Changing Piano Sound
I wrote a part for piano and then changed it to one of the synth sounds. Even though it doesn't show it, I am still hearing the piano sound in addition to the synth sound. How do I get rid of the piano sound?
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It was a known issue, fixed for the version 4.3.1: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/22757
What version version are you running? You have just to update.
In reply to It was a known issue, fixed… by cadiz1
I just updated and lost the entire piece of music. The only thing that remains is the first two measures. Please tell me I can get this back.
In reply to I just updated and lost the… by davery5872
An update can never alter or lose a file, so forget about it. It's in the folder where you last saved it. Look for it again.
In reply to An update can never alter or… by cadiz1
I saved the piece in a folder on my desktop in version 4.3. When I open it, it opens in 4.3.1 and is now blank. I have been working on several different versions, this one for the past week. All the other versions are OK. The version that is blank has many more blank measures than the piece actually was. It looks like my work was deleted and blank measures were added. It is also 183kb, My other versions are between 50kb and 55kb, I have not restarted my laptop.
In reply to I saved the piece in a… by davery5872
Again, an update cannot delete or add blank measures in a file! The reason is elsewhere. And about Piano vs. Synth sounds?
In reply to Again, an update cannot… by cadiz1
Is there a way to revert to previous versions of a file in musescore?
In reply to Is there a way to revert to… by davery5872
Please post the blank score.
In reply to Is there a way to revert to… by davery5872
Is there a way to revert to previous versions of a file in musescore?
uninstall, then install an older version. But that won't recover an older version of the score file...
If you had save it to musescore.com, you could recover an older version of it from there
In reply to uninstall, then install an… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for all the suggestions. I finally figured out what happened. When I opened the file with the new program it created 900 measures before my work. My work was there, it was just at the end of 900 measures.
In reply to Thanks for all the… by davery5872
900 measures?! Glad to hear you got your score back. But then again, an update (it's NOT a "new program", just un update) - whether it fixes bugs, includes or improves features - has strictly no power to act on the content of any given file, in particular to remove or add measures.
Just imagine the mess and user complaints if that were the case!
This is necessarily due to your intervention at some point.
In reply to 900 measures?! Glad to hear… by cadiz1
Interesting that you keep blaming the OP for this problem. Who knows what actually happened. Don't forget that for someone who has never used MuseScore, 4.3.1 is not an "update". It is the same installer for everyone. Of course a program shouldn't be able to alter the contents of a file on its own. But MU4 has done some odd things.
In reply to Interesting that you keep… by bobjp
Seriously, an update, and magically, a particular file would contain 900 more measures!? Would you believe it yourself for a second? It's not blaming an OP for making a mistake or confusing files. We all make them. But accepting to read without saying anything that Musescore would pervert files to this extent during an update, apart from the fact that it's not possible, does no one any favors.
In reply to Seriously, an update, and… by cadiz1
I have no idea how those measures got there. You did blame the OP for some kind of intervention. Several times.
I have seen plenty of posts about one particular file having some kind of problem (and all the rest are fine) after installing a new version (what you call an update) of MuseScore. Everyone's computer is different. Everyone may or may not take good care of their system. Normally we would do a reboot after installing new software, but don't always remember.
In reply to I have no idea how those… by bobjp
MuseScore modifying an existing score during a version update is plain imposible.
Existing score may not open properly in a newer version, due to problems in either the score or the new version, but that's clearly not the case here.
So with about 99.999% probability the user just fat-fingered the score, before or after the update. These things happen all the time.
In reply to MuseScore modifying an… by Jojo-Schmitz
Interesting. Speaking as a fat finger expert, I'd say someone would have to fall asleep and face-plant into the keyboard to add 900 measures. I sometimes have a hard time adding measures on purpose.
In reply to Interesting. Speaking as a… by bobjp
Select (first) measure, Ctrl+Ins, 9, 0, 0, Enter
In reply to Select (first) measure, Ctrl… by Jojo-Schmitz
Fortunate for me, then, my keyboard doesn't have an Ins key :)
In reply to Fortunate for me, then, my… by bobjp
I think all computer keyboards have Ins keys, but sometimes they are not obvious. Usually they are
It's possible you could have a keyboard that doesn't have one (almost anything is possible), but I've never seen such a keyboard in nearly 40 years of doing computer support.
In reply to I think all computer… by TheHutch
Nope. No big deal. I've never used it.
In reply to Nope. No big deal. I've… by bobjp
Mine is called 'einfg'
In reply to Mine is called 'einfg.' by Jojo-Schmitz
Jojo. If I had a button labeled "einfg" I'd use it all the time. I don't care what it did.
In reply to Jojo. If I had a button… by bobjp
bobjp: *LMAO* That's better than Volkswagen's "Fahrvergnügen"!!!
In reply to Jojo. If I had a button… by bobjp
Get yourself a German keyboard then ;-)
In reply to Nope. No big deal. I've… by bobjp
Yeah, it's used very rarely. In MS Word (and, I think, in Excel too?), the Ins key toggles between "Insert" and "Overwrite" modes: "Overwrite" is used very rarely (in my experience).
In MuseScore, Ins appears to be used in two default shortcuts: Ins, by itself, is "Insert one measure before selection" and Ctrl+Ins is "Insert measures before selection". Both of which have readily available menu options, which I almost always use. Oh, I see that the first even has a button in the Layout palette.