Loud static plays over all sounds after opening Musescore
When I open Musescore, every sound is accompanied by a static noise that is much louder than the noise itself. This applies to every sound my computer makes, even after closing Musescore. It stops only when I restart the computer. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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What OS, what version of MuseScore? I'd suggest trying Help / Revert to Factory Settings in case something got messed up. If you continue to have trouble, tell us also what you see in Edit / Preferences / I/O.
In reply to What OS, what version of… by Marc Sabatella
Windows 10, Musescore version 3.3.3.8992
I tried reverting to factory settings, but I don't know if it has worked yet.
In reply to What OS, what version of… by Marc Sabatella
I just got this as well. Mine is an earlier version of Musescore, Windows 10. Once I finish updating, I'll try what you suggest here and relay the results.
I just resolved this issue on my end. My computer doesn't have static anymore, and it doesn't persist when I open Musescore (I've opened it once and tried it).
What I did was close out of Musescore, then go to Computer Management and restart "Windows Audio" under Services and Applications. It's worked for plenty of things before this for me, so it came to mind first. Let us know if that helps you out.
Replicated on 3.4.2 and whatever version of 3 I was using before. Win10, Dell XPS 13 9380, just updated all the drivers. Reinstalling doesn't fix the issue, nor does restarting the Windows Audio service. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Update: Restarting the Windows Audio Endpoint Builder service did clear the static audio. MuseScore now does not play any audio or move the playback cursor when playing, but the rest of the app functions. If closed while it tries to play, it stops responding. It eventually caused the systemwide static again, and restarting the Endpoint Builder service fixed that.
In reply to Replicated on 3.4.2 and… by Cheeseitup
What settings do you see in Edit / Preferences / I/O, and can you try others? Every system is different in terms of what drivers are present, so unfortunately I can't suggest anything in particular, but probably one of the other options will work. No need to try the JACK options unless you do have that installed and configured, but pretty much anything in the dropdowns is fair game.
In reply to Replicated on 3.4.2 and… by Cheeseitup
In the Edit => Preferences => "I/O" section, set the left dropdown to "Windows Direct Sound" and the right to "Primary Sound Driver" and then click the "Restart Auido and MIDI devices" button below.
if there is already a static sound, Quit Musescore and start Musescore again .
In reply to In the Edit => Preferences =… by Ziya Mete Demircan
Got it, when I was clicking through that dropdown I was hitting "Apply" instead so I guess nothing happened.
I uninstalled ASIO4ALL on a hunch and it cleared right up.
In reply to In the Edit => Preferences =… by Ziya Mete Demircan
This did the trick for me, except instead for me in the right dropdown it's not "Primary Sound Driver", but "Primary Sound Driver for Recording Audio" (English translation of Dutch: Primair stuurprogramma voor opnemen van geluid).
Cheers!
Sorry to necro, but this might help the next person this happens to. This happened to me when I just installed the latest musecore in windows 10 on my laptop half an hour ago. I was able to fix it by actually using the windows troubleshooter.
Go to settings (Win key + I) > Update and Security > Troubleshoot > Playing Audio
According to my troubleshooter at least, that my audio format was not set to default. I think musecore might've tinkered with it? Either way it fixed the problem on my end.
In reply to Sorry to necro, but this… by MapleSaint♣
You just taught me the neologistic verb "necro"!
In reply to Sorry to necro, but this… by MapleSaint♣
I had the same problem and this is the only solution that helped! Thank you so much for sharing it.
In reply to I had the same problem and… by evakapuvari
Well, I have the same problem and this solution works for me too, BUT the problems reappears when I close and start Musescore again. So this doesn't work for me as a long-term solution.
Since this thread has been revived, I'll chime in - I recently had terrible distortion when trying out a fresh install of MuseScore. In my case, the solution was to go to the Synthesizer (View->Synthesizer) and click on the Master Effects tab. There was an effect with extreme reverb set - don't know why or how - but clearing that effect solved the problem. I saved the no-effect setting as default and saved it to the score so that it hopefully won't come up again.