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Lovely Composer

A playful music creation tool that like a game console music editor · By 1oogames

Second sound layer doesn't play / playing the same note twice

A topic by Frazerx01 created Oct 24, 2022 Views: 150 Replies: 1
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Hello,

so first up, great program! Got me hooked immediately. :)

I have a little problem: If i place the exact same notes of the same instrument in two separate parts, only one plays.

I wanted to have "double the impact", but i doesn't work.  Tried to lower the volume of one. Made  one part only play left/right but then it only sounds off. If you intended it to be limited in that regard and work as "only one instrument", than that's okay, just wanted to ask if it might be possible.

Sorry, i know the title is ambiguous, didn't know how to describe it.

Developer (2 edits)

Hello, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Sorry if my answer is wrong.

First, layering the same instrument at the same pitch sounds like a bit increase the volume of one note.

This is because two exactly the same waveform are played with exactly the same timing, so you only hear one sound. It doesn't sound like the volume has doubled either. 

If you want to get a loud volume, it is more effective to raise the volume value from ”C" to "F" than layering sounds.

Also, if you want to make it sound like two sounds are playing, it is good to change the insturument and layer it. It is also effective to change the pitch by octave.