Playback out of sync
Hey everybody,
I'm writing a piece for voice and piano. For whatever reason the soundfont for the voice is out of sync with the piano soundfont. Rhythmically everything lines up where it's supposed to, but the voice is just a little bit behind. Maybe it's because I was an opera singer for a little over a decade so I'm accustomed to "coming in early" (we're trained to have the vowel land on the note, so the consonants have to come in ever-so-slightly early), but I know this is going to make it sound terrible when I render it as an mp3. Any suggestions?
https://musescore.com/user/37148321/scores/6672565/s/xZ6HOu?share=copy_…
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An image won't help indeed, we can't heare images. But the score might help...
In reply to An image won't help indeed,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Please see the link added to the original post.
Most likely, it's just a matter of the sound you are using for the vocal part having a slow attack that doesn't reach full volume until a few milleseconds after the onset of the note.
Easiest fix would be to use View / Mixer to select a different sound for the vocal staff, one with a quicker attack. A lot of people like using woodwind or stringed instruments, for example. That still won't make it come in early, but it won't appear as if it were late, either.
Again, for further assistance, best to attach your score.
In reply to Most likely, it's just a… by Marc Sabatella
Please see the link I just added to the original post.
In reply to Most likely, it's just a… by Marc Sabatella
Looks like your score is private. Anyhow, it's much easier for us if you attach it directly here.
just create a shadow bar for the piano and let it play 1/16th or 1/32nd behind the voice, mute the original piano bar.
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The solution that I've found that personally works for me is to duplicate whichever voice part you feel is sluggish but using the MS basic sound so that you have both MS4 and MS Basic sounds playing and then messing with balance in the mixer until it sounds better. I personally have the MS Basic lower than the MS4 sound. It's not perfect but I feel as though it makes the voices feel less sluggish since the MS Basic provides an instant attack. I also messed around with panning by creating 3 soprano parts one panned left, another right, and one center and then having one MS basic soprano sound panned center with the MS4 and MS Basic sopranos panned center mixed lower than the MS4 voices panned left and right and it sounds much better in my opinion so maybe that could help as well?
In reply to The solution that I've found… by jacdiazg20
No problems on my system. But we should wait for a score.
In reply to No problems on my system… by bobjp
This was like 2 years ago. I wonder what happened to them. I hope they're okay.