Varying piano volumes

Hi Folks,
I’m a little confused as to the way Dorico assigns volumes to notes in the piano staff.
There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the assigned volume levels. In the same bar note volumes vary wildly.

Am I missing something?

Oh by the way, I’m using a mouse to enter the notes.

Maybe uncheck this under Library->Playback Options.

Jesper

Hi Jesper,

I had a look and it’s already checked.

This what I mean.

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It should be unchecked.

Jesper

Hi Jesper,

Tried that to no effect.

This is what I have.


The numbers in the squares are the MIDI volume values.

Thanks.

Also turn off this under Library->Playback Options->Dynamics.

If it’s a MIDI Import or if you enter notes with a MIDI keyboard, you can select all, then Play->Reset Playback Overrides.

Jesper

Before:

After:

You can pm me the file if you want.

That won’t affect the volume; but there are certainly faster and easier methods.

Using the mouse I’m afraid it does effect the volume and in a random way. as I have shown :frowning:

Did you also turn off the other checkbox I showed in my previous post?
“Use pitch contour emphasis”

Jesper

You’ve shown that the note velocity is varying; but the cause is as yet undetermined.

If you want to PM me a document, I’d be happy to have a look at it.

I’m pretty sure it’s the “Use pitch contour emphasis”
You can see the velocities vary according to pitch.

Jesper

Uncheck this box under Library->Playback Options->Dynamics. @OzMazAU

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