Vocal sound
I compose 3-part acapella arrangements for 3 singers. The vocal sound is awful even with reverb and chorus turned down to minimum. .Any advice?
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I compose 3-part acapella arrangements for 3 singers. The vocal sound is awful even with reverb and chorus turned down to minimum. .Any advice?
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What version of MuseScore? What do mean by "awful" - does it have something to do with reverb and chorus? Which soundfont are you using? Which sound(s) within that soundfont are you using for these staves? See Change and adjust sounds .
In reply to What version of MuseScore? by Marc Sabatella
Version 1.2. I downloaded 1.3 but it wouldn't install. Had no problem installing 1.2.
It sounds to me like the sound track of a sci-fi film. I already tried turning reverb and chorus to 0 but it has little or no effect.
I use the soundfont offered with the New Score process, vocal - soprano, mezzo etc.
In reply to Vocal sound by elenem
you're on a Mac, but not a Core 2 duo? Else 1.3 should install.
Anyway, read the manual Marc pointed you at, the new score dialog doesn't let you select a sound font... See also http://musescore.org/en/handbook/soundfont
In reply to Vocal sound by elenem
Well, it's a synthesized voice. Not sure what you were expecting. But if you read the manual pages I pointed you at, they contain detailed instructions on changing to a different sund if you prefer - violins, clarinets, whatever. I'd try doing that first - via the Mixer - before worrying about downloadng a new soundfont.
In reply to Well, it's a synthesized by Marc Sabatella
"Ahh Choir" and "Ohh Voice" sound particularly bad in TimGM6mb, the default soundfont, but quite a bit better in FluidR3_GM
In reply to Vocal sound by elenem
Ah yes! The ubiquitous Choir aah sound!
Maybe 10cc should be condemned to having that particular sound played to them for an eternity as it was they who "invented" it using tape loops for their big hit "I'm not in love".
I'm sure that they weren't aware at the time that it would become a staple of the GM soundset, and consequently subject to a myriad of degradations and corruptions :)
If I'm writing vocal parts I very often use the mixer to swap this sound to Pan Pipes when I become tired of the chorusy mush that is its incarnation in TimGM6Mb.
Another useful alternative is Recorder.
HTH
Michael
What are you expecting, perhaps.
As has been frequently stated in the forums whenever play back is mentioned, Musescore is primarily a music notation application. Playback, though improving, is secondary.
For my purposes, it produces a decent rendering.
Additionally, to their credit (and my amazement), there are others here who push the envelope and strive to create not simple 'renderings', but actual 'realizations'. A search of the term 'soundfont' will show numerous forum threads attesting to this.
The advice given here about changing sounds via the mixer might be all you need for a three part score.
In the following attachment (using the default TimGM6mb.sf2 sondfont), simply changing the bass part to 'contrabass' in the Mixer gives more contrast with the other parts.
Regards...
PS - Concerning 'vocals' and 'singing' - please read this most humorous reply ever: http://musescore.org/en/node/18638#comment-79845
:-)