Musescore 4 Sound export is incredibly crackly, especially on FLAC.
I think this is a problem with musescore being unable to handle very loud sounds, but it's horrible nonetheless.
I'm having to put things at -12dB master just to have usable audio outside of musescore, but playback itself is completely fine, which is why I'm mainly annoyed. I won't know until I export whether my sound settings are good or not.
This is quite odd, why does musescore resort to popping and crackling audio for too loud sounds instead of normalizing them down?
This is the only audio software I know of that can't handle any sound over fortississimo at 0dB default settings.
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You can select a compressor / limiter effect if you like, but MuseScore by default plays sounds as is. Normally the defaults should not clip, though. Are you using a VST that set too loud, maybe? If you are truly just using defaults and experiencing problems with some score, please attach it so we can investigate.
In reply to You can select a compressor … by Marc Sabatella
Crackling behavior observed on all VSTs including Musescore Basic, sorry I haven't responded earlier.
I'll upload a cut down version of the score soon!
In reply to You can select a compressor … by Marc Sabatella
Here.
In reply to Here. by Apprisco
I used your score to export a FLAC file and listened through headphones.
Sure enough, from 01:20 for about 10 seconds I could here crackling. And again from 01:43 onwards.
Note: I don't have Aegean Symphony Orchestra on my laptop, so that crackling must apply even to MS Basic?
In reply to Here. by Apprisco
You've turned up your volumes past their defaults, so no surprise to me that some fff passages might clip. Turn them back down, and then turn *others8 down more if need be.
In reply to You've turned up your… by Marc Sabatella
The fact that it crackles when volumes are too high is a problem, because it doesn't do that during playback. It only does it on export, which is impossible to detect and a big issue.
In reply to The fact that it crackles… by Apprisco
You might not hear it during playback if your speakers aren't turned up loud enough, but your file is absolutely clipping. As I said, you need to return to normal volume levels in the mixer.
In reply to You might not hear it during… by Marc Sabatella
I have and still continue to get endless crackles, the likes of which I haven't experienced on MS3. Moving the file back, I still do not get any crackles on MS3. This seems to be a problem with MS4 alone.
In reply to I have and still continue to… by Apprisco
You still get the distortion even after turning your levels back down? Lease attached the updated file so we can check.