Copied Track Not Loud Enough

You could try to raise the velocity (which is different from volume, but generally results in a louder sound) of all notes. Open the region in the Editor pane, select all notes, and try to raise their velocity with the corresponding slider. (If the slider is already at the rightmost position, it means that at least one of your notes has a velocity of 128 which can't be raised further.)

Which accordion are you using?

"Polka accordion" or "Tango accordion" from the "World Music" Jam Pack?

With these instruments the volume is controled in a special way:

• Polka Accordion: Pitchbend controls volume, Velocity controls speed of attack
• Tango Accordion: Pitchbend controls volume.

You can modify the pitchbend in the track editor in the piano roll view, if you set the "View" to "Pitchbend".

Regards

Léonie

But which accordion are you using?

Sometimes it helps to look in the Loop Browser for software loops using the same instrument, and if they have satisfying dynamics, to inspect the automation curves of the loops and to simulate them.

I said I tried both.

Sorry, I misunderstood your answer. I thought you meant you had tried both Christop's and my suggestions.

You could try to raise the volume directly in the sound generator. In my GB version ('11) this is set by default to -13. If I raise this -1 the sound is much louder.

You can edit the sound generator in the "Edit" tab of the Track Info pane. Select the accordion track and click onto the keyboard icon to open the settings of the sound generator.

The accordions are described in this guide on page 18:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/garageband_3_world_music_instrument_tips.pdf

I am puzzled that the pitchbend does not longer work as described in the guide.

Another frequent cause for instruments sounding too silent is to accidentally turn on "Ducking". This can happen by accidentally pressing the keys "⇧⌘R". Then you will see yellow and blue arrows in the track head, and ducked tracks with blue arrows are very silent, while other tracks with yellow arrows are dominant.

Also, each individual track has its own "Track volume" automation curve, like the Master Track. When you copy a region, the automation might have been locked to the region, so I'd suggest to check the Track volume curve as well, if you have not already done so.

Thanks for the golden star! 🙂

I wish we could solve your problem, but this is difficult, since we cannot look into your system.

If you have checked all volume sliders and looked at the track volume curves, then I am running out of ideas.