"SOLO Selection" feature.
The one thing I want in Musescore 3 is a SOLO Selection feature. Basically, whatever I select, I want to be able to press play and hear ONLY what I have selected.
Example: In an orchestral piece, I want to select a few notes in the Violin I staff and play back just that selected region so I can hear it by itself. When I deselect the notes, all the parts play back as normal. Or, if I select some notes in the treble clef of the Piano's grand staff, I would only hear those selected notes in the treble clef.
How it works:
Make a note selection and press Alt+Spacebar.
Shortcuts:
"Normal" Playback = Spacebar
"SOLO Selection" Playback = Alt + Spacebar
Thanks!
Comments
That's an excellent idea in my opinion. You could ctrl+click notes to add instruments that will be played by Alt+spacebar.
Unfortunately this is not likely to make it into 3.0 because the program manager has said no new features, we need to fix the bugs in the existing ones.
In reply to That's an excellent idea in… by mike320
OK. Thank you very much for the reply. Have a great day!
In reply to That's an excellent idea in… by mike320
I agree it's a very good idea. And actually as far as I know we haven't quite hit feature freeze, so it's not out of the question, although I would say probably a longshot. But a nice thing about the stated plans for further development is that even if something doesn't make it into the first official 3.0 release, it is expected there will be frequent updates rather than waiting over a year between them - more like the sort of release cycle one sees with mobile apps. So a feature like that could easily be added in an update that would come out soon after. Assuming of course someone volunteers to work on this - there are plenty of other requested features consider as well.
In reply to I agree it's a very good… by Marc Sabatella
As much as this has been discussed in the past, I can't imagine there being no feature request open for it, I just can't find it. Probably haven't searched the right word.
In reply to As much as this has been… by mike320
mike320,
Yeah, I assumed this feature was requested before. (I knew I wasn't original - lol) But it is always something I am wanting in my workflow that just isn't there . . . yet. Thanks for the input!
In reply to I agree it's a very good… by Marc Sabatella
Yeah, I think it would be a helpful addition to an already AMAZING piece of software. By the way Marc, thank you so much for all your video tutorials. I absolutely love your content and love the Musescore Cafe too! I am a big fan!
In reply to Yeah, I think it would be a… by Sonic Canvas
Thanks for the kind words!
@Sonic Canvas , workaround: loop feature+Mixer?
In reply to @Sonic Canvas , workaround:… by Shoichi
Yes. Thank you. That is what I have been doing. lol :-)
I was watching JJay Berthume work in Sibelius on YouTube. He did a solo selection and I was like "I want THAT in Musescore!" . . . Hopefully one day.
Thank you for your reply. Have a great day!