Playback issue
Help please, I have a score with a few instruments, all of a sudden 2 have started playing back very quietly despite being all set to the same volume in the mixer.....any ideas? What have I set that I dont no about!!
Thanks Zoe
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You will probably need to upload the score to even get a good guess. Someone can then tell you for sure.
I'll guess anynow - you added a dynamc marking like "pp" to the staves that are plahying quieter. In which case, MuseScore is doing what you told it to. or, the score was imported from MIDI, and the original MIDI file also had those notes quiet.
development!! if I create a new score and load exactly the same instruments (basically a brass band) the euphonium and eflat bass are still quieter than the rest, by quieter I mean barely audible any ideas? have I accidently altered a master setting somewhere???? Thanks for all the help its much appreciated :)
In reply to development!! if I create a by Zoe67
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/revert-factory-settings ?
If this doesn't help, which soundfont you're using, maybe check, if with another you've the same behavior?
In reply to https://musescore.org/en/hand by kuwitt
did that and also uninstalled and reinstalled musescore 2, still the same at a loss was all fine up until yesterday afternoon when suddenly the the bottom three instrument lines went really really quiet ahhhhhhhhh
In reply to did that and also uninstalled by Zoe67
Un- and reinstall very rarly is a solution, this keeps the settings.
Please share the score exhibiting this problem.
In reply to Un- and reinstall very rarly by Jojo-Schmitz
its the same on any score I load or if I create a new one so the problem is not with the score
In reply to its the same on any score I by Zoe67
Then share any such score. After a "revert to factory settings" it can't be a global MuseScore Setting.
Which version of MuseScore, what OS?
In reply to Then share any such score. by Jojo-Schmitz
https://musescore.com/user/819611/scores/3747306
is that how I share???
In reply to https://musescore.com/user/81 by Zoe67
this is a demo to see if you can see whats wrong! does it on any new score I create, confused as to why it has been working all fine all week and euph, bass and drums went quiet yesterday,
In reply to this is a demo to see if you by Zoe67
Nothing too silent to my ears. Trupets, Cornets and trombones are quite loud indeed, but that is the nature of these Instruments. And Tuba and Euphonium are esp. more silent on low quality speakers I guess?
In reply to Nothing too silent to my by Jojo-Schmitz
but euphs and below where similar volume to trumpets now you cant here them ahhhh
In reply to but euphs and below where by Zoe67
I can hear them, in Solo. Not when all Play, but that is because they are in unison (all F4) and, as said, trumpets/trombones are louder by nature
In reply to https://musescore.com/user/81 by Zoe67
That is one option, the other is the file attachment function.
In reply to That is one option, the other by Jojo-Schmitz
so this :)
In reply to so this :) by Zoe67
Solo each of them in turn in Mixer, and you'll hear them all
Then show a score of yours wher this effect does not exist, one from before yesterday, when you claim the problem to have started.
In reply to Solo each of them in turn in by Jojo-Schmitz
it happens now to any score I have done, even before it went wrong yesturday
In reply to Un- and reinstall very rarly by Jojo-Schmitz
I also think it's quite normal that i.e. cornets sounds louder unisono with other instruments. Then maybe you've have to insert dynamics.
When I change some pitches from notes of other instruments, for me they are clear audible (see attached file).
If this doesn't solve your problem, don't hesitate to reply.
In reply to I also think it's quite by kuwitt
nope still cant here base I have to turn all other instruments right down then system volume up to near max then its balanced but the base instruments are distorted, so frustrating
In reply to nope still cant here base I by Zoe67
And there's a difference for you, when you listen to the score via playback inside the application in opposite to the playback via musescore.com?
Maybe you could also upgrade you sound driver (?).
note: Below a second example, as I wrote, only changed the pitches of some notes.
In reply to nope still cant here base I by Zoe67
Sounds like you blew your speaker, at least the woofer, so the bass doesn't sound well in it. Does the same thing happen to you if you try changing o something like a string quartet or woodwinds?
In reply to Sounds like you blew your by mike320
Hi no i can balance a string quartet fine the cello is audible?? so not speaker???
In reply to Hi no i can balance a string by Zoe67
I don't think there is anything *wrong* with your speakers, they probably just aren't very good, and are not reproducing the lower frequencies well. The tuba sound (which the euphonium also uses) is darker than cello, meaning it probably doesn't have as many high harmonics. So you can hear the cello better than tuba because your speaker can at least reproduce the high harmonics well. Plus the violins aren't as loud as the trumpets, and there are fewer of them in a string quarter than in your example here, so there is less competition to hear the cello.
All this is to say - it's pretty normal that computer speakers would not reproduce tuba well. Better to listen through headphones (or good studio monitors) to get a true idea of what your mix sounds like.
That said, sure, the tuba could probably stand to be *slightly* louder in the default soundfont. Assuming, anyhow, that's the soundfont you are using. Feel free to try other soudnfonts to see if one suits you better. See the Handbook under "Soundfont".
Bottom line: unless you changed soundfonts recently, or changed speakers, there is nothing that could have really caused a change here. i think something about the music you are working on now is just causing you to notice this perfectly normal phenomenon more than you did before.
In reply to I don't think there is by Marc Sabatella
Since this started a few days ago, the next question is have you added any sound fonts to your system or added any of them to other songs? If you did, it is possible that you inadvertently made it/them your MuseScore default.