Hey Luke,
 
As far as I know, the only way to do what you want is to open each soundfont with swami and edit the volume of each soundfont by hand. Then (this would be a personal preference) pack it all into one 128 instrument bank and then switch instruments via program select midi messages.
 
Out of interest, which soundfonts/bristol synths are you using? If the soundfonts are freely available/redistributable, I might download them and try and normalise them for you.
 
Andrew.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Luke Peterson <luke.peterson@gmail.com> wrote:
Howdy folks,

I am in need of wisdom: I have a dozen or so soundfonts I play in a live performance situation, each with their own average, max, and min dbs. I need to normalize each of these soundfonts to an average gain and similar range, so that I don't get hit in the head by a beer at my next show.

Any tools out there that'll let me do this? I am playing through qsynth/fluidsynth and have a master gain but nothing (afaics) that allows me to give a preset gain with each patch -- so I need to (i think) unpack and re-build each soundfont with a goal volume range in mind, then use the master gain in qsynth to bring me up to a normal volume with bristol (which I also use, and is independently adjustable).

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Luke

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