Hi --
I'm actively investigating a "mystery" and thought I would post the situation here. If anyone has encountered this situation before, I'm all ears.
In a nutshell, I'm step entering chords into the chord track of Genos Song Creator (MIDI Multi Recording). This is a great way to sketch out a song starting from a lead sheet, sheet music, etc.
No problems entering chords, previewing the result, etc. in Song Creator. I touch (tap) "Expand" and then save the MIDI file to USB.
When I play the MIDI song back, however, the volume is low -- waaaay low. Checking the mixer, the overall SONG level is 100, the individual part levels all look reasonable. In fact, I checked the part levels against the channel volume (CC#7) for each part in the style (GospelSisters.Txxx.prs) and the part levels are correct.
I loaded the MIDI file into Sonar and noticed one potential problem and pattern. Each track (part) has an expression (CC#11) event at the beginning and the expression levels are small -- 40 or less. This observation suggests that the CC#11 expression levels are turning down the volume (effectively) for each part.
I've got more experiments to try. 1. I'm going to edit the MIDI file and set all of the expression levels higher (like 100 or 120). 2. I'm going to take the same MIDI chord track file and expand it on the PSR-S950 to see if I get the same result.
Has anyone encountered this situation? I'd like to tell Genos, "Stop doing that!"
where "that" means inserting the CC#11 events and turning down the part volume (if that is indeed the root cause).
Thanks for your comments and ideas!
-- pj