Help, no sound!!!
Dowloaded this a week ago ish as I had tried other software and wasn't please with them. Started using this and loved it, I imported a Midi file in to much success then played around with it. When it came to try and play it back, there was no sound. I looked on here for solutions and realise I'm not the only one.
I tried restoring it to factory settings using instructions on one of the post and typing -F after the line, but no luck!
I tried going into synthesiser, and play settings and changed things and restarted in between, still nothing.
Really strugling to think of any other options now. The only thing I can think of is maybe it doesn't work if you are trying to listen through headphones for some reason???
Any help would be much appreciated as starting to lose my mind a bit now, Thanks
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Are you listening to the computer or to an attached MIDI device?
In reply to Are you listening to the by xavierjazz
Its a laptop so listening straight to the computor, but via headphones that are plugged in at the side if that makes sense?
In reply to Its a laptop so listening by Dawn x
Does the audio through your headphones work with other programs?
In reply to Does the audio through your by xavierjazz
@Dawn x, also take a look at the system mixer:
In reply to @Dawn x, also take a look at by Shoichi
I admit, I hadn't checked the system sound mixer. silly me, but just done it, un muted the speaker underneath, got my hopes up, tried again, nothing. Closed musescore and opened it again, still nothing. So not that either by the seems of it?
In reply to Does the audio through your by xavierjazz
Ha! No! Cannot believe I didn't think to check that. I will try some other headphones, then report back.
In reply to Ha! No! Cannot believe I by Dawn x
Ok, headphones do work on the internet and listening to other things when settings are right so it's deffinitely something to do with Musescore itself. Any other ideas people??
In reply to Ok, headphones do work on the by Dawn x
are you using a Mac?
In reply to are you using a Mac? by Shoichi
No, not a Mac, a windows machine.
In reply to No, not a Mac, a windows by Dawn x
I notice on the image above, there is a sound symol next to the midi input button, and that there is a lot more options on the sound mixer than I get. I only get 1 muse Score setting on my sound mixer. Could this be something to do with it.
In reply to I notice on the image above, by Dawn x
Not really. That just reflects the difference between your two machines.
In reply to I notice on the image above, by Dawn x
The picture shows 1.3 / 2.0.2 / Nightly (which can coexist) to display the respective icons in the system mixer.
Maybe you should attach an image here of your settings (Edit / Preferences ...> I / O);
However, if the speakers are working and not the headphones might be some setting in your sound card?
I'm still betting it's something to with the Synthesizer. Could you share a screenshot of it, in the "Fluid" tab?
In reply to I'm still betting it's by Isaac Weiss
Ok, lets see if this works...
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In reply to Ok, lets see if this by Dawn x
Aha! The case of the missing SoundFont. It's supposed to look like this: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/synthesizer#soundfont
FluidR3Mono_GM.sf3 should be loaded by default. If it isn't, and if even running the revert process doesn't put it back, you can manually install a SoundFont from here: https://musescore.org/en/node/36171#list
In reply to Aha! The case of the missing by Isaac Weiss
Ok, tried downloading the Sound font, but whe I opened Muse Score, it still didn't appear in the Synthesizer? Any ideas how I link the 2 together?
In reply to Ok, tried downloading the by Dawn x
Ha! No worries, I've figured it out after a lot of moving things around and trying different things. I now have a Sound font on my menu, yayyyyyy! I've played it and it sounds beutiful after all the trouble. Ha! Thank you for all you help everyone.
In reply to Ok, tried downloading the by Dawn x
Two steps: install it in the proper folder (https://musescore.org/en/node/36171#install), then click the "Load" button in the Synthesizer. You'll probably then want to use the "Set as Default" button so you won't have to do it again.
On the other hand, I can't help but wonder why the revert process isn't working. It would certainly save some effort.