Resetting default instrument selection.
Musescore 2.1
When I go to instrument selection, Musescore is set to "common" instruments by default.
Is there a way to change this to say, "All Instrument" and have this set as default.
I have started using the Electronic set quite a bit lately, and find it frustrating to continually having to drop down the menu to select all instruments to get to the electronic set.
I used to know how to change the default but my memory is not what it used to be, the obvious is usually the last thing that I think of.
Alex.
Comments
I don't think such a setting does (yet) exist
In reply to I don't think such a setting… by Jojo-Schmitz
"I have started using the Electronic set quite a bit lately, and find it frustrating to continually having to drop down the menu to select all instruments to get to the electronic set."
No need to drop down the menu. Type "synt" or simply "syn" in the search field, and all the electronic set is available immediatly.
![syn.jpg]( "syn.jpg")
In reply to "I have started using the… by cadiz1
Thanks for that, for the synth set that will work fine, but there are still a large number of instruments that can only be selected from the "all instruments" menu.
Will just have to wait and see if there is a option in the future to change the default.
Alex.
In reply to Thanks for that, for the… by murray45a
Using that search field always switches to all instruments
In reply to I don't think such a setting… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, will just have to be patient and hope that one day it will happen.
Alex.
Yeah, I like the idea and have thought the same thing about wishing I could automatically have "all instruments" seen when selecting a new instrument to use.
In reply to Yeah, I like the idea and… by Adria Sorensen
Within a session MuseScore remembers which instruments list you choose. Perhaps an option to always show a specific list does make sense but there are not in my opinion enough options on this list to make it make sense. What I mean, is there are currently only 6 instrument lists and the only specific genres listed are Classical and Jazz. If there were a way to customize this list so You can have (just as an example) a Baroque orchestra added to the list it would make sense for you to be able to default to the Baroque orchestra list or any other list that has been defined. One could argue that you could use a template, but I would respond that the list of instruments in a barque orchestra changed almost every time a composer put pen to paper it would be just as easy to create a new baroque orchestra every time you create a new score as it would be to use a template. This is true of many genres. The Jazz genre list has most instruments used in jazz music. This makes it easy to create a jazz score.