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Loudness vs volume setting: MIDI CC7

Postby BruceV » 05 Jan 2017, 05:13

Have just characterised the volume of the Stage-2 against the master volume setting, ie. CC7. The relationship, both as millivolts pk-pk vs value and dB vs value, is a curve, I linearise against dB so that I can step in equal increments of ‘loudness’ when I send control change messages to the keyboard (typically 6dB difference between backing and lead).

I note that the curve I get with the Nord is pretty much the same as a couple of other sound producing devices that I’ve worked with in the past, a Yamaha motif rack and a Roland Integra7. It’s as if somewhere there’s a standard for this relationship. Can anyone shed any light on this, it would be good to use an official equation for my work rather than something empirically determined.

None of the manuals or MIDI guides are any help.
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