Velocity for instrument in instruments.xml is not used
I have created a new instrument group with a custom instrument in the instruments.xml as following:
<InstrumentGroup id="samba">
<name>Samba</name>
<Instrument id="caixa">
<longName>Caixa</longName>
<shortName>Cai.</shortName>
<description>Caixa</description>
<clef>PERC</clef>
<musicXMLid>drum.caixa</musicXMLid>
<stafftype staffTypePreset="perc1Line">percussion</stafftype>
<barlineSpan>2</barlineSpan>
<drumset>1</drumset>
<Drum pitch="38">
<head>0</head>
<line>0</line>
<voice>0</voice>
<name>Snare</name>
<stem>0</stem>
<shortcut>A</shortcut>
</Drum>
<Drum pitch="37">
<head>1</head>
<line>0</line>
<voice>0</voice>
<name>Stick</name>
<stem>0</stem>
<shortcut>B</shortcut>
</Drum>
<!-- Does not work unfortunately -->
<Articulation>
<velocity>60</velocity>
</Articulation>
<!-- Works fine -->
<Articulation name="sforzato">
<velocity>+200%</velocity>
</Articulation>
<Channel>
<controller ctrl="0" value="1"/>
<program value="48"/>
</Channel>
<genre>custom</genre>
</Instrument>
</InstrumentGroup>
I can use the instrument and the velocity for sforzato works, but the general setting for the instruments velocity is just ignored.
Why is that?
Cheers and thanks for any help
Comments
I'm not sure what you would be expecting it to do. The default velocity for any note in any instrument depends on the dynamic marking in effect at that point in the score. I am not aware of any facility for changing that.
In reply to I'm not sure what you would by Marc Sabatella
For the snare line, i would like to make a difference between ghost notes and accented notes. The way i want to do this is to make all normal notes less loud, and the accented ones are defined by using a > (sforzato) above the note.
The result would look like shown in the attached file.
In reply to For the snare line, i would by delijah
If you want the unaccented notes less loud, simply put a quieter dynamic on that line. That is how human musicians know to play less loud, and that is also true for MuseScore.
In reply to For the snare line, i would by delijah
For playback, you can Ctrl+click on all the sforzatos, then increase velocity in the Inspector.
Sforzato_playback.mscz
Regards.
Hi,
It's a bit off topic, but because of your question, I was wondering if you could help me? I'm looking for a soundfont for tamborim and repinique or an acceptable alternative.
Thank you very much in advance,
Anne
In reply to Hi,… by Anne van Bezouwen
If you download Finale Notepad 2012 (free of charge), you can find a SoundFont named "synthgms.sf2" in one of the folders. (in Win7 C:\Program Files\Finale NotePad 2012\Audio Support)
There are many different percussion instruments in it. (Repinique and Tambourim in Brazilian Percussion DrumSet)
You can copy this file to your user SoundFont folder and use it in MuseScore. https://musescore.org/en/handbook/soundfonts#install
But you need to find out which instrument is where.
And I think a user defined DrumMap setting is also required. (You need to spend some time on it.)
I've added my own Drum-map definitions here: Synthgms-Brazilian-Separate.zip
Extract these files from the zip and copy them to the your styles folder: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/preferences#general
to import these files, see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/drum-notation#edit-drumset
In reply to If you download Finale… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Thank you so much for your reply! I will have a go at it tonight :-)
In reply to If you download Finale… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Again, thank you so much for your help. I've just installed the Soundfont and was trying to open the Drum-map definitions, but the link you have posted doesn't work... could you please try again? Thanks again,
Anne
In reply to Again, thank you so much for… by Anne van Bezouwen
Trying again.
In reply to Trying again. by Ziya Mete Demircan
It worked!! Thanks!!
In reply to Trying again. by Ziya Mete Demircan
I've got sambasounds coming from my speakers!! Yay!!
In reply to Trying again. by Ziya Mete Demircan
These seem so useful but Musescore says they are outdated.... do you by any chance have any newer ones? Either way, thanks so much I already have agogo
In reply to These seem so useful but… by jainsahana10
They were for MuseScore 2.x apparently, as back in 2017 MuseScore 3 wasn't yet born
In reply to These seem so useful but… by jainsahana10
for ".drm" files:
Open it with a text editor and change the version number from "2.06" to "3.01"
original:
<museScore version="2.06">changed:
<museScore version="3.01">In reply to Open it with a text editor… by Ziya Mete Demircan
They should be read without that. But still may not work due to other changes and incompatibilities
In reply to If you download Finale… by Ziya Mete Demircan
I am experimenting to set the sounds to approach a samba drums.
I was able to edit to make the accents of the boxes close to what runs. Putting the phantom notes in the dynamic "pp" and the accents in "F".
Here is an example: https://musescore.com/isaac_james/caixas-das-escolas-de-samba-do-rio
But I don't know how to define or visualize Drum Map, I downloaded the soundfont synthgms, the brazilian separate definitions.
When it comes to adding an instrument (already with the soundfont installed and the drum map you posted) which instrument or percussion line do I choose to work with?
In reply to I am experimenting to set… by Isaac James Ch…
Files with ".drm" extension indicate which sound is assigned to which key.
You can look into them with a text editor.
Even better, you can use the instrument definitions file included in the zip file (use with synthgms font).
Don't forget to select the bank with the same name of the synthgms font from the mixer.
eg: "Marching Drums", "Cuban Perc.", "Brazilian Perc." etc...
In reply to Files with ".drm" extension… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Thank you so much, I can now have the sound of a samba school. I found another publication of yours and managed to do everything right.
https://musescore.org/en/node/282717
"Download the instrument-list see attachment: SynthGmsPerc-Instruments.zip
Extract the xml file inside the archive and copy it to the Musescore's (user) Instruments directory. (this instrument-list doesn't conflict with the original instrument list.)
And add it to here: Edit menu=>Preferences=>Score: instrument list 2"