reordering soundfonts in synthesizer
there really needs to be an easier way to reorder soundfonts in the synthesizer. When you have a lot of soundfonts, it is quite tedious to move soundfonts up or down. There must be an easier way to do this. Why can't the user decide where the new soundfont goes in the list instead of it automatically going to the top and then the user must repeatedly press the down arrow to slowly move it bit by bit to where we want it? That is ridiculously time consuming to do.
And, while we are at it, why can't instruments be locked onto a soundfont. If I add another soundfont to the synthesizer, this added soundfont goes to the top of the list and all the instruments in whatever piece I am working on then are changed. It is particularly frustrating when, after adding a soundfont to the synthesizer, I open an older composition and find that the instruments are now different. Then I have to tediously scroll through all the soundfonts for each instrument to refind the correct instrument, a real pain. (At least, Musescore 2 had a scroll bar to make it a bit faster to move between instrument choices. Yet, that was taken away in Musescore 3. Very odd.) One simple way to help get around this second issue is to have the new synthesizer soundfont added to the bottom of the list instead of the top. Then the instruments would not suddenly get changed in a composition
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Better organization features would be nice indeed, but meanwhile, in the Mixer, know you can type the first letters of a sound name to find it quickly, and the scroll wheel works as well, so it shouldn't be any slower than 2.x
In reply to Better organization features… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for responding. Sorry, but typing the first letter does not help "find it quickly." It finds a few with that letter but not all and not the one I want. And scrolling at 2x is way too slow. I have over 100 soundfonts instruments and so finding the one I want is a very very slow frustrating process. Guess that's just how it is until Musescore decides this is an issue and fixes it. Maybe if I could search with the first two letters, it would help? Anyway, thanks for responding.
In reply to Thank you for responding… by chinadoll
Type as many letters as you want, it works - try it!
In reply to Type as many letters as you… by Marc Sabatella
except z, it opens the master palette.
In reply to Type as many letters as you… by Marc Sabatella
I am sorry to be a pest but that doesn't work. So I followed your instructions andtyped "vio" to look for violin. First it jumped to "vibraphone" and then "Italian accordion" and then "overdrive guitar." Obviously, it only recognizes the first letter, not multiple letters. I tried pressing command or option or control or shift while doing this to no effect. I will go back to Musescore 2 because there at least there is a scroll bar that is much faster than the "2x" that you mentioned in Musescore 3. I am not knocking Musescore. Except for a few small issues, I love it. It is a wonderful app for music notation. Thanks again. I am extremely grateful for your time and patience in answering my concerns.
In reply to I am sorry to be a pest but… by chinadoll
You have to type "vio" fast enough for it to be seen as a single search string. Try again - I promise it realy does work!
Anyhow, 3.2 is infinitely better than 2.3.2 (or anything other MuseScore 2 release - that's all I mean by 2.x - 2.anything) in so many hugely important ways, it would be a shame to give up the tremendous improvements just because of an issue figuring out how to scroll in the Mixer. Did you try the scroll wheel? I can't see how that would be slower than the scroll bars, if it is, that suggests maybe you could simply tweak your scroll wheel settings in your OS / mouse / touchpad driver. But anyhow, the search really does work too.
In reply to You have to type "vio" fast… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, that helps as long as I type fast. My fingers weren't moving fast enough apparently. Since I don't have a scroll wheel on my mouse (it's a Mac), I also adjusted the scroll speed for the keyboard so now it goes quite fast. Thank you again. You have helped. I will stick with Musecore 3 (even though I still liked the scroll bar on Musescore 2)
In reply to Thanks, that helps as long… by chinadoll
Excellent! But assuming you have some sort of touchpad, you don't need a physical scroll wheel - the usual touch gestures work as with any other programs. (eg, two fingers swipe, or however yourdevice is configured).
In reply to Excellent! But assuming you… by Marc Sabatella
thanks