Unbalanced playback volume
Hi!
I would love to if you could take a look at the playback volume, especially when it comes to choir voices, for upcoming versions. As for now the choir voices almost always needs maximum gain in the mixer inorder to not disappear behind whatever other instruments one has. But also, if going a capella I always need to bump up the gain and increase the volume on the computer to be able to hear it at the right volume level.
If you take a look at my screenshot you will see that the alto sax is decreased in gain to -6 and all the choir voices has a maximum gain at +12, and despite that it's far from a balanced sound.
Thank you for your awesome work! :)
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Comments
This issue is known ever since Muse Choir exists, yet it still hasn't been fixed!
Anyway: you'd neet to report this to the Muse Sounds people ,not here on musescore.org
In reply to This issue is known ever… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh I see! Actually, I'm pretty sure I've read this in a thread somewhere a while ago, but couldn't find it before writing this. Okay I'll check that out. Thank you :)
In reply to Oh I see! Actually, I'm… by kenjifransson
That is what the mixer is for. I wouldn't run the voices quite that high. Yes, pull down other instruments as needed. Boost the master volume. I see the voices are at mp, might be too low.
Pan your score. That will help you hear things.
In reply to That is what the mixer is… by bobjp
I shouldn’t have to do huge changes in the mixer just to be able to get a somewhat balanced sound in the score. And mp is mp, regardless of the instrument.
But yeah, it is probably better to lower the other instrument and to pan it. I just want the defaults to be better balanced that’s all
In reply to I shouldn’t have to do huge… by kenjifransson
"I just want the defaults to be better balanced that’s all"
I think that perhaps a template score would help in this case?
![SATB_panned_settings.png]( "SATB_panned_settings.png")
The attached example score already has the SATB voices panned and the organ volume reduced. These are the typical settings which I use when making choral practice files:
In reply to "I just want the defaults to… by DanielR
Thank you! A good tip. I just realized that the "Muse Choir" plug-in wasn't the original choir sound for musescore. So I uninstalled it and now the balance is better. Hopefully they'll fick the Muse Choir plug-in in the future.
In reply to Thank you! A good tip. I… by kenjifransson
"And mp is mp, regardless of the instrument." Maybe. I tend to think that dynamics are more relative than they are absolute. If the score says the 1st violin section should play mp. Does each player play mp? Or does each player play softer than mp so that the overall volume is mp? May not important. But something to think about.