Q: Loaded Instruments Too Quiet in Logic Pro X
Hi,
Firstly here is my setup:
Mac
iMac 21.5-inch, Late 2012
3.1GHz Intel Core i7
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB
OS X 10.9.4
Logic
Logic Pro X
Version 10.0.7
I use Logic with Kontakt and PLAY for loading different sample libraries.
PLAY version 4.1.8
Kontakt version 5.3.1.37
(As far as I know; all of this is as up to date as it can be as of the time of writing)
Now the problem:
Very simply put, instruments seem to be loading from either Kontakt or PLAY at low volumes, when they never have before. The reason I have asked this question in a Logic forum is because I have started to notice Logic only instruments doing the same thing. For example, the default software instrument: Classic Electric Piano, nearly always loads quietly. I have to select another instrument, then go back to the Classic Electric Piano for it to load at the correct volume.
Now to expand on this issue, I notice that the levels of the track indicated in Logic are still at a reasonable volume - and supposedly as high/loud as other instruments. But when I play notes on the quieter track the output volume through my iMac's builtin speakers is extremely low. In order to counteract this, I have been turning up the volume for these quiet tracks in the mix, as well as adding compression to increase the volume - but the downside of this is that the overall quality of the instrument is lost because it also turns up all the other things in the track (i.e. natural reverb, feedback and fuzziness) that would normally be unheard when the instrument plays at the correct volume.
I hope I have explained this well enough. It is hard to describe what happens without you actually hearing the difference. I do not really know what has caused this to happen - is it Logic? PLAY? Kontakt? Or even my builtin speakers? Do I need some external ones? - and it seems to have started quite randomly. It also seems to randomly happen on any instrument in either Logic, PLAY or Kontakt.
Hopefully someone will have some idea of what I can do to fix this problem and return my instrument's to their default output volume without the need for compression.
Thanks,
and with kind regards,
Charles
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
Posted on Jul 23, 2014 4:05 AM