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Elson Trinidad wrote:
> 
> 
> One of my peeves with the AN1x is the inconsistent voume levels of patches.
> Some patches are quiet and muted, while others turn my ported speakers into
> air conditioning systems. I wanna go in and normal them so most everything
> that comes out of my AN1x stays at a consistent volume level. Has anyone
> done this? What's the best way to do this?
> 
Yeah, I typically do two things:  1) I always check the Volume level
under the VCA.  I typically adjust it upwards of 127 unless I've a
multi-oscillator / duel scene voice cranked through an effect with lots
of Gain.  Then I'll take a few moments to adjust the VCA Volume
accordingly.  I'll often leave it set around 117 to leave some headroom
for duel sounds.

2)  Check the VCO1 and VCO2 Levels under MIX/VCF.  I'd recommend
sticking to the VCA Volume whenever possible rather than (mal)adjust the
VCO balance levels.  This is basically the difference between MIDI CC #7
(Volume) vs. MIDI CC #8 (Balance).

Jon

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