MS4: Playback resets on sound change but play head doesn't
If you start playing the score then change the sound in the mixer (while actively playing) it starts playing the score from the start again - however the play head position on the screen continues from where it was, not from the start as the sound is doing.
(MS4 beta, Windows 10)
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I can 't reproduce this, but if you have a specific score where this always happens, please open an issue on GitHub as requested in the beta announcement, and be sure to attach the score and precise steps to reproduce the problem (eg, which sound you are changing, etc).
In reply to I can 't reproduce this, but… by Marc Sabatella
It doesn't need a specific score, just open a fresh score, spam a load of notes, select a Muse Sound instrument, and hit play. While playing change to another Muse Sound instrument and you see the effect.
In reply to It doesn't need a specific… by majenko
You say you experience this in the Beta version. Have you tested the latest nightly version? Many playback bugs have been fixed since the beta came out.
Go to the Downloads page and scroll down to see the link to the nightlies.
Or just follow this link https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/
In reply to You say you experience this… by SteveBlower
Now I have fixed my sound problems in MS4 on Linux I'm running from HEAD for testing, so newer than nightlies, and the bug is still there.
My question is, why would you do that to begin with?
In reply to My question is, why would… by bobjp
Why would you not? Selecting the right sound for a piece is something I do all the time. For instance deciding which of the piano sounds is the best one for the piece, which can best be done by changing the sound live and comparing the differences in timbre as it's playing. And as more and more Muse Sounds instruments get developed this is going to be more and more common.
Regardless, a proper bug has been filed, accepted, assigned and scheduled for post-release.
In reply to Why would you not? Selecting… by majenko
I get that we all work differently. With all the playback problems MU4 is having, I'm not surprised this doesn't work. Does it work in 3.6? I mean that it is an interesting concept that I'm trying to understand. Off topic, I know.
Seems to me that if I am listening to a passage of piano and I want to hear a different piano, changing on the fly won't tell me anything about the passage just played. Something about how that passage sounded was what made me think of changing. So I'd have to stop and go back, anyway. Yes, we all want the best sound. But sometimes that is only evident in the export. Sometimes I have to listen to a piece on a few different systems before I settle on a sound.
Maybe not important.
In reply to I get that we all work… by bobjp
Yes, it's always been perfectly fine in 3.6 - it's an operation I do all the time, even going as far as loading soundfonts into the synth live sometimes (though not often as that has been known to crash things).