Changing Soundfont from the middle of a score
I'm working on transcribing an overture that goes from a legato orchestral section directly into a big band swing section and I am looking for a way to change Soundfont (or just disable the reverb) from the middle of the score. I've done some searching around and some of my own experimentation and have come up with nothing really usable. Does anyone know how to do this?
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There are 2 ways i can think to solve this problem.
1. Add the instruments from the beginning, and then just put the music on them when you need it.
2. Use the "change intrument"
They may or may not work.
In reply to There are 2 ways i can think… by MasterCrab
1 works, but since I’m working with a full symphonic orchestral score plus big band and a few other instruments, it ends up using an unreasonable number of parts. #2 could possibly work but will require more experimentation. Thank you!
In reply to 1 works, but since I’m… by Aiden Learned
I don't know why the font is so large all of a sudden but I can't see how to fix it, sorry :)
In reply to 1 works, but since I’m… by Aiden Learned
You can hide empty staves (after you are done) via Format>Style>score.
In reply to 1 works, but since I’m… by Aiden Learned
It is the #1, write it as \#1
I think Change Instrument would work best.
This seems to me to be similar to the change between arco and pizz. for a bowed string instrument. But I don't know how that was set up. It's now built-in (as far as I know???)
In reply to This seems to me to be… by TheHutch
That's a good point! I noticed there was a button called 'Jazz Tone' in the text palate but it didn't seem to affect anything.
In reply to That's a good point! I… by Aiden Learned
I've only used that once ... and it was several month ago, so I may be remembering incorrectly. But my recollection is that the "Jazz tone" is used on guitars to turn off "distort", "overdrive", and "harmonics". Similar to "arco", turning off "pizz." for a violin.