Output volume of imported sample

[maestrosteve]

Last night, I finally decided to record some of my sounds/samples from a few different older Kurzweil keyboards into Logic Pro, and then use the Nord Sample Editor version 3 to get those sounds into my Nord Electro 6. Of course today they updated the Version 3 software and I’ll be using and trying that out tonight to see how different it behaves, but I do have a question in case someone might have an answer.

Some of the sounds I imported, although they appear to be recorded at correct levels, and then normalized, still have a lower than I’d want volume output with the sample volume control turned all the way up. They sound great, just lower in volume. Not a lot lower, but lower in volume than other patches. Again, they were normalized, as a group.

Aside from maybe normalizing each individual note, or doing some editing where I lower the peaks of some of the sounds and then normalize to get a higher output level, can you think of any way to increase the output level? That kind of editing is probably not a good idea and sure to change the character of the sound.

Steve

[maestrosteve]

Maybe also try normalising while its still in Logic. Before transfering to the sample editor.
This has worked for me. A touch of compresion may also help.

[maestrosteve]

Yes, please try to normalize the source wave files (if not done so already), please let us know if this has improved the volume

[maestrosteve]

Thanks to the above people for responding. I did mentioned that I normalize the files (didn't say that I did it while still in Logic, but I did) before bouncing them to .wav files. I even opened them in other audio editing programs where I felt I could get a better look at them and the samples were as hot as they could be.
I'll tell you what did work for me because it might help someone in the future. I had not previously used the Nord sample editing software until version 3, so I don't know how this may have worked before, but now I see an option in the sample editing program to increase the output volume. On the lower right of the screen, it says "Level" with a plus and minus sign, where you can decrease or increase the level up to 6db. I don't know if it was always there and I just never noticed it, but I did notice it last night, and that was what fixed my levels, even after I had them as hot as they could be without going into the red.

Thanks again to Normski and Schorsch for responding.


Steve