From 35ad102a6a7ba7ed3243ee0546f5ec706dbb3913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: paulfd <paulfd@outlook.fr>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:22:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Apply a small base gain to avoid clipping

---
 sources/Defaults.h   | 2 +-
 sources/StereoSpan.h | 6 ++++++
 sources/Voice.h      | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sources/Defaults.h b/sources/Defaults.h
index b7208ba0..45de4c8b 100644
--- a/sources/Defaults.h
+++ b/sources/Defaults.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Default
     inline constexpr Range<uint8_t> ccTriggerValueRange{ 0, 127 };
 
     // Performance parameters: amplifier
-    inline constexpr float volume { 0.0 };
+    inline constexpr float volume { -3.0 };
     inline constexpr Range<float> volumeRange { -144.0, 6.0 };
     inline constexpr Range<float> volumeCCRange { -144.0, 6.0 };
     inline constexpr float amplitude { 100.0 };
diff --git a/sources/StereoSpan.h b/sources/StereoSpan.h
index b3fa3550..561c4320 100644
--- a/sources/StereoSpan.h
+++ b/sources/StereoSpan.h
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ public:
         ::applyGain<Type>(gain, rightBuffer);
     }
 
+    void applyGain(Type gain) noexcept
+    {
+        ::applyGain<Type>(gain, leftBuffer);
+        ::applyGain<Type>(gain, rightBuffer);
+    }
+
     void readInterleaved(absl::Span<const Type> input) noexcept
     {
         ASSERT(input.size() <= static_cast<size_t>(numChannels * numFrames));
diff --git a/sources/Voice.h b/sources/Voice.h
index e11ae666..c2dce465 100644
--- a/sources/Voice.h
+++ b/sources/Voice.h
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ public:
         egEnvelope.getBlock(tempSpan1.first(numSamples));
         buffer.applyGain(tempSpan1);
 
+        buffer.applyGain(baseGain);
+
         if (!egEnvelope.isSmoothing())
             reset();
     }