Some Instruments Not Exporting in Full Score Audio
When I export my orchestral score as one mp3 audio file, checking simply the Full Score box as my export option, the timpani and glockenspiel do not export in the recording with the rest of the instruments; the only way to get them is to export their individual parts as a separate audio file. i'm assuming that this is a bug, but it might also be something that I'm doing wrong.
I tried to upload the audio file, but it says it was too big.
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You're probably doing something wrong.
You may want to verify the sound mixer to be having no mute activations prior to exporting. Otherwise, if you upload the score's .mscx/mscz file in this forum, someone might attempt to assist you with your problems or verify an export failure.
In reply to You're probably doing… by worldwideweary
The mixer is not muted, as both instruments play in the editor. A related issue is that when I first open the score in MuseScore, neither instrument plays during playback. I must click on a note on each of those two instruments' staves to generate the playback sound for them, and then they will play during playback.
Here is the .mscz file.
In reply to The mixer is not muted, as… by William Halsted
All instruments list "Grand Piano" in Mixer, indicating that you're using a non-default soundfont. Do you, and if so which?
In reply to All instruments list "Grand… by Jojo-Schmitz
I am a little confused about which one I am using since the mixer does not show where one soundfont's sounds end and another's begin, but it is the expressive version of each instrument, belonging to the Sonatina Symphony Orchestra soundfont or the Aegean Symphony Orchestra soundfont, I believe. Sorry if that's not much help.
Okay, new problem. I just uploaded the score to MuseScore.com (https://musescore.com/user/37067197/scores/6616460), and neither the timpani nor glockenspiel parts uploaded with the audio. Can someone explain to me what has gone wrong with my score?
In reply to Okay, new problem. I just… by William Halsted
Did you tick the "Upload score audio"?
In reply to Did you tick the "Upload… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, I forgot to mention that.
In reply to Yes, I forgot to mention… by William Halsted
I have worked with both of those fonts. Everyone has their own idea of what a good orchestra font should sound like. I have heard SSO used with a DAW. It sounds really good. Unfortunately MuseScore is not a DAW (yet). As is, these fonts don't always play nicely with MuseScore. There are note duration problems, and lack of single note dynamics, to name a few. Pretty sure the default General and General HQ fonts have been crafted to work with well MuseScore.
In reply to I have worked with both of… by bobjp
But shouldn't the sound still upload?
In reply to But shouldn't the sound… by William Halsted
If your mixer and synth settings are such that it is present in the playback, yes, You definitely hear it in the playback? How about if you export to MP3?
In reply to If your mixer and synth… by Marc Sabatella
I definitely hear it in playback. however, when I first load the score, it doesn't play. First I have to click on a note from each instrument's stave to generate playback of that note, and then it will play. A full score mp3 export does not have either part, but an mp3 export of those individual parts does.
In reply to I definitely hear it in… by William Halsted
Needing to click a note before it plays is a pretty sure sign your soundfont isn't compatible with your synthesizer settings, probably the single note dynamics settings. And/or the single note dynamics settings for the staff in Staff/Part Properties. Once you get that sort out, the export should work too.
In reply to Needing to click a note… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks a lot! Under Staff/Part Properties for each instrument, I checked Use Single Note Dynamics, and that fixed everything. Is there a way to make that default? (In my mixer it says to use that, but that box was never ticked in the first place).
In reply to Thanks a lot! Under Staff… by William Halsted
That should already be the default assuming the instrument itself supports single note dynamics. For example, bassoon does, but piano doesn't - not just in MuseScore, I mean actual physical pianos are incapable of single note dynamics and so it's disabled in MuseScore also.
Neither timpani nor glockenspiel are capable of changing volume on a single note, so they really shouldn't need to have this enabled. but if someone particular soundfont for some reason decided to implement it anyhow, and you decided to use that particular soundfont for these instruments, then indeed, you would need to override this.
If you plan to write a lot of music using this same set of instruments and using this same soundfont, you can set up one score as you like then save it to your Templates folder for easy reuse - it will be available alongside the built-in templates every time you create a new score.
In reply to That should already be the… by Marc Sabatella
The actual instruments in the orchestral pieces I write will vary (composers do have the freedom to add and remove instruments, right?), and it's not hard to fix it — just a few clicks — but thank you for the advice.
In reply to The actual instruments in… by William Halsted
Indeed! Still, even if it's not literally the exact same set of instruments, you may well still find it useful to create a template to use as a starting point from which you can add or remove instruments as desired. And at least much of the initial setup work will have been done for you.
In reply to Indeed! Still, even if it's… by Marc Sabatella
Okay. I just also discovered that with the Old Grand Piano sound in the Aegean Symphony Orchestra soundfont, dynamics do not work at all unless Use Single Note Dynamics is checked. I think it would behoove me to make sure that that is always checked when using that soundfont or the Sonatina Symphony Orchestra one (I'm never sure which soundfont the sounds belong to).