New Muse Sounds
I know this is probably an FAQ, but when will users get a first taste of the new sounds, either through a nightly build or alpha/beta? I've trialled Noteperformer with Dorico and while it's very expressive it's a bit anaemic for e.g. a wind quartet. Curious as to what you guys have managed to achieve. :)
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With the Beta, which should get released shortly
Okay I've downloaded the Beta and it all looks fantastic, well done everybody. :)
I ran an existing score through the new sounds though and I'm hearing some fairly drastic balance problems. It's a wind quintet and the horn at p dynamic is basically inaudible, either as the note begins at p or if it dips down to p from a louder dynamic. Lines in other instruments kind of disappear at times too, whereas it all sounded fairly consistent in Dorico/NotePerformer and MS3. Has much work been done on this, and how close is Muse Sounds to being 'finished'? On a note/phrase level the sounds are amazing, and I can hear a lot of articulation in there (including possibly some key noise at some point?!) but as it stands I would have to make major changes to dynamics to get it to sound good in MS4 which wouldn't necessarily reflect how I hear it in my head or how a group would interpret it.
Have attached the score - it won't let me attach MP3s of the MS4 vs NotePerformer comparison, either because of file size or file type, but I can provide a link to them if they would be useful to hear.
In reply to Okay I've downloaded the… by GoldmanT
As mentioned in the announcement, issues with Muse Sounds should be reported on GitHub so the developers have one place to look for and track them. In general it's known there is still work to be done on balancing, but it doesn't hurt to report specifics.