Velocity & Volume strangeness in Simpler/Sampler

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sanosdole
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Velocity & Volume strangeness in Simpler/Sampler

Post by sanosdole » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:25 pm

I could not find anything in the manual about the velocity curves and settings, so i thought i share my expierence with you.

Below are the settings required to get a unity gain from Sampler on a velocity of 127:
Velocity = Volume
0% = 0db
25% = -5.7db [-6db]
50% = -11.4db [-12db]
75% = -17.1db [-18db]
100% = -22.8db [-24db]

The numbers look like a round off error.
Does anybody else think that those numbers are strange?
As the percentage and db are linear i suspect the curve to be non-linear.

PS: I always thought that the percentage setting should not affect the maximum volume, only the minimum...

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