How to add sound effect to score.

• Feb 2, 2020 - 13:31

I would like to add GM MIDI # 126 "helicopter" to a score by using "change instrument" or by adding its own staff. It is not working.

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• Feb 2, 2020 - 15:17

AFAIK it isn't possible by using "change instrument" at time. Maybe worth to discuss it as feature request, that the changed instrument is also adjustable inside the mixer? I didn't check it, but maybe it's possible to edit the corresponding musicxml file with a text editor.
By changing the sound inside the mixer of an own instrument/staff, it doesn't work for you (maybe it's necessary to safe it into the score via view->synthesizer)?

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• Apr 18, 2020 - 17:08

Assuming you have a soundfont installed that contains this sound, then the same way as suggested above - add an instrument change at the point you want it to appear, use the Mixer to select the sound. The default soundfont is GM-compatible, so it contains the one such sound "Bird Tweet" you can select. If that one doesn't suit your needs, then the next step is to do a web search to find one, and then read the Handbook section on soundfonts to learn how to install them.

Or, if you don't mind using a whole staff just for this, no need to mess with the instrument change, just use the Mixer directly on the existing channel for the staff.

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