Custom soundfont with multiple instruments, each on it's own program number in the sound font - how to tell the mixer this?
Custom sound font, five instruments in it, each on a different program number. I can create a custom instrument (in this case a .drm template) and change the name, and set it to the soundfont in the mixer. But it always uses program 0. How do I tell Musescore which program to use with which instrument?
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Instead of combing them into a single file, set it up as separate files, each with a single sound at program 0.
In reply to Instead of combing them into… by Marc Sabatella
That will make redistribution to other uses far more difficult than it is today. Today it's the soundfont, the instruments file, and couple of setting changes, and they have our instruments and everything is ready to go. Now I'll have several different soundfonts, several different .drm files, and probably several different template files, with more setup necessary on the authors to get the score ready.
At least I see a path. I will see how interested everyone is in trying it before I spend more days on it.
Thanks for your help!
In reply to That will make… by Zann Darbuka
Just send a ZIP file containing all the needed components - drm, sf2, mss for style files, mscz for template, etc - in a single file. Place this in the MuseScore4 folder and unzip, and everything goes to the proper place in one shot. Shouldn't end up being anything more complicated for the user at all.
You can use a VST (like sforzando) that uses soundfonts to map the instruments,
In reply to You can use a VST (like… by Tijn Kemps
I'm not familiar with VST... is sforzando a program to create a VST or is that an example VST?
In reply to I'm not familiar with VST… by Zann Darbuka
I am not familiar with VST neither. I just downloaded it, because I know MS4 supports VST.
I can let you know after I have tested it (but that will take a while).
Btw, this situation is just temporary - the ability to select sounds within custom soundfonts directly will be returning. But for now these methods work well.
In reply to Btw, this situation is just… by Marc Sabatella
That's good to know. I will wait until MS4 is more mature and can provide this functionality again with less pain to our user group.
In reply to Btw, this situation is just… by Marc Sabatella
Great to hear that selecting sounds from a soundfont directly will return! Allthough I doubt if I will still be using soundfonts once the flaws in musesounds has been solved.