Body Percussion sounds all playing as woodblock

• Jan 6, 2025 - 20:17

I made a score in October/November 2024 using MuseScore 4.4.1 on Windows 10 Home that included claps and stomps, and all was well and good. This morning (Jan 2025) I tried to create a score that included finger snaps and they sounded like wood blocks. So I tried adding them as claps or stomps instead, which also all came in as wood block sounds. I restarted MuseScore, then restarted my computer, all with no effect. I finally upgraded MuseScore to 4.4.4 but this also did not help. In this score, all body percussion now sounds like wood blocks. I opened the old score from Oct/Nov, and the hand clap still sounds like hand clap BUT if I try to add any additional body percussion to it, they sound like wood blocks.

Interestingly, if I copy the handclap line or individual notes from the Oct/Nov score into today's score, they sound like handclaps, but if I try to add new notes to it, they sound like wood blocks.

Any ideas on what's going on here? I have tried inputting notes from my keyboard vs my MIDI keyboard, both are the same. Unsure how to fix this.

Additional notes:
I am not using any plugins
I do not have any additional sounds or soundfonts installed
All settings are MuseScore defaults, both in the Oct/Nov score and today's score

I tried searching the help forums but couldn't find anything quite like this.

Attached are the file in question using copy/pasted hand claps on the Finger Snap line (Thunder) and the file that was created in the fall with hand claps in the appropriate place (Seven Principles).

Thanks!

Attachment Size
Seven Principles.mscz 61.5 KB
Thunder.mscz 57.24 KB

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