No sound
Hi,
I am using Musescore 6.3.2 and I have no sound. I have read this but still no sound.
https://musescore.org/en/node/96811
Can anyone help?
Regards,
Philippe Guiblin
philippe.guiblin@gmail.com
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You may have read that linked page, but have you actually tried any of those suggestions? You certainly haven't completed Step 9. "If after trying all of the above steps (plus what is suggested below), then please ask for help on the Support forum. Be sure to say which version of MuseScore (Help→About) and what operating system you are on, what audio devices you are using, and what settings you see in Edit→Preferences→I/O after doing the revert to factory settings as per suggestion 2 above."
In reply to You may have read that… by SteveBlower
Ok. Thanks Steve.
Musescore version: 3.6.2
OS: Windows 11
Audio device: Realtek(R) Audio
In Edit/Preferences/IO: Port Audio is checked, API: MME, Device: Speakers Realtek(R) Audio
Thanks again,
Philippe
In reply to Ok. Thanks Steve. Musescore… by Philippe Guiblin
Check your OS settings to see if Windows is allowing some other program to take exclusive use of your audio devices, and if you, disable that option.
In reply to Check your OS settings to… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks. All of my drivers are enabled. Still no sound.
In reply to Ok. Thanks Steve. Musescore… by Philippe Guiblin
And try some of the other drivers besides MME.
In reply to And try some of the other… by bobjp
Thanks. Still no sounds.
In reply to Thanks. Still no sounds. by Philippe Guiblin
It looks like the problem comes from the sheet I loaded. Sound works when using other music sheets. Thanks for your help. I'll get on with that.
In reply to It looks like the problem… by Philippe Guiblin
Check the mixer, maybe everything is muted
In reply to Check the mixer, maybe… by Jojo-Schmitz
or the "play" and/or "velocity" settings of the notes
In reply to or the "play" and/or … by jeetee
Not sure how to check that. Thanks.
In reply to Check the mixer, maybe… by Jojo-Schmitz
Nothing is muted. Thanks.
In reply to It looks like the problem… by Philippe Guiblin
And if you still have trouble, attach the score so we can understand and assist better.
In reply to And if you still have… by Marc Sabatella
Here is the music sheet. Thanks.
In reply to Here is the music sheet… by Philippe Guiblin
Sure enough, no sound.
I used the mixer to change from piano to organ. Got sound. Changed back to piano and got sound. No idea why.
In reply to Here is the music sheet… by Philippe Guiblin
Looks like the score is set to use a non-standard soundfont, so unless you have that loaded, you won't get sound. Changing the sound explicitly in the mixer works around that - now it can use the standard piano sound.
In reply to Looks like the score is set… by Marc Sabatella
Interesting. How do you set a score to use a non-standard font? The OP said this was the only score he had trouble.
As for me, I use the default HQ font.
In reply to Interesting. How do you set… by bobjp
The HQ soundfont isn't the default - the default is MuseScore General. You have to install the HQ version separately. But it's at least a standard General MIDI soundfont, so it uses the same basic General MIDI program numbers - 0 being grand piano. Meaning, whether or not someone has the HQ soundfont installed, all the sounds are in the same places. But not all fonts follow the GM standard, and that's how you get into situations where instruments play with random different sounds, or in this case, no sounds - because MuseScore has no idea how to find the different sounds unless you select them manually in the mixer.
The person who saved this score appears to have been using four different sounfonts. I found this by opening the MSCZ file in a ZIP browser, then opening the MSCX file within that in a text editor.
On the Fluid tab:
Essential Keys-sfzBanks-v9.5.sf2
MuseScore_General.sf3
Famicom.sf2
On the Zerberus tab:
UprightPianoKW-20190703.sfz
These are written to the file if you use the save to score button in the synthesizer window. Actually, for all I know they are always written when using multiple soundfonts. You could test to see if you like.
The instrument appears to have been set to use Zerberus soundfont, so it won't produce sound if there is nothing loaded there.
In reply to The HQ soundfont isn't the… by Marc Sabatella
Ah, I loaded an sfz font and had sound right away.
In reply to Ah, I loaded an sfz font and… by bobjp
Thanks to all of you. I am impressed by the the swiftness of the responses and your help. Have a nice weekend.