SPDS - signal to noise ratio

[tbiff]

I've had my SPD-S for two months. Despite my best efforts, the samples I create in Cubase seem to be much lower in volume than the factory preset samples. Consequently, there is a bit of a hiss through the PA at high volumes - a poor signal-to-noise ratio that is sometimes problematic.
I normalize each sample before saving it on the CF card and then importing into the SPD-S.
Re-sampling each .wav file directly in the SPD-S (and in the process boosting the signal by the maximum 400%) does seem to work, but is a major hassle when I'm importing dozens of files.
I'd prefer to get it right directly out of Cubase.
Anyone else have this problem?

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[Michael Render]

Are you normalizing via Cubase? What kind of clips? Long ones? Short ones?
I find it best to do normalization outside of Cubase. I use WaveLab and Audacity and have never had trouble with my samples.

[tbiff]

most of the .wav files are short, but I also have a few that are about 10 seconds long.
I have only used Cubase to do the normalization.
A friend of mine did the normalization in ProTools on his Mac, but the SPD-S would not import the files. I can't remember exactly the error message. That was sort of strange.
I'll attempt another means of normalization and see what happens.

[Michael Render]

Let me know how that goes. If you want me to try normalizing one of them, send me a PM.