Musescore will not play and times out to an error.
The file I've included has a few more soundfonts attached to it, other than the Musescore_Genetral_HQ.sf3. Ever since I started looking at adding new sounds. Musescore stumbles quite often, refuses to actually play this file and times out so I have to restart it again. It played fine yesterday when it had been saved last, but when I tried to play it today, it would not play and timed out. The added .sf2 files could not be attached to this message, but they reside in "C:/Windows/Programs/Musescore 3/sound/". After terrible experience with this file, I reinstalled Musescore 3. It then appeared I lost this file and others, but was able to rescue it for the .mscz files I found in "C:/Users/jack8/Appdata/Local/Musescore/Musescore3" by opening them in Musescore 3 and matching them up with what I remember as the last version I saved. That was valuable lesson to learn. Now, playing back this file has become undependable again. Musescore just refuses to play, then timeouts.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| C Concert Victory Mile.mscz | 80.03 KB |
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Most probably unrelated to the problem at hand, but don't store your added soundfonts in "C:/Windows/Programs/Musescore 3/sound/", but in your home directory, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/soundfonts-and-sfz-files#install.
It plays back just fine with the default soundfont only.
In reply to Don't store your added… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, I'll get to that ASAP!
I re-opened the file after downloading it from the above communication to make sure the file was intact. I found the .sf2 files I had added (and saved the file afterward) don't seem to really be attached to the file. I discovered this when opening the Synthesizer menu. When clicking the button "Load From Score" another error occurred, offering me the opportunity to send a message about the error. After typing in the conditions before the error, I was advised "cannot upload, authentication needed". The new soundfonts I'm attempting to load again are located in c:/programs/musescore 3/sounds
These .sf2 files do not appear to be attached to the score anymore, like I saved the file last.
When you reinstalled MuseScore you didn't lose the scores they are the .mscz files you found. What happened is that the file list in recent files and the start center got reset. If ever you can't find a score, use the Open command under the File menu and look for the score in the same location you found this one. It should be the default folder that opens when you use the Open command.
One more thing. Depending on what process you went through to reinstall MuseScore, your sound fonts could have been removed in the process if you had them in the directory you said they are in. This is what Jojo warned you about.
One thing that might shed some light on you problems is if you attach a screen shot of the Fluid tab of your synthesizer. You may have a soundfont we're not familiar with. This will also allow us to test the score using the same sound fonts you do and we can see if we can duplicate the problem.
In reply to When you reinstalled… by mike320
I found (in the preferences) the directory Musescore was looking for soundfonts was not the directory I had been storing the new ones. I had installed a Musescore 3.5 Beta earlier and that was the default in preferences, until I changed it to your recommendation.
There's an ongoing cosmetic job I am attempting involving the Musescore_General_HQ.sf3 "holes" missing instruments versus the offerings from the instruments.xml. The confusion occurs when you specify an instrument for a part from the instruments.xml, and what you actually get in the mixer. I strive to persevere... Thank for your help.
In reply to I found (in the preferences)… by jack8187
As I understand it, The location of the default soundfont, and the location of any fonts you add are supposed to be two different places. You shouldn't have had to change anything in Preferences.
On my system, fonts I add go in the Documents folder and not the Programs folder.
Documents/MuseScore3/Soundfonts.
Anyway, I understand about trying to add instruments to the HQ font. I use solo horn a lot. But there is only a horn section. I found a solo horn in another font and by using 3rd party software I was able to extract just the horn. The down side of using other fonts is that they don't respond to single note dynamics.