"Fix" Muted Trombone/Bass Trombone Sound

• Apr 21, 2020 - 19:42

Whenever I apply the "mute" text to one of those, the playback won't "apply" it, but rather play it like it normally does. And please it's not a solution if I switch Trombone to Trumpet because they have different timber in same pitches.

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• Apr 21, 2020 - 20:41

To be clear: for 3.5, the trombone instrument will support the "mute" channel, and will use a muted trumpet sound. Which, I suspect, was actually sampled from a trombone anyhow once you get much below middle C. Either that or was digitally altered to produce notes a trumpet cannot, but something about the process makes it semi-convincing as a muted trombone anyhow.

Meanwhile, while waiting for 3.5, you can change the sound to muted trumpet using an Instrument change from the Text palette. Add the element, then go to the Mixer and you'll find a new sub-channel you can change to use that sound. So it can still use trombone for the open passages. Or, use C trumpet as the instrument, but use the Mixer to change the default open sound to Trombone. Actually that's better.

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