How to use the mid staff sound change?
I'm having a bit of a problem here. I can't seem to be able to change the sound of the electric base channel to a different one. I already have five different types of sound fonts. But still I can't change the channel can someone help me here.
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In order to do more than guess, we would need you to attach the score you are having problems with and to describe precisely what you are trying to do. Have you read the Handbook section on this topic? At which specific step are you having problems?
There are two different ways to change the sound of the playback in mid-staff. It depends on what you are trying to accomplish and what the program recognises. Both are accomplished from the Text menu in the F9 Palettes list.
If you wish to change the playback sound to an entirely different instrument, you need to initiate a mid-staff instrument change by using Instrument text. Click on the starting note and then double-click on "Instrument" in the Text menu of the palettes list. The word "Instrument" will appear over that note (you can modify that using the usual text-editing process to make it read as you like). Once you have done that, right-click on that text element and select 'Instrument Text Properties'. In the dialogue that will appear, make the appropriate changes and click OK. Note that if you change from a transposing to a non-transposing instrument (or vice-versa) things get a bit compicated. See the Handbook for Instrument Change .
If you wish to change the playback sound to a different articulation for a particular instrument (for instance, calling for a cello to play pizzicato for one section), you need to use Staff Text. When you right-click on a Staff-Text element, you will get a dialogue which allows you to assign recognised sounds (channels) to certain voices. Only sounds which are recognised as alternatives to the main sound of a particular instrument will appear in the drop-down. (Also note that you need to click on the voice number before changing the sound channel for that voice. Otherwise it will not have any effect.)
For the electric bass, only the 'normal' channel appears as an option in the Staff Text Properties dialogue. I am not aware of any way that you can use the UI to add the sounds from different fonts to the list of channels that appears in this dialogue. You can change the playback sound to another sound-font in the F10 mixer, but that change will apply to the entire piece for that staff.
In reply to There are two different ways by Recorder485
Recorder is there like certain instruments that allow you to change the sound channel right. Because the Electric guitar doesn't have other channels to choose from?
Why is that? and what do you mean appear in the drop down?
Plus is there a way to change the synthesizer sound for each individual instrument and change them at different places in a song and does the mixer have a way to do that as well?
In reply to Recorder is there like by Duil Maighstir
As explained abovbe (and in the Handbook), if you wish to change sound mid-score, you first need to add the Intrument Change text at the point you want thr change to occur. Then you will have a new mixer channel.
In reply to As explained abovbe (and in by Marc Sabatella
ok, but then the sound the guitar feel is gone and i dont want that.
In reply to ok, but then the sound the by Duil Maighstir
??? Adding an Instrument Change in no way changes the sound until *you* change it in the Mixer, and it only changes it from that specific point onwards - so you can have the regular electric guitar for the first part of a song, change to distorition later, change back to regular later, etc.
Please do re-read the Handbook again, as well as the responses above, to better understand the process and hopefully see where you are going wrong. But if you continue to have trouble, please attach the score you are having trouble with and describe in more detail what you are trying to do.
In reply to Recorder is there like by Duil Maighstir
Certain instruments are defined in the program as having specific 'channels' for differing sounds for the same instrument. In other words, if you add a staff text saying Pizz. to a cello part on a specific note, you will be able to select 'pizzicato' from the dialogue which appears when you right-click on that staff text.
![Pizzicato channel for cello.png]( "Pizzicato channel for cello.png")
![Flute channel drop-down.png]( "Flute channel drop-down.png")
On the other hand, if you try the same thing with a flute part, when you click on Staff Text Properties all you will get is the 'Normal' channel. Flute parts (and guitar parts, and electric bass parts, and all other non-bowed string parts) do not support changing to a 'pizzicato' channel because that is not a normal behaviour for the real-world instrument.
So, in practical terms, if you want to change the playback sound of a standard electric bass guitar in mid-score (say, to 'Fretless bass' or '5-string bass' or whatever), you will need to change to a different instrument using Instrument Change Text, as explained earlier. This has nothing to do with 'channels' for those instruments which support multiple sounds.
I understand this to mean that you've downloaded multiple electric bass soundfonts to use with musescore, is that right? If that's the case, and you're trying to change channels in one of these additional soundfonts midscore, I think you're maybe going to need to add instrument definitions for your soundfonts, which involves doing some XML editing and you would need to consult the musescore developers' handbook for that topic. A similar question is answered in this thread: https://musescore.org/en/node/119826 which might be of help to you.
If I'm wrong, please disregard this message.
In reply to I already have five different by Rob Bruce
In reply to [inline:solo guitar by Duil Maighstir
Use the mixer and turn it louder for that staff. Or use dynamics
In reply to Use the mixer and turn it by Jojo-Schmitz
what about the synthesizer? is a way for me to change the master effects for all instruments independently or no? because when I use the tab nobs in the mixer to me they don't change anything to the song?
In reply to what about the synthesizer? by Duil Maighstir
master effect is for all, just as the Name implies. As I wrote: use the mixer
In reply to master effect is for all, by Jojo-Schmitz
ok yeah I was just wondering.
In reply to ok yeah I was just wondering. by Duil Maighstir
It really is to your advantage to read the Handbook: https://musescore.org/en/handbook