Clefs
I would like to propose the option of having a purely aesthetic clef option. Now allow me to explain:
I'm using the merlin_gold soundfont for something, and it has a nice "reverse cymbal" and "Roland Gong" sounds. I put them on a "Percussion 3" staff, but I cannot use a percussion clef because that changes it to a drumset and invalidates the sounds, so I have a percussion staff with a treble clef (which looks silly). Another example is the Baritone Treble Clef. I am forced to use the Treble Clef 8vb, which is not how it should be.
TL;DR: I need to use certain clefs without it affecting the score. Any thoughts?
Comments
You do know you can edit and save a drumset and then load it in next time you want to use those percussion sounds?
That will enable you to use any percussion staff with the merlin_gold soundfont.
If you're not sure how to do that see my Tutorial on the subject: http://www.organspider.me.uk/MuseScoreTut.html
I'm not sure why you need to use the Treble 8va clef with the Baritone? The transposition of all staves is configurable from the Stave Properties dialogue.
HTH
Michael
In reply to You do know you can edit and by ChurchOrganist
I think you misunderstood what I meant about the percussion clef. They are not drumsets. The sounds are not drum sounds—they are just sound samples that came with the soundfont (like the clarinet, for example). I cannot put them on a percussion staff; it has to be a treble clef, though I would like it to show as a percussion clef.
In reply to I think you misunderstood by iHasCheese
If I understand you correctly, you want to create a drumset with drumset clef and percussion but then you want that percussion to sound like something else? If so, create the percussion piece, Right-click on the first measure and choose Stave Properties then change the instrument.
If, on the other hand, you want to show a treble clef but have it sound like drums then start by using any instrument that uses the treble clef (e.g. an oboe) then Right-click, change the instrument to. e.g., Snare Drum
To change the appearance of the note heads, select the ones you want to change, Right-click, select Note Properties and change Note Head Group to Cross.
If this doesn't answer your question then I'm afraid I have not understood it.
In reply to I might have misunderstood by underquark
Thanks, both of you! That answered my questions!
In reply to I think you misunderstood by iHasCheese
What worked, by the way? i.e. could you summarise the steps you took to resolve the issue
In reply to Woops, posted again after mater apparently resolved by underquark
I just followed your instructions. Started with a drumset and changed it to "Violin" (so I could use the MIDI channels to change back and forth between "reverse cymbal" (arco) and "Roland Gong" (pizzicato). That way I could use the sounds and still use a percussion clef.