Marching percussion after update 4.3.2
After updating to 4.3.2 from the previous update, my previous scores won’t produce any sound for any marching percussion instruments. I have to either copy and past into a new score or start over.
The attached worked previously and now does not.
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You will have to copy it into a new score just control A then Copy and Paste into a new score. It has happened to me a few times.
In reply to You will have to copy it… by JWLindsey
That’s…quite annoying. Lol
Extra steps during the start up of marching season isn’t desirable.
It seems with most updates I have to go “fix” something with percussion issues. It’s getting aggravating.
I know it seems a simple fix but there are other percussion issues that just add up.
In reply to You will have to copy it… by JWLindsey
When you copy/paste tenor parts it puts them on incorrect spaces on the staff 🙄
Are you using a custom soundfont? That's not the right drumset definition for the Muse Sounds snare drum, which is what your score specifies. If you wish to use a custom soundfont, be sure it's present on your system and specified in the Mixer. It does seem to work with just the MS Basic soundfont, though - I just have no way of knowing if that's the sound you intended or not.
Anyhow, if you believe the score was not previously using Muse Sounds, or previously had the appropriate drumset definition for Muse Sounds, please attach that previous version so we can understand and assist better. But as it is, this score is doing what it is supposed to as far as I can tell based on the info currently in the score.
In reply to Are you using a custom… by Marc Sabatella
No. I am using the stock marching percussion template with the basic sound font sounds provided by Musescore. I get no sound playback using the version I uploaded. It was working fine before updating to the current version of MS.
In reply to No. I am using the stock… by brandonhbrooks
Hmm, which template specifically do you mean? And what version were you using before? The score you attached was created in 4.3.1, and it definitely calls for Muse Sounds to be used, which is incorrect. Are you saying 4.3.1 had a bug where even though the score calls for Muse Sounds, it was actually using MS Basic instead? if so, that bug has apparently been fixed. But the question is, at what point did Muse Sounds enter into the picture in the first place? Again, it's already there in the score, so whatever went wrong to put Muse Sounds in there must have happened before 4.3.2. And indeed, if I open it in 4.3.1, I see & hear the exact same thing: the mixer shows Muse Sounds selected for the snare, but entirely the wrong drumset definition, and thus no playback.
So, in order to investigate, we'd need to see a score that works correctly in one specific version (and tell us which version) but incorrectly in another. The score you attached says right there in the file to use Muse Sounds, so no version of MuseScore should ever have tried to play it with MS Basic. It doesn't play correctly in 4.3.1 (the version it was last saved in) or 4.3.2.
To get this file to play correctly in either version, you will need to change the sound from Muse Sounds (which is what the file itself calls for) to MS Basic. You'll also want to unmute the track.
It's possible you originally created this score in some version prior to 4.3.1 and that the original version of the score used MS Basic and played correctly there, and the change from MS Basic to Muse Sounds happened something between then and when this version of score was saved. if so, see if you can find that original version.
But again, as it is, there is no bug apparent here with regard to this version of the score. The score is asking for Muse Sounds to be used, so that is exactly what MuseScore Studio is doing. But the score also has the wrong drumset definition for Muse Sounds snare drum, and that's why you don't hear the playback (even after unmuting).