How do I make unisono passages sound balanced?

[perotinus1983]

Hi, I'm quite new to Finale so sorry if this is a dumb question or on the wrong board.

I wrote an arrangement for TTBB choir in which there are several primes and unisono passages. On playback, they sound ridiculously loud. Is there a way to avoid this?

For example, in the attached snip, "The trumpet" is unisono while on "sounds" is a chord. So the first three notes f-a-c sounds louder because there's four voices singing the same notes, then "sounds" sounds much softer as each voice has their own note.

I prefer differently, but more importantly I'd like to make a practise .mus file (my singers use Finale Reader 2012) or extract a midi in which the sound is stable throughout the whole.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

[miker]

There is no automatic way to do that.

When I make tracks for singers, I use the mixer to emphasize the primary part and pan it to one side, while the other three parts are at a lower volume, and panned to the other.

[perotinus1983]

Thanks miker. I do likewise, and then it doesn’t matter, but when exporting a file that isn’t specific to a part, or a file where all but one part are audible - to have them singing along without hearing their own part, the fanatics they are - the problem still occurs. It’s not the end of the world, but still it’s not aesthetically pleasing.

Thanks for your response

[miker]

Agreed. But I don't think there is a solution, other than applying dynamics to each part for balance.