2.3-RC features
One of the major improvements for 2.3 was supposed to be the sounds. Daniel talked about adding a Marching sound font recorded by the Duke Blue Devils marching band and a Jazz sound font with a group he was hoping would record it. These were supposed to be SFZ files, but I don't find these anywhere.
Another feature added is #273032: Provide an easy way to install soundfont, templates and instruments.xml . I expected to see a sample of this but but I don't find one. A sample file would be much appreciated.
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There is an example, in the resource manager, and it is that marching sound SFZ stuff
In reply to There is an example, in the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Resource manager?
In reply to Resource manager? by mike320
in the Help menu
In reply to in the Help menu by Jojo-Schmitz
I don’t think he was referring to Musescore Drumline, but rather the jazz soundfont discussed here. By Blue Devils, I believe he’s referring to the drum corps, not the university marching band: https://musescore.org/en/node/271739#comment-832574
In reply to I don’t think he was… by nicolyon1005
There are now SFZ files in the resource manager I was not aware of. The only thing I had previously seen there were translations, which I always go through preferences to update. These SFZ files are only for Drum lines and are not the ones I was expecting to find according to your link.
In reply to There are now SFZ files in… by mike320
OK, that I've answered just one of your 2 questions ;-)
In reply to There are now SFZ files in… by mike320
I can't say for sure, but my impression is that new jazz sounds were a "want" for "someday", not something to expect for 2.3. It's the drumline sounds (and other improvements for drumline) that were the main focus for 2.3.
In reply to There are now SFZ files in… by mike320
To be clear, the extension package does indeed include SFZ files, but not that - also a workspace with customized palettes, customized instrument lists, etc - a bunch of things needed to support drumline music.
I don't think the intent of the new extension feature was to change the user experience for creating their own customizations - just to provide a way for MuseScore to provide packages of extensions that could be installed easily.
And definitely, it's been made pretty clear I think that 2.3 would be primarily about drumline / percussion improvements, not anything about new sounds for jazz. That was only mentioned in passing as a dream for someday.
In reply to To be clear, the extension… by Marc Sabatella
I made it quite clear in my original post that the jazz sound was only a possibility. The handbook needs to be updated to include directions on adding the new percussion features, particularly the part about the Resource manager that had previously been used only for language updates AFIK.
In reply to I made it quite clear in my… by mike320
Indeed, Handbook makes sense to update!
As for the jazz sound, I guess I'm confused as to what you meant when you wrote "These SFZ files are only for Drum lines and are not the ones I was expecting to find according to your link."
In reply to I made it quite clear in my… by mike320
Daniel will update the Handbook within few weeks with complete guide of what MDL and extensions themselves are and how to use the new stuff.