How to notate a ratchet properly?
Here is a ratchet notated in Tchaikovsky's 'The Nutcracker':
Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z71fhS2g0BA&t=1207s
Another link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk5Uturacx8&t=1217s
I've tried to replicate it in MuseScore:
but the result is rather strange. Besides the ratchet sound, I also got some high-pitched noise that is not part of the ratchet:
rachet.mscz
What am I doing wrong?
Comments
The "rachet" available in MuseScore simply doesn't sound like an actual ratchet. I think they just assigned it (almost?) randomly to some other sound that they thought might be similar. Don't know *shrug*
To get a decent ratchet sound, you'll probably need to a) listen to all the percussion sounds and decide which one sounds most correct to you, or b) find a different soundfont that includes a real ratchet sound. If you are trying a) be sure to try the sound both on its own and with tremolo, which might make it sound more like a real ratchet.
I hope someone will prove me wrong, but I'm afraid they won't. Good luck!!!
In reply to The "rachet" available in… by TheHutch
There is a ratchet in VCLS (Versilian Community Sample Library) https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/tree/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones
(sfz vst3 needed, e.g. sforzando or sfizz)
In reply to There is a ratchet in VCLS… by graffesmusic
@graffesmusic:
-- Thank you very much, but I don't know how to use those sounds. Could you please guide me or provide a link that teaches how to use instruments from that library?
In reply to @graffesmusic: -- Thank you… by innerthought
You must install a (free) sfz vst3 to use sfz instruments, e.g. sforzando or sfizz.
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/working-vst-and-vsti
Another option would be to transform the sfz to soundfont sf2, which is directly usable in MS.
(I think Polyphone can do this, never tried it)
In reply to You must install a (free)… by graffesmusic
@graffesmusic:
-- WOW!!! Thank you for this info!
In reply to The "rachet" available in… by TheHutch
@TheHutch:
-- Thank you for this input.