Some notes are muted when using play back function

• Nov 25, 2015 - 08:34

Dear forum members,

I made a file for recorder and viola da gamba. (Wich is not an instrument I can choose. Request: please add this instrument to the list of string instruments. I had to choose double bass and change the name in the stave.)

I wanted to check what I had entered, so I hit the play button. Some bass notes didn't make any sound: the b, b flat and d in a specific octave are muted. Sometimes those same notes do sound, however.

I also hear a very soft ticking in the back ground. That can't be the metronome, since that's off.

I made a thread in the Dutch forum (https://musescore.org/nl/node/88421) and Thomas could reproduce the problem with my file, but referred me to the English forum "because that's where the experts are".

So... that's the story. I'll attach that same file again. Please don't look at the lay-out etc. because it's not even close to finished :-)

Thanks for helping me out in advance.

Have a great day!
Hieke

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• Nov 25, 2015 - 08:45

"Viola da gamba" is part of MuseScore, just not in the list of 'common instruments', but in either 'all instruments' and 'early music'.
You could also just etner 'gamba' in the search filed at the bottom of the add instruments dialog

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• Nov 25, 2015 - 09:23

Hi there Hieke :)

First of all, there is no need to customise the Contrabass into a Gamba part.

Gamba is already there in the instruments list - you just need to make sure that you have opened the "All Instruments" dropdown at the top of the Instruments window.....
Gamba.png

Secondly - which version of MuseScore are you running - the issue you describe was a Contrabass range problem with the default soundfont which was fixed back in May with the FluidR3Mono_GM 2.109 release (we're now on 2.112) - playing back your score in MuseScore 2.0.2 with the latest version of the default soundfont had no missing notes.

The latest version of the default soundfont is always available from this thread......
https://musescore.org/en/node/41521
Make sure you scroll right to the bottom where you will find the links to the SF2 and SF3 versions.

I'm afraid I can't help you with the ticking - could be a sound driver issue - which OS are you on?

HTH
Michael

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• Nov 25, 2015 - 09:37

Hi Michael,

Thanks for your quick reply. I'm on Windows 8.1 and downloaded MuseScore about a month ago. Choosing the correct instrument might already do the trick then. I'll try that in the very near future, as well as downloading/adding the SF2 and 3.

I'm not really bothered by the ticking, I just added the info because it might be relevant. (Wich it isn't, apparently :-) )

Thanks for now!

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