Hello all, I'm running Finale 26.1.0.397 on Windows 10. I'm working on an orchestra score and having a hard time balancing my ensemble. In particular, I can't seem to get the Violins 2 KS patch in Garritan to play back at a reasonable volume. It seems that no matter what I do, it sounds ten times louder than it should. I have tried the following:
- Double-checked that it is given the correct expression for dynamics.
- Reduced its volume in the score manager, often to a fraction of what the other string section patches are set at.
- Loaded the overzealous Violins 2 KS into its own bank so I could further adjust it down.
Doing all of this, and setting the bank volume to 10 in the VST Bank & Effects dialog while the other string patches are set in a bank with a volume closer to 50 nearly equalizes it at low dynamics. But when I play it back at anything stronger than mf and it still dominates. It seems like there is something going on that is causing it to be ear-splittingly loud. Any ideas out there? I am using Human Playback, on the standard setting.
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