Can't get a Diminuendo on a single note
In the example in the first JPG titled Oboe 1, neither the hairpin, nor the diminuendo line options work on the sustained note. Am I doing something wrong?
The hairpin diminuendo does work correctly on the 1st Violin part in the JPG titled 1st Violin, but I was able to deduce that it's due to the tremolo which the synthesiser somehow interprets as multiple notes. Once I took the tremolo off, I had the same problem as with the Oboe.
I did observe that if I break up the half note into 2 quarters without the tie, the diminuendo works, but that's not the effect that I want.
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I can't hear a picture, nor inspect score and mixer settings on it; so you'll just have to do with some generic response and if that doesn't cut it, share the actual score.
First thing to check is: Is the sound that is assigned to the instrument in the mixer the "expr" variant?
Next things to check:
* Are the instruments SND enabled (staff/part-properties)
* Are you using custom soundfonts?
* Did you change the SND CC used by the synthesizer?
In reply to I can't hear a picture, nor… by jeetee
Hello and thanks. I've attached the excerpt in question.
1) I have SND enabled.
2) I'm not using custom soundfonts
3) I did not change the SND CC . It's the default. (see graphic)
In reply to Hello and thanks. I've… by RruffLugPaw
That excerpt simply works here. For clarity I've soloed Oboe 1 and do hear the dim in m7.
To make it more clear that this works, I've changed the velocity value for the p in m8 to "5" using the inspector. Then play it again and the effect is really obvious. (Don't forget to restore the p value back to the default of 49)
In reply to That excerpt simply works… by jeetee
You know, it's weird! I hear the diminuendo in the excerpt too (which I just extracted and didn't listen to, before posting).
However, when it was included in the overall score, there was no diminuendo.
In the overall score though, I also just noticed that if I hit the "to Expr" button in the Synth dynamics tab, the first dim (measure 3) works nicely, but the second (measure 7) doesn't.
When I used a p-value of 5 in measure 8, there is a hint of a dim, but I mostly noticed a strange tremolo-like effect in the oboe and English horn.
Strange!
In reply to Hello and thanks. I've… by RruffLugPaw
On an aside, I just realised that I didn't actually assign the pizzicati to the cellos and basses using the Staff Text Properties.
In reply to On an aside, I just realised… by RruffLugPaw
Everything worked for me also. Though the violin part seemed to work better using sfz rather than sfp. So the problem must lie else ware.
In reply to Everything worked for me… by bobjp
The problem appeared to be in the overall score. Strangely, the dim worked in the excerpt. I wonder if there are some settings in the main score that are somehow messed up. The first dim works nicely now, even inteh main score when I hit the "to Expr" button in the Synth Dynamics tab, but the 2nd dim still doesnt work.
In reply to The problem appeared to be… by RruffLugPaw
So there is something hidden somewhere. We need the whole score to find it.
In reply to So there is something hidden… by bobjp
Thanks. I was able to fix the problem by adjusting the velocities of each of the parts. The tremolos are always problematic. I wonder if there's a soundfont that addresses this problem.