Changing instrument sounds in the score.
Hello! I saw quite a few topics with similar names, but none were really quite the same, as they all had to do with changing the physical instrument, not the sound, as if you were going into the mixer and chaning the sound. If i just change the instrument, it changes to the default sound of whatever instrument i'm changing it to.
My question is, how do I change the instruments sound midway through a piece? I couldn't find any properties or texts to do this. :/ Any one have any thoughts?
Comments
Use an instrument change text
In reply to Use an instrument change text by Jojo-Schmitz
Well yes, but as I just said it changes the instrument sound but i can't figure out how then to change the type of sound. For instance my issue is that i'm using a fantastic orchestral sound font, and i can't change to a pizz sound via the usual way because unlike others, the two sounds aren't linked. I have to go into the mixer and change the sound. But, there is no way of doing that in the score. I can add a pizz marking, and do all that I would usually do to get the pizz sound from most other sound fonts, but it won't change because the pizz, and the tremolos are seperate sounds in the sound library and not linked to the other strings. That's a good example of why I need to switch the 'sound' mid song, but not the instrument.
In reply to Well yes, but as I just said… by runo9786
Then use the pizz. marking. Or any staff text and it's properties. Works for all instruments that do have more than one channel. For all others use instrument change
In reply to Then use the pizz. marking… by Jojo-Schmitz
Interesting. i tried doing this too but not sure where the pizz marking is. Cos i tried to put an harmonica with piano and all I heard was one instrument.
In reply to Interesting. i tried doing… by mpvick
There's a palette for those. But neither Harmonica nor piano have channels for this anyway
In reply to Neither Harmonica nor piano… by Jojo-Schmitz
ok thanks
In reply to ok thanks by mpvick
This is how the handbook explains it:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/mixer#mid-staff-change
In reply to This is how the handbook… by AndreasKågedal
thanks this is great. I never knew it existed.