Does MuseScore use mp3 as its default sound format for a file?
Does MuseScore use mp3 --or what sound format-- as its default for a file?
with all due respect for MuseScore,
David Faubion
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The musescore.com website uses MP3, the MuseScore program has a wider choice (and no default, or rather uses the last export format the next time): ogg, wav, mp3, flac. See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/file-formats#audio
In reply to The musescore.com website… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks, Jojo,
My question more simply stated is this:
What is the sound format of the MuseScore playback of my file, MIDI, mp3, WAVE on Windows, AIFF on MAC?
In reply to Thanks, Jojo, My question… by David Faubion
Neither, as explained elsethread
Can you clarify what you mean by "default sound format for a file"? There is no "default sound format" for a score - the sound is generated on the fly by the synthesizer using the "fluidsynth" engine (or Zerberus if you've selected an SFZ soundfont). These are basically WAV playback internally, but with processing done, so it's not really anything but what it is. Now if you export a score to create an actual audio file, then you get to choose the audio format for the export as mentioned above.
In reply to Can you clarify what you… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for your reply, Marc.
My question clarified is this:
What is the sound format that MuseScore uses in the playback of my MuseScore file? Is the playback MIDI, Wave for Windows, AIFF for MAC or, I hope, mp3?
In reply to Thank you Marc, My question… by David Faubion
As Marc just said, the MuseScore program, running on your machine, doesn't use any file to play back the sound, it synthesizes it in real time. The web site uses MP3's.
In reply to As Marc just said, the… by [DELETED] 1831606
Would my file as uploaded onto the MuseScore have the mp3 formated audio? Would it scroll too, the way the software highlights each note as it plays?
In reply to Would my file as uploaded… by David Faubion
By upload I assume you mean, to the score sharing website MuseScore.com. The playback on that web
site does work by first exporting your score to an MP3 and then playing that, rather than playing it back directly in real-time like MuseScore itself does. You cannot simply upload your own MP3 though - the uploading process automatically generated an MP3 file from within MuseScore.
And yes, the display follows the score during website playback. Feel free play any of the scores already on that site to get a sense of how that works.
In reply to Thank you Marc, My question… by David Faubion
As I was trying to explain, those are file formats, and playback doesn't involve any additional files - it all happens in memory. So your question simply doesn't make sense, it's like asking, what file format is used when playing back a phonograph record. There is no file, so no file format. It just is what it is - raw data sent to your computer's audio system using the facilities the OS provides for that sort of thing. At its heart it is probably uncompressed similar to WAV - it addition to the much worse sound quality of mp3, it would be slower to have to process the compression at both ends.
So anyhow, again, your question doesn't make sense, which makes me wonder why you are asking. Probably there is some real world problem you are trying to solve, but we'd need to know what that is in order to give you more meaningful assistance. What is it you are trying to do that causes you to wonder about this in the first place?
In reply to As I was trying to explain,… by Marc Sabatella
Marc, your assumption that my question does not make sense--is faulty, which is proven by the fact that you answered my question. You added some pseudo-intelligent extra as unharmonious bs. The other smug point-racker answered it even better.
Forget forums as they are usually a divisive pain.
In reply to Marc, your assumption that… by David Faubion
Sorry, I'm not trying to be rude. If you are satisfied with the answer - that there is no file format, because there is no file - great, but I was confused as to why you did seem to accept this answer the first time. Sorry if that confusion somehow came off as rudeness, it wasn't intended.