds starting off too low), that would be an acceptable workaround. I could then use the slider (or a pedal) to raise the volume of the lead voice.

Thanks again for your suggestion