I'm sorry if I don't get how it works immediately, but this is really a complicate matter.
Two things I noticed:
- Mixed various orchestral instruments, with just the Main mics turned on and set to 0dB. No additional reverb. All MIDI volume controls set at the same level. The resulting image sounds realistic, if one knows how a raw recording sounds.
- The presets supplied by VSL have different MIDI Volume settings. They also have different Main mics settings, as well as different values for the other mics. I wonder why there isn't a reference mic pair set at the same level in all the presets. Would it be possible? Would it make sense? Would it allow to set the MIDI Volume at the same level in all the presets?
If setting some reference mics at the same level (be them the Main or the Surround ones), I would probably adjust the level of all the mics proportionally, so that the reference mics are aligned between presets, and the other mics preserve the same balance as in the original presets.
As a result, I hope to get the same starting MIDI Volume in all the presets, and the same level for all the Room mics, as if they were the same pair getting the same coherent image of the orchestra.
Paolo