Note Input
Recently, I have been writing this piece, and something weird happened with note input. When I input a note, the pitch does not play like it usually does. It will work occasionally but almost every note has this problem.
Somebody please help me out with this.
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Okay.
Please attach the score here ( see below the text box) and someone will help you.
:)
Also, please be more specific about the problem - what exactly are you doing, what are you expecting to happen, what happens instead. Be as precise as possible - step by step instructions are ideal. Then we can try to do the same thing and understand if the problem is with the score, the program, or how you are trying to do things.
In reply to Also, please be more specific by Marc Sabatella
What usually happens when I enter a note is the pitch plays as I input notes. Like when I am in notation mode and let's say I put an F on the staff for trombone. The pitch will play immediately after I put the note in, but now it is not doing that for every note.
In reply to What usually happens when I by Pistol Pete
Again, in order to do more than guess, we would need you to attach your score and give precise steps to reproduce the problem. One possibility is, you might be trying to input a note that is outside the playable range for the instrument. It's also possible the dynamic marking in the place you are trying to enter notes is very quiet and your speakers aren't turned up loud enough. It's also possible the staff has been muted in the mixer. Without the score and steps to reproduce the problem, it's impossible to know what is going on.
In reply to Again, in order to do more by Marc Sabatella
How do I do that? Give me a procedure or something
In reply to How do I do that? Give me a by Pistol Pete
At the bottom of the field you're typing your reply in on this forum, there is an item called "
File attachments". Click on it and it will expand, revealing a browser button to choose the file to be uploaded.Select the particular score you're currently having difficulties with. Wait for the progress bar of the upload to finish.
In your post then state in which measure of that score you start and which notes you try to enter (ideally a keyboard/mouse sequence you've performed). This should allow us to try the exact same thing in hopes of reproducing and discovering what you're experiencing.
In reply to At the bottom of the field by jeetee
Here is the score. I still don't understand the second part of your post.
In reply to Here is the score. I still by Pistol Pete
The 2nd part is us asking you: what do you do with this score exactly.
We need to perform the same actions you did if we want to get the same bug...
Where do you click after opening this score?
What do you type?
In reply to The 2nd part is us asking by jeetee
Just enter some notes in some empty measures. What should happen is that when you input those notes, their pitches will play as you input them.
In reply to Just enter some notes in some by Pistol Pete
And it normally does indeed; but you said it doesn't for you (not always). So again:
Which notes in which measures did you attempt?
For which instruments?
We really need exact steps; you have to help us help you!
EDIT: I've just attempted inserting a note in measures 2 or 3 for each instrument and each time there was playback as expected.
Do you make use of a custom soundfont?
In reply to And it normally does indeed; by jeetee
It was doing it for every instrument for every measure starting about in the 100s. No I am not using a soundfont.
In reply to It was doing it for every by Pistol Pete
Again, please be *specific*. Which measure, which instrument, which note has a problem?
For example, I tried the following:
1) click measure 123, soprano sax staff
2) press "N" to enter note input mode
3) press "C" to enter a C
This works perfectly. The question is, can you give equally precise steps to show a problem? I can't find any way to make it fail.
As for soundfont, unless you deliberately removed the default soundfont FluidR3Mono, then you *are* using a soundfont. If you did deliberately remove this soundfont, then that is your problem right there - MuseScore won't produce sound without one.
In reply to Again, please be *specific*. by Marc Sabatella
How can I check whether this soundfont is in place or not? Is there a place where I can check this?
EVERY measure has this problem, as does every instrument.
In reply to How can I check whether this by Pistol Pete
So you are saying when you repeat my steps above *exactly*, you don't hear anything?
First check View / Synthesizer to be sure you haven't removed the FluidR3Mono soundfont. Also make sure you haven't reduced the volume too far. Also check your speaker volume (in your operating system as well as any physical volume controls on the speakers or amplifier or whatever device you are listening through). Because the steps I described above work perfectly for me.
Also, tell us if you hear playback when you hit the space bar to play the whole score. If not, check your soundfont and volume settings again because really, it pretty much has to be that from what you are describing.
In reply to So you are saying when you by Marc Sabatella
The soundfont is there, volume is fine, playback works perfectly.
In reply to The soundfont is there, by Pistol Pete
In that case, there shouldn't be a reason you're not hearing playback upon entering notes.
So lets try the following:
Play back the score. You should now see the volume meter light up; correct?
The volume meter briefly lights up: correct?
Do you hear that note being played back?
Note that if you click slower (mouse button down - hold - mouse button up) the note will sound slightly longer than if you perform a quick click.
The volume meter should once again light up and the note be played back; correct?
Again the meter should light up and the note be played back; correct?
128thnote duration. Click on the middle line in m122 of the Bass Clarinet.I'm guessing this is the point where you don't hear playback. But if you look at the meter, you'll see it has lit up briefly.
Now click to input the same note on the next beat again, but this time make it a slow click (mouse down, hold, mouse up). Now you'll likely do hear the playback, simply because the sample generated is longer.
Please perform this step-by-step plan and answer the questions on each step.
If you use mouse input and click briefly, then instruments with a slower attack range probably are quite hard to hear (but they are played back, cfr. the volume meter). The reason that both Marc and myself didn't notice this, is because we both mostly use the (computer) keyboard to enter notes. It is not only a way faster method of note entry once you get the hang of it, playback of the entered samples here is the same as if you'd perform a slow-click with the mouse.
In reply to In that case, there shouldn't by jeetee
1) Correct
2) Correct, Yes
3) Correct
4) Correct
5) Here's the problem. When I input the note, I don't hear playback, nor do I see the meter light up. Every 5th or 6th successive note I enter will sometimes work fine, but otherwise, you are right. This is where the problem is.
In reply to 1) Correct 2) Correct, by Pistol Pete
Excuse, but ever tried?:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/revert-factory-settings
In reply to 1) Correct 2) Correct, by Pistol Pete
So it sounds like you are saying playback works just fine when using the keyboard to enter notes, only sometimes it does not when using the mouse? Can you try each staff in turn - using measure 122 for each - and see if there are any where it works better for you than others? Also be sure to keep checking the meter and report if there are cases where it lights up but you cannot hear sound. Turn up the volume on your system louder than usual when doing this to be sure it isn't just a question of slow attack making short notes harder to hear.
Sounds like maybe your mouse is defective, but then it wouldn't be entering the note at all, so I don't know if that really makes sense. Is it a physical mouse or a touchpad? I'm wondering if it somehow has to do with the timing of the mouse down and up events. Another thing to test, then, would be using the piano keyboard window (see View menu) to enter notes and see if they sound that way. If you have a MIDI keyboard, that would be interesting to test as well.
For me, though, the meter lights fully and I have no problem hearing the note when following step 5 *precisely* as described.
In reply to Just enter some notes in some by Pistol Pete
Please be *specific*. Which measure of which staff do we enter notes into, what notes do we enter, etc. I tried a few random notes in a few random measures and had no problems. In order to understand what might be going on to cause you to perceive a problem, we need to know *exactly* what notes you are trying to enter into what measure of what staff.
EDIT: my post crossed with the one above, sorry, didn't mean to repeat what was already said.
Please then also mention how (if?) the pitch plays back now.
My slightly educated guess would be that this is now the first time you're writing for a transposing instrument. In that case the sounding and written pitch are different by the instruments transposition unless you turn the 'Concert Pitch' display mode on (https://musescore.org/en/handbook/concert-pitch)
Edit ->Preferences ->Input ->Play notes when editing ?
In reply to Edit ->Preferences ->Input by underquark
It is turned on
In reply to It is turned on by Pistol Pete
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