The existing gongs do not have a long lasting dark feeling. They feel more like a cymbal crash.
In this piece for concert band by Brian Balmages, it has what I am trying to describe. It has a fuller and deeper sound in my opinion. At the time mark 1:39 is what I am trying to describe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCc9gYUbqI
It is difficult to have every instrument ever created available for playback so inevitably only the commoner ones will be found. Have you tried an alternative instrument such as Orff Bass Metalophone or Tubular Bells (drop the notes a couple of octaves to get that deep tone, experiment).
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What is wrong with the existing Gongs?
In reply to What is wrong with the… by Jojo-Schmitz
The existing gongs do not have a long lasting dark feeling. They feel more like a cymbal crash.
In this piece for concert band by Brian Balmages, it has what I am trying to describe. It has a fuller and deeper sound in my opinion. At the time mark 1:39 is what I am trying to describe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHCc9gYUbqI
In reply to The existing gongs do not… by ericszczesniak
There's no such sound in GM compatible soundfonts, so we'd use the existing Gong sounds anyway.
But if you find a (specialized?) soundfont with a sound you like better, you can use it now already, no changes to MuseScore needed
In reply to What is wrong with the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Too dry?
In reply to Too dry? by underquark
Good one ;-)
In reply to Good one ;-) by Jojo-Schmitz
I thought of mentioning a trocken glocken but my every-day German is too poor without me trying to invent German puns.
In reply to What is wrong with the… by Jojo-Schmitz
It is difficult to have every instrument ever created available for playback so inevitably only the commoner ones will be found. Have you tried an alternative instrument such as Orff Bass Metalophone or Tubular Bells (drop the notes a couple of octaves to get that deep tone, experiment).