I had not noticed this behavior, so I wonder if it is something new in D4.
When I input notes, say in the Sketch > Strings staff, with NotePerformer at the playback device, the note plays very loud. This is independent of the written dynamics. It doesn’t depend on the volume, but on the velocity.
Is there a way to choose the velocity value of the notes being input?
Yeah if you have a mixed score - sketch and non sketch, the sketch still play abnormally loudly. Strings map to solo cello I think, haven’t dug into it but I don’t see anything unusual.
It’ll be due to the fact that those instruments aren’t included in NotePerformer’s expression map. Hopefully something Arne will address in his next update.