Synthesizer Sound Clipping
Hello everyone,
I've been using MuseScore for a while now, and I've had some problems with the sound. After a fresh install, I noticed that the playback sound was much quieter than any other program on my computer; I'd have to increase the Windows volume quite a bit. Then I learned that you can increase the volume in the Synthesizer in MuseScore, which I promptly did. This was fine until the playback got to louder parts of a song (any song with any arrangement of instruments), at which point the sound began to crackle quite heavily on the louder notes. I took a look at the synthesizer again while a song was playing and I noticed that the glowing part volume bar that measures output was constantly at the very top. I assume the sound may be getting cut off somehow but I have no idea how to fix it. I've tried it with different soundfonts, but that didn't change anything. So I either have really quite playback or dubstep. Max volume that I can do on the synthesizer is about half (-40 dB) without it starting to crackle. I know next to nothing about sound stuff, so anyone got any ideas?
If it helps, I'm running MuseScore 2.1 on Windows 10.
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Please attach your score to allow someone to check what happens.
In reply to Please attach your score to by cadiz1
It doesn't matter what score, or what instruments. I can download any one score from the site here as well, and it happens too if the volume on the synthesizer is set above -40.
If you pump up the volume in Synthesizer too much, clipping at the louder parts is to be expcted, and indeed -40db has be set as default for a reason
In reply to If you pump up the volume in by Jojo-Schmitz
Is there a way to stop the clipping? Maybe set a maximum so it can't go over?
In reply to Is there a way to stop the by tao123
2 ways: set Synthesizer at -40db or don't use louder dynamics
In reply to 2 ways: set Synthesizer at by Jojo-Schmitz
That seems a bit broken, doesn't it? That I can't set the volume past a certain level? Mind I ask if this happens to you too (or anyone else), or is it just me? Thanks.
In reply to That seems a bit broken, by tao123
Not setting the volume above a certain level is not something MuseScore specific. Take any random mp3, maximise your OS volume, your speaker volume and play it back (or if using VLC you can even pull up the VLC volume to 125%); clipping is nearly guaranteed.
You're basically asking to reduce the volume difference between ppp and fff so that you might hear the silent parts louder and the louder parts more quiet. In effect compressing the dynamic range.
The synthesizer in MuseScore has some compressor functionality, so you might get "better" results by playing with those settings.
In reply to Not setting the volume above by jeetee
Interesting. I can't say I've encountered this problem with Windows (up to 100%, that is), but I'll take your word for it. How do you go about doing this? I know very little about sound stuff in general.