Musescore does not playback all notes in chords
Being fairly good acquinted with Musescore I now have this weird problem that I am unable to playback all notes on the staffs together.
The second measure in the attachment does not playback correctly for me.
As of this version I only used voice 1, but when I used voice 2 as well it also went wrong.
Any ideas?
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You wrote:
The second measure in the attachment does not playback correctly for me.
So, which notes are not being played?
Try playing this attachment:
Droomland2.mscz
The chords are broken up into pieces.
In particular, does measure 6 play correctly? (It's the same as your measure 2.)
Regards.
In reply to You wrote: The second measure by Jm6stringer
Yes, all notes in your example play well ...
Does my measure play well for you? In my case I e.g. don't hear the soprano (top) note of (my example) measure 2.
In reply to Yes, all notes in your by ArievW
Your 'Droomland.mscz' plays fine for me, which is why I couldn't tell which notes you weren't hearing. So, I separated the chords into pieces in my attachment ('Droomland2.mscz') - now they apparently play fine for you, too. Hmmm...
So... if you open your attachment 'Droomland.mscz' - the one actually attached to your first post here - on this forum - are you sure that's the score that doesn't play the top note of measure 2?
Also...
I, too, (see Marc's post below) can't get that file to exhibit the ...empty measure 2 sprang into existence!! behavior you describe.
I realize everything works now for you, but if you can reproduce any of that weird behavior please let us know.
Regards.
It plays fine for me as well. Do you by chance have a non-standard soundfont loaded? See View / Synthesizer. If it says anything but FluidR3Mono, then the issue is probably with whatever soundfont you are using. Or if could be just that your speakers are doing a poor job of reproducing certain frequencies.
BTW, the piece appears to have some notational errors you probably want to correct. First, in the initial measure, it appears you deleted the leading rests in voice 2, leaving the rests in voice 1 stranded high in the staff. better to mark the voice 2 rests invisible, which causes the voice 1 rests to return to their default position. Or just use a single voice. Or, better yet, you could have made that a pickup measure (aka anacrusis), which you can still do by right clicking it, Measure Properties, and setting the actual duration to 1/4 (and then reentering the note). Finally, in measure 8, you used a slur where you almost certainly meant a tie.
In reply to It plays fine for me as well. by Marc Sabatella
I tried several things.
When I removed the bottom note in measure 2 the resy of the notes of measure 2 jumped to measure 3 and a new, empty measure 2 sprang into existence!!
I think this might be a bug ...
Now all plays well.
Thanks for the help.
In reply to I tried several things. When by ArievW
Is it possible you uploaded the wrong score, then? There are no problems I can see with the one you actually uploaded. No problems with playback, no problems with deleting notes. It's also possible you did something wrong trying to delete the notes. Can you give the precise steps you followed to reproduce the problem with deleting notes? What I did was the following:
1) load the score
2) click the bottom note of the first chord in the top staff of measure 2
3) press delete
Result: exactly as expected: that note disappeared, but all else stayed the same. I also tried this same experiment using the second chord, also tried it using the bottom staff
Tried to reproduce now with original attachment after having completely removed MuseScore and all its settings (in AppData etc.) and reinstalling it.
I observe:
1. the original problem is still there with the original attachment
2. but I cannot reproduce the steps which solved the problem earlier ... weird ...
For now I am glad that I can go on with the "repaired" version of the score. Maybe there is something on my system causing it to fail.
In reply to Tried to reproduce now with by ArievW
Did you see my original response above - https://musescore.org/en/node/137131#comment-581961? As I said, it could be that you are using a custom soundfont that is defective. So be sure to do Help / Revert to Factory Settings (which may get some things you missed in your attempt to do this manually). Otherwise, it could be defective speakers that are not reproducing certain frequencies well. Or it could simply be an auditory illusion - the upper notes are being played but the overtones if the lower notes are playing tricks on your ears. Might not be a bad idea to get someone else to listen. Or, export to MP3 and upload that sonewhere (or upload the score itself to musescore.com).
In reply to Did you see my original by Marc Sabatella
-- Did you see my original response above?
>> Yes!
-- As I said, it could be that you are using a custom soundfont that is defective. So be sure to do Help / Revert to Factory Settings (which may get some things you missed in your attempt to do this manually).
>> I don't think so. I really removed each and every bit left by MuseScore and I know what I am doing (>15 yr ICT pro).
-- Otherwise, it could be defective speakers that are not reproducing certain frequencies well. Or it could simply be an auditory illusion - the upper notes are being played but the overtones if the lower notes are playing tricks on your ears. Might not be a bad idea to get someone else to listen.
>> Certainly not. I could prove that when I magically happened to repair the problem. After that all was well.
-- Or, export to MP3 and upload that sonewhere (or upload the score itself to musescore.com).
>> As I said: when I load the ORIGINAL attachment in MuseScore I can reproduce the problem. Alas, I seem not to be able to do the magic repair again.
>> My idea is that there is something different qua hardware / Windows setting. But I guess that the sample given could shed some light on the problem.
As I cannot do anything realistic anymore, I close this issue.
If I do find new evidence, samples etc. I will post again.
>> Thanks for the help!
In reply to -- Did you see my original by ArievW
Just because you have experience with other software doesn't mean you know all the files MuseScore uses to track its state. it won't hurt to do the Revert just to be sure.
If you can still reproduce the problem with the original attachment, as I said, please generate an MP3 so we can hear what you are hearing.
OK. I agree Marc.
So, now I did revert MuseScore to factory settings, then loaded my original attachment file and still it does not playback as it should ...
See zip file with (1) the appearingly broken MuseScore file and (2) the generated mp3 which sounds faulty also.
Any ideas left?
Thx.
In reply to OK. I agree Marc. So, now I by ArievW
Just a question.
Are you sure the chord in second staff (bass clef) is not G/D instead of G/E ? : 1Droomland.mscz
In reply to Just a question. Are you sure by cadiz1
It is as it is (G/E).
But what has that to do with this issue???
I don't hear e.g. the top notes b.
In reply to It is as it is (G/E). But by ArievW
As written, it was just a question.
And like this, better the top notes b? 2Droomland.mscz
In reply to OK. I agree Marc. So, now I by ArievW
I opened your zip and the mp3 sounds ok, but maybe you would play the B4 a little harder (louder) in real life.
Here's an attachment for playback (and comparison):
Droomland_experiment.mscz
(Velocities were adjusted - like what cadiz did)
Regards.
In reply to I opened your zip and the mp3 by Jm6stringer
OK. So it is really my hearing which is not good enough.
I knew I had some issues, but did not realize it is already *that* bad ...
I am glad that you pointed me in the right direction, but a bit disappointed in my hearing capabilities. I hope I can continue working with music...
(Some of you might have wondered about the status of the sample. Since I didn't hear it correctly, I tried all kinds of things to get it to work and in the process I did all kind of changes. That resulted in a "bad" score. Yet, it was my only sample.)
Sorry for having bothered you with, what now appears to be my hearing problem.
Anyway, thanks to all that helped!!!
In reply to OK. So it is really my by ArievW
I applaud your perseverance and follow-through regarding this topic.
Also ... welcome aboard!
In reply to I opened your zip and the mp3 by Jm6stringer
I would agree - the note is clearly there, it's just not as loud as a real pianist might choose to play it. Perhaps the sample used for the B is ever so slightly quieter than the other notes. But also, the voicing is a bit odd - kind of bottom heavy with the third in the bass and the large gap between tenor and alto. That doesn't help.