chords track name in mixer is confusing (documentation issue?)
A minor documentation bug (i think).
I'm using MuseScore-3.6.0.423675897-x86_64.AppImage and had the same problem with MuseScore-3.5.2.312125617-x86_64.AppImage
I can enter lettered chords just fine and they show up above the stave, and they play back great (once i enabled them).
I want to independently adjust the volume of the chords and the first stave.
According to https://musescore.org/en/handbook/playback-chord-symbols-nashville-numb…
I should find a track in the mixer labelled as "chord syms" but i see instead -arco, -pizzacato, -tremulo and -harmony .
I eventually figured out that -harmony adjusted the chords.
Perhaps someone could update the above mentioned webpage? and/or change the name in the mixer to be more obvious?
Thanks so much for all your excellent work!
Comments
Very important
A picture is worth a thousand words though.
Indeed, the Handbook is incorrect, the channel is called "harmony". I think there was a plan at one point to change it but that never happened? Assuming this is just how it is, the Handbook should be updated.
Well, the original name and text in the source code is "harmony", but it gets translated into "Chord syms.", even for "English (US)". And prior to releasing 3.5.2 it had been forgotten to include those updated translations... you should be able to do so now though.
I've now amended that the handbook to mention both possibilities.
In reply to Well, the original name and… by Jojo-Schmitz
As far as I can tell my translations are up to date (Help / Resource Manager and Edit / Preferences don't suggest otherwise), and I still see "harmony" in 3.6 beta.
In reply to As far as I can tell my… by Marc Sabatella
Beta doesn't get any updated translations... Not yet
In reply to Beta doesn't get any updated… by Jojo-Schmitz
What does "updated" mean, here, though? I assumed it meant, it doesn't see changes made post 3.5.2. But the claim here seems to be that this changed was already in 3.5.2. But I don't see it there either.
In reply to What does "updated" mean,… by Marc Sabatella
Updating translalations just doesn't work, not for 3.5 nor for 3.6
That string got translated before 3.5.2, but after 3.5.0 IIRC (or during its Alpha/Beta/RC phase). And neither 3.5.1 nor 3.5.2 pulled in the latest translations into the repository
In reply to Well, the original name and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for amending the handbook.
I tried changing the language from "System" to English(US) and also hit the update translations button and it still says -harmony in the mixer ... i'm wondering if there is something wrong with the translation mechanism since you say it should be translated... am i missing out on anything else that should have been translated?
Not really worried about it :~)
I'm running version 3.5.2 ... i also tried it with the 3.6 beta (on a throwaway copy of my file) and same thing.
In reply to Thanks for amending the… by TeoMerrill
Darn, the system to update translations is even more broken than I thought it to be :-(
See also #311748: Updated translations don't show in MuseScore