The sound of finger snaps
I want to include finger snaps in a song I'm transcribing (for those curious, it's this song: https://centaurworld.fandom.com/wiki/Baby%27s_First_Spell ), and I want to include the finger snaps, but the way finger snaps sound in Musescore is something like claves. Can the sound for finger snaps actually sound like snaps, like most other MIDI programs?
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Just use the Finger Snap instrument and/or sound?
But yes, it does sound more like claves, though that's a matter of what soundfont you use
In reply to Just use the Finger Snap… by Jojo-Schmitz
Okay, well, then I'm requesting the default soundfont use something that actually sounds like a finger snap for its "finger snap" instrument. Is that too much to ask?
In reply to Okay, well, then I'm… by Dogman15
yes
;-)
In reply to yes ;-) by Jojo-Schmitz
Honestly...
In reply to Honestly... by arpeggiojoshu
Reason is given below...
In reply to Okay, well, then I'm… by Dogman15
Finger snap is not part of the General MIDI standard, so standards-compliant soundfonts like MuseScore's won't normally include it (and even if so, it wouldn't work in any other general MIDI soundfont). So you'll just need to find a non-GM soundfont that included it, and load that soundfont in addition (see handbook sections on sound & soundfonts).
In reply to Finger snap is not part of… by Marc Sabatella
Can you link that to me, or is it somewhere in Musescore's files already on my computer?
In reply to Can you link that to me, or… by Dogman15
No, it's just the same as if you want a font for your word processor but it isn't included. You need to go and search for a soundfont that has the sound that you want. If you do find a soundfont that you like then you can install it and use it in MuseScore: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/soundfonts-and-sfz-files
In reply to No, it's just the same as if… by underquark
Do you know if any of those have a finger snap sound? Because if not, it's not worth my time to download any.
In reply to Do you know if any of those… by Dogman15
Certainly it’s not a good use of your time to download random sounds fonts and then trying to discover if they have the sound. But the couple of minutes it takes to do a web search on “finger snap soundfont” to find one surely is worthwhile.
In reply to Certainly it’s not a good… by Marc Sabatella
Well, I found this that I should have search for first: https://musescore.org/en/node/271776
And this that's useless: https://musescore.org/en/instruments/finger-snap
Further searches turn up people with the same frustration. I might just mute the "finger snaps" that sound like claves and record that separately, either by myself at my mic, or pay someone else with a better DAW to put the finger snaps in.
The main reason I don't want to hear the claves is because another Centaurworld song starts out with four clave hits, "Everyday": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6N7XMG31jw
Edit: I might use this, but Norton tells me it's an unsafe site when I click "download": https://vbfasr307.weebly.com/blog/saint-james-orchestra-soundfont
In reply to Well, I found this that I… by Dogman15
Don't search this site only - as mentioned, MuseScore itself adheres to the General MIDI standard and therefore only has the sounds included in that standard. You need to search the internet in general. For instance, the very first hit if you use Google to search for "finger snap soundfont" is this:
https://www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/documents/22-unpitched-percussion/…
I see no reason to expect that soundfont wouldn't work perfectly. You just need to download it and install it into MuseScore and set your instrument to use that sound, as described in the Handbook section on sound and soundfonts.
In reply to Don't search this site only … by Marc Sabatella
I did sort of look at some other sites, but as you can see, the one I found was suspicious to Norton. Anyway, thanks for this link, however, it sucks that I have to make an account to download it.
In reply to Finger snap is not part of… by Marc Sabatella
@Marc Sure? The sound in our default MuseScore_General.sf3 soundfont (or at least the HQ version) has a sound called Finger Snip, it just doesn't sound like that.
Edit: no, it is not, as per "edit drumset" it is indeed setup to use the claves sound, I got tricked by the mixer channel to call is finger snap
In reply to Sure? The sound in our… by Jojo-Schmitz
I wish the program would make it sound like a finger snap, but if you have to export it to MIDI, it would come out as claves.
In reply to I wish the program would… by Dogman15
And the reason for that has been given above: there's no Finger Snap in General MIDI
In reply to And the reason for that has… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's very annoying to deal with when the song I'm transcribing has finger snaps as one of its primary percussion instruments, other than a hi-hat. It's literally just those two things.
In reply to It's very annoying to deal… by Dogman15
As annoying as this might be: it isn't MuseScore's fault at all.