MuseScore rejects loading an SFZ file to the Synthesizer
Hi. I downloaded and unzipped a free, beautiful Steinway grand piano SFZ soundfont from GITHUB into the soundfont folder, opened MuseScore and attempted to load it into the synthesizer. There were 3 SFZ files available. When I clicked the "add" button, they began to load, got to about 50%, then they al stopped with this message from MuseScore:
Any ideas what went wrong? This font is very beautiful and really mimics a Steinway. It is very large, however (over 1 GB). Could that be the problem?
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Is this by chance a 32-bit version of MuseScore? Like a PortableApp?
In reply to Is this by chance a 32-bit… by Jojo-Schmitz
No. It's the new Windows 64 bit version 3.6.2, downloaded from the MuseScore site about 2 weeks ago.
Here is the site at GITHUB I got it from.
https://github.com/KaleidonKep99/Steinway-B-211
There is nothing on the site suggesting a problem. Thanks for helping me. I LOVE this Steinway sound and am sorely disappointed MuseScore is not installing it.
In reply to No. It's the new Windows 64… by fsgregs
But, it's entirely possible you are running out of memory anyhow.
In reply to No. It's the new Windows 64… by fsgregs
How do you know that you love that sound, if MuseScore doesn't load it and so you can't hear it?
In reply to How do you know that you… by Jojo-Schmitz
The author of the soundfont placed a video on YouTube, highlighting what it sounded like. I heard it there.
In reply to The author of the soundfont… by fsgregs
I found another grand piano soundfont that is equally as beautiful, and its SFZ file loaded fine, so I can use that for all my piano compositions. So, unless you are just interested to explore why MuseScore failed to load the 3 Steinway SFZ files, you can drop the effort. Thanks as always for every help you have been giving me.
Frank