Synthesia - instruments

• Dec 23, 2011 - 13:30

Hello,
Im trying to find the instrument in musescore that is equal to Synthesia's Ensembles (if there are as such): SynthStrings 1, SynthStrings 2, String Ensemble 2.
All of those: Violins 2, Viola da gamba, Violoncellos, Contrabasses, Double Basses; come out as String Ensemble 1.
Thank you

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• Dec 23, 2011 - 14:11

I don't know what synthesia is, but all sounds in MuseScore are a function of which SoundFont you use. The default uses the General MIDI standard for the organization and labeling of its sounds. If you want other sounds, you'll need to find a SoindFont that includes them.

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• Dec 23, 2011 - 15:40

Synthesia is just another program that plays midi files.
I noticed that in different programs some instruments have different names, whether it's because such instrument does not exist in the program so it just puts it to default , or the creators just decieded to name them differently.
Im testing all of my creations (which I do on musescore) on Synthesia (nvm why). The thing is, the instruments there are a little limited and they have different names.
So I was wondering if anyone here who uses the same program knows how to choose the instruments I mentioned earlier. I thought the program is pretty popular actualy :P

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• Dec 23, 2011 - 16:36

Wiki:
"Ensemble

49 String Ensemble 1
50 String Ensemble 2
51 Synth Strings 1
52 Synth Strings 2
53 Choir Aahs
54 Voice Oohs
55 Synth Choir
56 Orchestra Hit"

If the insruments are truely named the same to every program, then I think this group is missing from musescore.

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• Dec 23, 2011 - 16:54

Are you look at the Mixer? That,s where you'd set the specific sounds for playback. Slight variation in naming, but they are definitely there. I suspect you are looking at the instrument list for score creation, which Indeed won't list things the same way, since printed scores would never be labeled that way.

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