MIDI stuff not loud enough

When I bounce MIDI stuff to audio, the audio is never loud enough.

My Alesis QuadraSynth is flat out and I bump all velocities to the max but the bounce is still very quiet.

I've been adding db with the Process > Audio command but there must be a better way?

I've got the MOTU Traveler interface.

Thanks - rev

tell us about your signal routing from the synth to the soundcard.  exactly how do you have it connected?

Right

Well heres a tip, MOTU ships everything witha  think called Cuemix its a graphical representation of the mixer within the Traveller accessable from you're computer.

It enable you to change configurations from your PC really easily when its hooked up to the motu via Firewire (a lot easier than navigating via the knobs on the Travellers faceplate trust me)

Open cue mix, you will see all the available channels/inputs, locate the ones you are using for you're keyboard and you will see that there is a -10 and +4 buttons above those channels, check that the minus 10 is not clicked (could also be the source of you're problem) and then check +4.

Seriously this is the easiest and quickest way to rectify you're problem and its really worth learning the cuemix software becuase you can get a lot out of it in terms of doing 0 latency monitoring and other cool tricks. Its not that scary really, it looks very similar to the mixer set up in Sonar, only less complicated :)

G

I have a Nonasyth which is pretty much like the Quad. I don't bounce it, I record it. In fact, how do you bounce the Quadrasynth?  Doesn't your sound come analogue from the synth? I also have the problem that the volume is low in spite of running it through a mixer and boosting. Too much boosting distorts it. Solve it by normalizing after recording it.
John