The Problem With Strings!

• Jun 19, 2018 - 06:35

It's really just a little thing, but I notice when an instrument is set to, say a violin, and it holds a note, it has the really, REALLY annoyingly strong vibrato effect, which just shifts the volume up and down, rather than the pitch, and it tends to ruin a sustained chord, especially if all the instruments composing the chord are strings, then it just makes it sound dumb, and wobbly! All I ask is a minor tweak, to make strings CONSISTENTLY sustain a pitch! I've included one of my songs as an example, which sadly suffers from the problem described above!

Thanks much,
-Ethan, aka. E-man Zink

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Comments

The problem is that the vibrato is included in the sound font. There is little or nothing MuseScore can do to eliminate this.

I have seen sound fonts that omit the vibrato. I can't think of which one right now. Perhaps one that Arrianna (sp?) made for Baroque music. Click the magnifying glass above to the right to search the forum. I would suggest searching for vibrato.

Vibrato is a common technique that many if not most real string players employ, but indeed, not all players in every situation. So if you have a situation where you prefer a vibrato-less sound, simply download and install a soundfont that does not use it. See the Handbook under "Soundfonts" to learn how to use alternate soundfonts.

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