Thank you, Gilles and Valentin. I'll look into what settings I can change with fluidsynth.
I did try the "\set Staff.midiMinimumVolume = #0.2" and the " \set Staff.midiMaximumVolume = #0.8" idea; it seemed to help a little. Thanks! On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:03 AM Valentin Petzel <valen...@petzel.at> wrote: > > 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 <kennethwolc...@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
