Playback clicks
I'm creating a fairly large score for a project and I noticed it keeps making clicking noises during playback, particularly over trills but it happens almost everywhere in the piece, and it's happening in all of my other pieces aswell. I'm using Musescore 3 and I've tried making changing the synthesiser volume and changing the SoundFont, but that has done nothing.
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If in Continuous View mode, try switching to Page View. Sometimes it solves.
In reply to If in Continuous View mode,… by Shoichi
Thanks for the suggestion, that didn't change anything though
In reply to Thanks for the suggestion,… by someoriginalusername
Did you unintentionally activate the metronome?
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/play-mode#playback-toolbar
In reply to Did you unintentionally… by Mr Fox
No, it’s not the metronome, it’s not like a percussive click, it sounds like crackling and at first I thought it was just my headphones breaking but it still happens without them. Musescore has been making these clicks for weeks, they’re random and inconsistent but they mostly happen in parts with a lot happening, especially with crescendos or tremolo’s, which is hard to avoid when I mainly use musescore for orchestration
In reply to No, it’s not the metronome,… by someoriginalusername
I mostly hear it the first time an instrument (or rather mixer sound) plays. When I say mixer sound, changing the violins to pizz causes a temporary crackling. This normally clears up for me if I stop, back up the song and play it again. BTW, I also write almost always for symphonies.
In reply to I mostly hear it the first… by mike320
Thanks, this is a good piece of advice and probably useful to have said incase anyone else is having that problem, but that’s not what’s happening here, this has been going on for weeks even if I’m replaying the same song with little or no changes
In reply to Thanks, this is a good piece… by someoriginalusername
I didn't notice it until 3.1, which is the same time frame you mentioned. I guess we're seeing different issues. Mine is probably an old system. Are you by chance on a Mac?
In reply to I didn't notice it until 3.1… by mike320
I am on a mac, and although we’re noticing the clicking noises in different spots it could still be the same issue, mine just are more frequent for one reason or another
In reply to I am on a mac, and although… by someoriginalusername
Possible, the last person I heard describe the issue as clicks on an old Mac fixed it by buying a new computer.
In reply to Possible, the last person I… by mike320
I really hope that’s not the solution here, My laptop is still fairly new and I’m in no position to but another
In reply to I really hope that’s not the… by someoriginalusername
Of course he could have killed a gnat with a hand grenade :B
Okay so I've tried exporting a song as an mp3 and all of the clicking has disappeared, so this is evidently a problem with musescore playback itself.
I’ve been using MS2.x for some time on an old MacBook with no issues. Got a new MacBook 2019 16GB running Mojave. Couldn’t wait to upgrade to MS3. Opened up some old scores and got random clicks on playback! Like playing an old vinyl! Tried changing the synthesiser but it made no difference. The scores have multiple parts for mandolins and guitars etc. It happens also when I pause playback using the space bar.
I’ve attached a typical example
In reply to I’ve been using MS2.x for… by Dave Rawson
I, too, have a recent (2018) Mac with plenty of memory, and the latest Mojave (get ready for Catalina!), and the click problem that started with 3.0 still occasionally recurs.
I am having the same problem; when a piano part plays a measure containing 16th notes for the first time - in 4/4, on the 1st measure of 16th notes on beat 4 on the 3rd 16th note I get a click - nearly as loud as the piano itself, on the 2nd measure of 16th notes on beat 3 on the 3rd 16th note I get a click, on the 3rd measure of 16th notes there are no clicks, and on the 4th measure on beat 4 on the 3rd 16th note I get a click; there are measures of piano with whole/half/quarter/8th notes before this particular measure of only 16th notes with no click sounds, this happens even when I copy this piano measure of only 16th notes to a portion in the score where there are no other instrumentation parts written yet; it happens even when I slow the tempo down to 40 BPM - my compositions is 120 BPM; in my composition, it only happens with the piano instrument in all ranges of the piano (I am a pianist), and when I copy the same exact part to a classical guitar, there are no click sounds - only the classical guitar; and when I copy the same exact part to a glockenspiel, there are no click sounds - only the glockenspiel; and when I copy the same exact part to any particular vocal of a mixed choir, there are no click sounds - only the voice (bass, tenor, alto, soprano) part. It is very annoying. And after researching this issue I have determined there is a flaw with the MuseScore_General.sf3 located in:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MuseScore 3\sound
I have loaded a few sf2 files into this MuseScore 3 location and the pianos are flawless, the click on the 16th notes of the piano is only occurring with the MuseScore_General.sf3 file. It needs to be fixed.
In reply to I am having the same problem… by Mark Raymond Luce
Thanks for the investigation! Apparently the issue is specific to the notes in your score, as others (including me) aren't hearing it, could you please attach a score with the problem so we can reproduce the issue and look into it further?
In reply to Thanks for the investigation… by Marc Sabatella
You intentionally suppressed my previous comment, your credibility is suspect to me; and I am in no way going to share a work in progress with anyone - especially one who suppresses others from contributing to a fix to a problem; there is a flaw with the piano soundfont in MuseScore_General.sf3 file and not in my score.
In reply to You intentionally suppressed… by Mark Raymond Luce
What previous comment? There is only one from you in this thead prior to Marc's reply.
And only one other in another and unrelated thread.
You're a member since a day, Marc since 9 years, and a heavy contributor, guess what tells about credibility...
Whatever, you don't need to share your score in progress, a short excerpt showing the problem would be enough. No such score, no reproducibility, no fix, simple as that.
In reply to You intentionally suppressed… by Mark Raymond Luce
Indeed, I have no idea what you mean about suppressing a comment - maybe you intended to post something but forgot to hit "Save"? I've done that before. But I promise, I did nothing to suppress anything of yours. This comment is the only one of yours I've seen on this thread.
Anyhow, there should be no problem posting an excerpt from a score here. People do it all the time, it's a necessary step in our being able to reproduce problems and fix them. If you're worried about copyright, you needn't be - your work is protected the moment it's set down. But if it gives you more piece of mind, then just delete all but the problem measures.
To be clear: I am not saying there is a flaw in your score. I am saying something unique about your score exposes the flaw in the soundfont. Since other scores don't expose that flaw, we need yours - even, again, just a small excerpt - in order to reproduce the issue. We can't fix a problem we can't reproduce.