Certain instruments not playing
I cannot hear flute or Hammond organ in any score (there may be many other instruments with this same issue but I have not checked exhaustively, those are just the ones I used) when I select/place a note, in playback, or in exported files. I've done everything I can think of other than reverting to factory settings, including fiddling with the mixer and uninstalling and reinstalling MuseScore. I don't want to reset to factory settings just yet if there's a better solution, so any help would be appreciated.
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Does this play?
Test.mscz
In reply to Does this play? [inline… by Jm6stringer
It does not.
Did you perhaps replace the standard soundfont with a custom one that lacks these sounds? See View / Synthesizer, and be sure the first soundfont listed is either MuseScore_General or some other General MIDI soundfont.
It could be that you formerly used a non-standard soundfont and used the Mixer to select its sounds, but that soundfont isn't there any more. In which case, resetting to the default sound in the Mixer is there right way to go. Be sure to choose the "Expr" version of any sound that supports it, if your staff is set to use single note dynamics in Staff/Part Properties (flute would be by default, organ might or might not be).
If you continue to have trouble, please attach one score you are having trouble with so we can investigate.
In reply to Did you perhaps replace the… by Marc Sabatella
The organ still does not play in the Expr. version. The only soundfont listed is MuseScore_General. The only thing I have configured with the sounds is MDL, but I uninstalled that, to no avail. Here is a file with Hammond Organ.
In reply to The organ still does not… by starrgate16
The issue is also with the saxophones.
In reply to The issue is also with the… by starrgate16
What? Now the saxophones don't play?
Are they muted in your Mixer?
Have you tried using a different GM soundfont?
In reply to The organ still does not… by starrgate16
You should mention that one of the Electric Pianos changes instrument to Hammond Organ on page 16.
In reply to The organ still does not… by starrgate16
I have opened the file you attached., Which specific measure of which specific staff is not playing for you? I don't see an organ part offhand.
In reply to I have opened the file you… by Marc Sabatella
The electric piano changes instrument later on in the score. Furthermore the saxes aren't making sound for me. (Apologies for late response.)
In reply to It changes instrument later… by starrgate16
Please, again, tell us a specific measure, a specific staff, a specific note. Its' a big score, and we volunteers here only have so much time available to offer help. The more specific you can be, the easier for us to help.
In reply to Please, again, tell us a… by Marc Sabatella
The electric piano staff (second from top) from measure 27 to the end, and the entirety of the alto and tenor sax staves. Every single note within those staves.
In reply to The electric piano staff … by starrgate16
Measure 27 plays fine for me. i verified by soloing the staff in the mxier, also by turning down down the other staves, also by actually remove the notes from the other staves. It is definitely playing. I used the same approach to verify the alto saxophone plays - for example in measure 9.
All my synthesizer settings are at the default. So if you try the same thing I tried and you still don't hear anything, then presumably your synthesizer settings are at fault, so a revert to factory settings would seem in order.
IN my version (4) the tenor sax (downloaded from Muse Sounds) only plays some notes of the score...it seems like the system can not keep up with the speed of the part. The playback skip some notes or entire bars...
I also tried to reinstall the entire soundbank but it is not clear how to uninstall the previous one.
The tenor sax is the only instrument which suffer of this problem...all the others in the bank work fine.
Not a big issue anyway.