Patch in the mixer
Isn't there a more familiar term?
I liked better the old 'Sound'.
Do you still have an unanswered question? Please log in first to post your question.
Isn't there a more familiar term?
I liked better the old 'Sound'.
Do you still have an unanswered question? Please log in first to post your question.
Comments
"Patch" is the term in standard use (in English, anyhow) to select sounds ever since the first modular synthesizers started to appear in the 1960's. But I agree it doesn't mean much to someone not accustomed to electronic music/
In reply to "Patch" is the term in… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, a technical term. But we often use it to indicate the correction of a defect (originally in punch cards).
In Roma they would say pecetta ;-)
Any better alternatives that we can find some consensus on? I don't like "Patch" either...
"Sound" sounds ;-) fine to me, esp.as it has been used and as such been etablished in MuseScore before
In reply to Any better alternatives that… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sound did not seem despicable to me. Opinions in mother tongue?
In reply to Sound did not seem… by Shoichi
Thanks, I just learned a new word ;-)
"Sound" in 2.x used to be translated to "Klang" in German
In reply to Thanks, I just learned a new… by Jojo-Schmitz
Maybe we're just disquisendo ;-)
In reply to Thanks, I just learned a new… by Jojo-Schmitz
"Sound" sounds good to me.
OK, changed to "Sound" then, added to https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/5225
There are some occurrences of "Patch" where it may make sense to keep them, being the correct technical term esp. in their context (together with "Channel", "Program", "Bank"), same goes for "~no patch~". But then again thex are used in the same dialog as "Sound", so should better be kept in sync.
In reply to OK, changed to "Sound" then,… by Jojo-Schmitz
I'm proceeding (a neuron who survived office hours) I'll try to check it out later...
In reply to OK, changed to "Sound" then,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Preset or Instrument is better.
In reply to Preset or Instrument is… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Instrument is not good, Preset again too technical (and then even wrong, I believe)
In reply to Instrument is not good,… by Jojo-Schmitz
I believe Sound is the most accurate. The instrument will sound like a... when you select it. This is the only thing it does. There is no transposition or any other modifications to the actual instrument that might be implied by other words.
In reply to Instrument is not good,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Roland: uses "Tone" and sometimes "Instrument" terms
Tone List: SOUND Canvas VA has tones (Instruments) on following lists.
Yamaha: uses "Voices" term.
Rhythm Voices, GM LEVEL-2 VOICES
Korg: uses "Program" and "Sound"
Featured HD-1 sounds, GM2 main Programs
Soundfonts uses "Preset" term.
Preset - A keyboard full of sound. Typically the collection of samples and articulation data associated
with a particular MIDI preset number
OK I gave up :)
Use whatever you want.
There's no agreement even among big companies.
I'm a person who rejects his offer himself. :D
In reply to Preset or Instrument is… by Ziya Mete Demircan
The main disadvantage of "instrument" as I see it is that this term means something different already in MuseScore. You're not really changing the instrument, just the sound associated with it, and elsewhere we do need to make that distinction.
Similarly, "voice" means not just one but two other completely different things, which is bad enough. "Tone" is OK, but sounds to me like someone going out of their way to avoid the word "sound". "Program" is accurate from a technical perspective even more so than "patch", but probably even less familiar and potentially more misleading.
To me "sound" was fine all along.
In reply to OK, changed to "Sound" then,… by Jojo-Schmitz
PR just got merged