drum tracks change volumes across clips

[dk1187]

hello, i'm using ableton live 8.1. i drew out and arranged all the different clips for my drum track, tweaked a few things here and there, then realized that the bass and snare drums get a few decibels louder/quieter on certain clips. i checked over all the volumes and envelopes for everything, all the settings and can't find any reason for the bass/snare drums to be getting louder/quieter on some clips. i forget every little thing i did to the drum track but i don't think i did anything that would make that happen. i'm using ableton's built in drum kit (sessiondrylite-stick) and it stays like that even when i switch out the drum kit. i need all the drums to be consistent in volume so it will be easier to work with, and i can't adjust the volumes for the drums across all the clips because it wouldn't be precise and it's too tedious. how did this happen and how can i get the drums to be the same default volume across all the clips? thanks

[GMC]

Have you checked to make sure the velocity is the same for all the MIDI notes? If not, higher velocities = more volume on each hit.

You can put a "velocity" parameter (under MIDI section in menu bar) in the beginning of your chain and set it to 100 max output. That would let you know immediately if it is a velocity issue.

[dk1187]

thanks a lot, i didn't even know about the velocity tool. it appears it was the velocity and i was able to get all the hits the same volume. thanks for the help!