I tried doing that and the sample score in that comment (SingleNoteDynamicsTest.mscz) has single-note dynamics change, but my own scores still don't do those single-note diminuendos.
I didn't press "Save to Score" that time. When I pressed it just now not only did the single-note dynamics not come out, the timbres of piano became more honky tonk-y. Is that normal?
I don't see a french horn in MuseScore's instrument list
And neither in your score, you mean "Horn in F", "F Hn."?
Ah, I see, the MIDI sound is called "French Horns". But it hasn't been switched to the "French Horns Expr." variant in the HQ soundfont, therefore no single note dynamics.
Try the attached.
BTW: none of the instruments of that score are using those Expr. channels, I guess because it isn't using the HQ soundfont and your custom one doesn't have those
I'm not sure of the entire history of this score, but by default some of the instruments have the espr version of the sound and some don't. When I load the soundfonts from the score and click Switch all patches to expressive, all instruments are then set to expressive. My guess is that Howard manually set up the patches and got these results.
Also, in my limited testing, the french horns seem to work fine for single note dynamics when this is done. My ears are not the best, so I made a long note, applied the dynamic of p with a crescendo to f and the dynamic change was obvious.
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Indeed, you need a soundfont that supports this
In reply to Indeed, you need a soundfont… by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't understand but isn't this like encoded inside the software itself? Why different when using different soundfonts...
It is a mix of both, code in MuseScore and support for it in the soundfont.
In reply to It is a mix of both, code in… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oops. Maybe because I don't quite understand how do soundfonts work...
Have you tried setting up your synthesizer the way Ziya suggested in https://musescore.org/en/node/287965#comment-912956?
In reply to Have you tried setting up… by mike320
I tried doing that and the sample score in that comment (SingleNoteDynamicsTest.mscz) has single-note dynamics change, but my own scores still don't do those single-note diminuendos.
You have done something wrong. It works fine on my system.
In reply to You have done something… by mike320
I didn't press "Save to Score" that time. When I pressed it just now not only did the single-note dynamics not come out, the timbres of piano became more honky tonk-y. Is that normal?
Also note that not all instruments support single note dynamics, like piano. Once hit a key, the velocity is set, no way to in- or decrease.
In reply to Also note that not all… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yeah I was actually talking about french horn. The single-note dynamics didn't work
I don't see a french horn?
In reply to I don't see a french horn? by Jojo-Schmitz
https://musescore.com/howard_c_/mussorgsky_promenade_the_gnome_piano_co…, the last page.
I don't see a french horn in MuseScore's instrument list
And neither in your score, you mean "Horn in F", "F Hn."?
Ah, I see, the MIDI sound is called "French Horns". But it hasn't been switched to the "French Horns Expr." variant in the HQ soundfont, therefore no single note dynamics.
Try the attached.
BTW: none of the instruments of that score are using those Expr. channels, I guess because it isn't using the HQ soundfont and your custom one doesn't have those
In reply to I don't see a french horn in… by Jojo-Schmitz
I downloaded the score but it didn't save any mixer/synthesiser settings. All those are the same with my own score. :(
I'm not sure of the entire history of this score, but by default some of the instruments have the espr version of the sound and some don't. When I load the soundfonts from the score and click Switch all patches to expressive, all instruments are then set to expressive. My guess is that Howard manually set up the patches and got these results.
Also, in my limited testing, the french horns seem to work fine for single note dynamics when this is done. My ears are not the best, so I made a long note, applied the dynamic of p with a crescendo to f and the dynamic change was obvious.
In reply to Indeed, you need a soundfont… by Jojo-Schmitz
where can you find one?
Find one what?
In reply to Find one what? by mike320
a soundfont that works with it
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The ones that come with MuseScore do.