Where do my voices go?
After being enthused by the relatively recent push to promote Musescore, including YouTube videos and arrangements with many makers of digital instruments, I got on the band wagon to see what all the fuss was about. I was very impressed with the sound modules that became available for a remarkably small cost, and proceeded to learn about the platform via making a digital rendition of a Viola Concerto written by somebody I know.
Everything was going well, more or less (that bloody disappearing mixer!) and completed the first version of the Concerto using a number of the sound modules that I had downloaded (and bought!) from the Hub. A list of these modules is attached to this note.
The concerto is scored for a large orchestra: 28 staves as I recall, with voicing from many of the downloaded packages (see attached), and is about 30 minutes in length.
The first really major error I came across was Musescore not being able to render French Horns properly when exporting the score to an audio file. I wrote a support request for this, but there was no reply at all.
The second significant problem I am having is that now, when I open one of the scores associated with the Viola Concerto, not only has Musescore completely forgotten the voice/instrument assignments, but also has forgotten that any of the sound modules not starting with “Muse” exists. I can uninstall Musescore and then install it again, and voila!, the rest of the modules suddenly appear. BUT… the voice/instruments have still been forgotten! (Factory reset doesn’t work either: I’ve tried.) It’s beyond laborious trying to revoice all the instruments every time I wish to do some work on one of the concerto’s movements.
Clearly, Musescore is not ready for serious work, even though I will be the first to admit that the downloaded modules marry very well with the audio engine.
Can you offer any assistance?
Dr Michael Hill.
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Without your score and the same downloaded instruments, it will be difficult to help.
That said, what problem did you have with the horn? Was it the Muse horn?
Can't say I've ever had a problem with the mixer. And I only use the free sounds. I have some VST's, but I don't think they are better than Muse sounds. Which is not to say that there aren't problems.
Interesting that a re-install did any good for you at all. Usually there is no change.
In reply to Without your score and the… by bobjp
I was referring to four French Horns, the sounds taken from Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Core. Very impressive through standard playback from Musescore. However, using Musescore export as audio has these horns being cut off on occasion. As I mentioned in my original question, routing the sound through Audacity results in a far better audio file.
It turns out that that packages that I have purchased independent of Musescore, e.g. EastWest Symphony Orchestra, some packages from Spitfire, are all recognised and listed by Musescore, but the packages downloaded from the Hub are invisible, unless I perform a complete uninstallation of Musescore, and then a reinstallation of the software, at which point all these sound packages I have downloaded from the HUB are then visible in Musescore and can be used. It’s really weird. All the ackages downloaded from the HUB are in the same directory, but Musescore only reliably recognises those packages with titles beginning with “Muse”.
In reply to I was referring to four… by musescore1849
The support for Muse Sounds is here: https://support.musehub.com/hc/en-gb/community/topics/8216743147933-Mus…
Well, a couple of days ago, around the 27th of November, I powered up Musescore Studio in the hope of exporting some of my work. Lo and behold, all the sound modules were recognised by the software! They had appeared as bewilderingly as they had originally vanished!
I have no explanations; no understanding of what happened. What I am doing now is finishing the work that I was previously unable to continue, in the hope that the voices don't disappear again.