Piano Keyboard has no sound
Hi,
I'm running the latest MuseScore3 on a MacBook Pro using Catalina OS.
My scores all work fine with full sound, and inputting notes with N makes a sound as they come into the score. But there is no sound when I view the piano keyboard (P) and click on a note.
There seems to be a similar problem here, but it resolved itself (mysteriously)
https://musescore.org/en/node/304803
Any ideas?
Comments
To be clear: when clicking that note on the piano keyboard view, is it added to the score?
In reply to To be clear: when clicking… by jeetee
No, its not.
Also, I added notes to the top line of my score (happens to be violin) and now the piano does play when I click it, but it sounds like a violin.
In reply to No, its not. Also, I added… by PhilR5541
I believe this is so by design. That the virtual piano keyboard uses the sound from the selected staff.
In reply to I believe this is so by… by jeetee
I don't think that's the way this works. When I closed the score and reopened it, and pulled up the piano keyboard, no sound played until I clicked on a note on the violin staff. Then the piano played with violin sounds. When I click on other instruments' staff, I still get violin sounds.
Please can you open the mixer and tell me if the midi port and channels are in order: 1st instrument in midi port 1 and channel 1, 2nd instrumente in midi port 1 and channel 2... etc
And see if the instruments playback in solo mode the correct sound...
In reply to Please can you open the… by katerinatrgl1
Hi
I opened the mixer, and when I click on the different instruments, they all show up as port 1. Violin is channel 1, accordian channel 3, piano channel 4, and double bass channel 5. I had a voice staff which I deleted, so no channel 2,
In reply to Hi I opened the mixer, and… by PhilR5541
And yes, they play the right sounds in solo mode, and also when I click on notes in a staff. Its just the virtual keyboard that seems weird.
Are you changing the order of instruments when you're working in that specific score?
In reply to Please can you open the… by katerinatrgl1
I deleted that one staff (for voice) otherwise no changes
First, be sure you're not in Note Input mode. Then try selecting a measure (any measure) in the score, then clicking on a key in the MS virtual piano keyboard (in View menu) should sound the notes. It would be nice if this simple instruction was found in the Handbook, but I have not.