How To Play Back With Different Instrument Sounds?
I'm just learning. Wrote my first score yesterday, it's still not 100% finished. I'm copying the old standard 'It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing' just to help me come to grips with the prog.
I've started with a 'voice' manuscript (? is that what I should call it?).
Voice isn't good for that piece because of the many notes that are the same... 18 'C' notes one after the other...
I blundered around and once got it to play with a trumpet sound but can't find a way to repeat it - and when I did it that time something mysterious happened and I thought I'd lost everything for a minute there.
What is the easy way to play back with a different sound?
Or work around by, for instance, creating and/or saving the same score but scored for a different instrument?
Comments
Press F10 to bring up the mixer panel.
From there you can choose the actual sounds from the soundfont to suit the parts.
HTH
Michael
In reply to Press F10 to bring up the by ChurchOrganist
God Bless your answer, i forgot about the f buttons! :)
In reply to Press F10 to bring up the by ChurchOrganist
How would i access the mixer on a mac?
In reply to Press F10 to bring up the by ChurchOrganist
Nevermind, I just used the "function" function.
In reply to Nevermind, I just used the … by McBraggins
A reminder to anyone else on a Mac. Use the function key when windows users say to press an F (like F10) key.
The mixer is good if you want to change sound only. But if you truly wish MuseScore to act in all respects like you've changed instruments - including changing the names displayed n the staves, changing the transposition used when Concert Pitch is toggled, changing how it flags notes outside playable range, etc - then instead right click a staff and choose Staff Properties, then Change Instrument.
In reply to The mixer is good if you want by Marc Sabatella
Thank you, guys. Much appreciated.
It's a good prog, isn't it?
:)
In reply to The mixer is good if you want by Marc Sabatella
I changed the instrument from piano to guitar in my first score, but it still sounds like a piano...(I'm using musescore 3)
In reply to I changed the instrument… by glwhart
A picture of the Fluid tab in the synthesizer and the mixer would be far more valuable, those are what affects playback.
In reply to I changed the instrument… by glwhart
Which version of MuseScore, exactly?
In reply to Which version of MuseScore,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi , thanks for the help earlier. Though i am trying to get different playback sounds now for a score , and in 2 or 3 different places i read to press " F10 " to bring up the mixer panel, but pressing F10 does not bring up a mixer panel for me , it brings up a screen on the right that has a couple (what looks like ) , monitor options .Like pc screen only , duplicate , extend , and second screen only. Am i missing something? I am using Musescore 3 on windows 10.
In reply to Hi , thanks for the help… by razzbizz
Use menu item: View -> Mixer
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/mixer#open-mixer
In reply to Use menu item: View -> Mixer… by Jm6stringer
Yep , the "view" tab. thanks
In reply to Hi , thanks for the help… by razzbizz
I think i got it ,at least part of it through the "view " tab.
In reply to Hi , thanks for the help… by razzbizz
Probably your computer requires you to press the Fn button to access the actual function keys, otherwise it does whatever action that key is hardcoded to do.