Instrument sounds from BIAB musicxml
It seems that BIAB 2016 does not include instrument sound assignments with its musicxml export. Therefore they all default to Grand Piano. Is there a way in Musescore, short of editing the xml directly, that I can assign default sounds to each instrument? Thanks.
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You can import biab files instead
In reply to You can import biab files by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, but that only seems to work for .MGU files and, more importantly, it only imports the melody, not the entire arrangement.
Same question for tempo as well, although that is easier to fix within Musescore.
If the information is not in the xml, you're out of luck. Report it to Biab as a.bug
In reply to If the information is not in by Jojo-Schmitz
Got it. Thanks. In the meantime, editing the xml to include a standard set of sounds isn't that bad.
Could you attach a sample file ? Without looking at the information actually present in the file, it is hard to judge whether MuseScore could be improved.
In reply to Could you attach a sample by Leon Vinken
OK, here is an example. The BIAB export is clearly missing sound assignments. However, the tempo info seems to be there although maybe not where it is expected. It would be nice to be able to apply a template of some sort to handle the missing sound info, perhaps based on the staff names.
This file also demonstrates what appears to be a musescore issue: The melody and other parts cut out in the second part of each measure. This happens on some, but not all songs but does not seem to be an issue with other programs I've tried, including importing back into BIAB. I haven't been able to tell when it will be an issue or not, but it is repeatable song by song.
Thanks.
--Dave