Key sensitivity not detected? (solved)

Terpal · Post by **Terpal** » 12-14-21 4:34 am

Hi,

I started using Synthesia recently with a M-Audio Keystation 49 MK3 MIDI keyboard controller. However, despite the touch sensitivity of the keys working in DAWs like Ableton Live Lite (i.e. the volume scales with how hard I press the keys), the same doesn't happen in Synthesia. It seems binary in Synthesia - either I hit the key or not - it doesn't at all care how hard I pressed the keys, it'll always play at the same volume.

Is this expected? Or is there something I can do to get the key sensitivity working? This is on Windows 10 with game version 10.8.5686.

Cheers!
Terpal

Bavi_H · Post by **Bavi_H** » 12-14-21 5:50 am

It looks like you can change Settings → Gameplay → Note Loudness to "Match My Input" (instead of the default "Get Loudness From Song").

Terpal · Post by **Terpal** » 12-14-21 6:06 am

Bavi_H wrote: ↑12-14-21 5:50 am It looks like you can change Settings → Gameplay → Note Loudness to "Match My Input" (instead of the default "Get Loudness From Song").

Already have this set, unfortunately.

Terpal · Post by **Terpal** » 12-14-21 6:40 am

Ah, I found the issue. I had boosted the keyboard volume to 200% in the Synthesia settings when I first started because it sounded so quiet. Turns out that for some reason removes any sensitivity and each keystroke just sounds the same as a result, when you do that. Reducing that down to 100% fixes the issue!