How do I change the instrument used for playback in Musescore 4?
I'm using Musescore to practice my parts in a choir. The default sound for voice instruments is the terribly annoying Aah-sound, and I want it to just use regular piano sound, which is also the sound I'm used to hearing during choir practices.
In Musescore 2 and 3, I could easily swap the sound used for playback via the Mixer panel, but I cannot find this ability in Musescore 4. There is a Sound-dropdown, but it doesn't allow me to really select anything at all:
Unlike in Musescore 3, where there also is a Sound-dropdown which does allow me to select from every possible instrument sound, including the piano:
Is changing the sound for an instrument no longer possible in Musescore 4, or is it done a different place or what?
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Bumping this question for visibility - I'm also trying to use something other than the Choir Aahs sound for playback of choral parts, and this doesn't seem possible in MS4.
I've seen a suggestion that the "Sound" dropdown in the MS4 mixer would allow this, but for me that dropdown only shows "MS Basic" and "SoundFonts" > "MS Basic".
This is with MuseScore 4.1.1-232071203.
In reply to Bumping this question for… by blakej
For soundfonts that represent collections of sounds, manual selection of individual sounds within a given soundfont is currently not supported (as of Musescore 4.0).
However...
To allow for selection of different instrument sounds, you can download the MS Basic.zip found here:
https://community.masteringmusescore.com/c/resources/ms-basic-individua…
This will allow swapping of instrument sounds without changing the instrument(s) in the score itself.
In reply to Bumping this question for… by blakej
Or, because this is only for practice, change the voice parts to piano using the change instrument function.
In reply to Or, because this is only for… by bobjp
Unfortunately, changing the instrument also changes the clef. Piano seems to default to treble -- there must be a way to change it but I don't know how. This makes tenor and bass parts unreadable. :-(
In reply to Unfortunately, changing the… by gwillen
Just change the clef then, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/clefs
Today, I completed a conductor's score for our school song. Playback was nice and I could hear all the instruments. Then, I added the snare drum line. Now all I hear is the snare drum line. How do I correct this so all the instruments are heard?
Thank you.
In reply to Today, I completed a… by jmwsr47
"Now all I hear is the snare drum line. How do I correct this so all the instruments are heard?"
Open the Mixer (F10), and reduce the volume for the snare drum there by dragging the vertical slider control.
In reply to "Now all I hear is the snare… by DanielR
Or possibly press ESC before pressing play,,hat ensures that nothing is selected. If you have a selection on a single stave (e.g. snare drum) when you start play back, that stave is all you will hear. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/playback-controls#To_play_back_sele…