Saving as .WAV
Hi;
I tried to save the following file as a *.wav file but ended up with an empty file. Please advise.
TIA,
Beno
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| 1, 2, 3.mscz | 9.6 KB |
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Which O/S, which version of MuseScore?
Works fine with MuseScore 1.2 on WinXP Pro SP3, resulting .WAV has 32MB
Which Soundfont, can you play it from MuseScore?
What version? What OS? What soundfont do you have installed? Does it play back normally for you? And perhaps most importantly, did you wait for it to finish saving before trying to open it? The process does take a little while; you should see a green progress bar.
In reply to What version? What OS? What by Marc Sabatella
Version 1.2. OSX Snow Leopard. If there is no sound font bundled with OSX or MS, then I probably don't have one. What do you suggest? Never seen a green status bar.
TIA,
Beno
In reply to Version 1.2. OSX Snow by beno
A soundfont is indeed installed by default with MuseScore, so that must be what you are using. You cn verify by opening the Synthesizer window via the Display menu. Does it play back OK? The progress bar during the Save As should be at the bottom of the screen, although apparently you don't see it if you have your status bar turned off. So if you haven't been seeing that, my guess is that you simply aren't waiting long enough. It took about 10-20 seconds to generate a 33MB WAV file from your score on my system. if you try opening it before it is finished writing, that will likely make the write fail, and you won'tt get anything at all.
In reply to A soundfont is indeed by Marc Sabatella
I can open said synth however I don't see how to play anything back (?). I see no progress bar. I left the file saving as wav for 30 seconds and it was a small file this time. It popped up as a wav and I double-clicked it but it played nothing. It's only 4 Kb long. Please advise.
TIA,
Beno
In reply to I can open said synth however by beno
The only purpose of opening that window is so you can see which soundfont is installed - there is nothing to "do" in that window.
Not sure why it wouldn't be working.
In reply to The only purpose of opening by Marc Sabatella
In that case, can you recommend another solution? Perhaps I should save my songs in another format, then use another software client you could recommend that can publish in wav for me?
TIA,
Beno
In reply to In that case, can you by beno
While it's saving as .wav etc I have a rotating colour wheel cursor instead of a pointer.
Have you tried to save as .flac or .ogg? Audacity will convert them to .wav if that's what you need (.ogg is 1/10 the size of .wav)
Has it ever worked?
Have you tried "Revert to Factory Settings"?
"Instructions for Mac OS X
If you have MuseScore open, you need to quit the application first (File → Quit)
From the Open Applications/Utilities/Terminal and a Terminal session window should appear
Type, (or copy/paste) the following command into your terminal line (include the '/' at the front):
/Applications/MuseScore.app/Contents/MacOS/mscore -F
This resets all MuseScore preferences to factory settings and immediately launches the MuseScore application. You can now quit Terminal, and continue using MuseScore."
Myer
In reply to Works for me on OSX Lion by Myer
Tried as an *.ogg but it's 0 length :( Please advise.
TIA,
Beno
In reply to Tried as an *.ogg but it's 0 by beno
Have you verified that it plays back correctly from MuseScore? Have you tried the reset as suggested? Have you tried reinstalling?
In reply to Have you tried the reset as by Marc Sabatella
It appears there was a virus on my Mac (not used to that) that only screwed up my email and this program. I rebuilt the machine and all is well now.
Thanks,
Beno
Marc, I'm so glad you mentioned that! I was running into trouble if I did anything at all in MuseScore while a .WAV file was being created -- the program would even stop responding for a while, although the .WAV file did get saved correctly. All that time no progress indicator had been showing up, which I expected to see pop up on top of the score, and I had to keep my file manager opened so I could tell when the save was complete.
Well, it turns out the progress bar is actually on the status bar, which I usually hide, since I don't use it while working on a score (I need as much vertical screen space as possible).