Score comparison
When I try to compare two versions of a score, MuseScore just closes. Unless I am missing something, I am exactly following the instructions in the manual. Is this a general problem, or should I check the steps again? (I have already repeated the process several times.) Thank you.
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Sounds like MuseScore is crashing, which indicates a bug. But the score comparison works in general, so the crash is problem specific to the score(s) you are comparing. We would need you to attach it'them and give steps to reproduce the problem (eg, if you are comparing a score against its own last saved version, we'd need to know what changes you made).
In reply to Sounds like MuseScore is… by Marc Sabatella
I am attaching the two scores. The steps I follow are just to open the two files and the comparison tool, get the names of the files to appear in the comparison tool as Score 1 and Score 2, and then click on "Compare." MuseScore closes without comparing them every time.
In reply to I am attaching the two… by gayres
I can reproduce using 3.4.2, but not with the 3.5 release candidate. So apparently something was fixed, although to be honest, looking at the logs, I'm not really sure which bug might be explaining this,. There was crash fixed involving starting MuseScore after using score comparison, but nothing that seems directly applicable here. Anyhow, if you go to the Download page above and grab the release candidate, you should be able to complete the comparison.
In reply to I can reproduce using 3.4.2,… by Marc Sabatella
Okay, I changed to 3.5, and you're right, it does the comparison. However, in some other scores, I have fretboard diagrams for guitar chords, and they are played in playback mode as piano chords in 3.5. I also have a piano part in those scores, and it doesn't sound good to have both together. (Since the tradition is to put fretboard diagrams only where the chord begins and not at regular intervals until the next chord, it is a bit strange. Maybe the rule about audible chords in playback should not apply to fretboard diagram chords.) I saw in the discussion that there is some way to turn off that feature, but I could not figure out how to do it. Can you point me in the right direction? (What I'm hoping for is a box that I can check or uncheck, but maybe life can't be that simple.)
In reply to Okay, I changed to 3.5, and… by gayres
To simply turn off chord playback, click a chord, uncheck Play in the Inspector. Hit the "set as style" ("S" icon) button to make all chords not play. Or, to change the sound to guitar, go to the mixer, open the channel strip for the instrument, and change the chord symbol sub-channel. You can also mute that sub-channel as an alternate way or turning off the playback.
In reply to To simply turn off chord… by Marc Sabatella
I'm sorry ( and besides, it's off the thread), I must be missing something, I don't understand this sentence: "Or, to change the sound to guitar, go to the mixer, open the channel strip for the instrument, and change the chord symbol sub-channel", especially the ending ("chord symbol sub-channel"?)
Where is it and how to do it?
Or where could you simply edit this little sample ( chords test.mscz ) so that I can see what you modified in the mixer (or elsewhere?), and so that I can hear the guitar chords, and not the piano chords. :(
Thanks in advance.
In reply to I'm sorry ( and besides, it… by cadiz1
Go to View / Mixer. The bottom half is where there are vertical “strips” for each instrument in your score, looking much like a physical mixer. Find the strip for your guitar instrument. Click the little arrow at the top of the Strip and you will see it expands to show independent controls for the various “subchannels” (eg, muted, distortion, etc). The one furthest to the right is the chord symbol subchannel. Select it and then you can either mute it or change the sound using the controls on the top half of the mixer.
In reply to Go to View / Mixer. The… by Marc Sabatella
I know the procedure in Mixer. My mistake, I probably (surely) had to listen to the sample again with 3.4.2, since the last subchannel was Guitar-Harmony (and before GuitarMute,Guitar Normal). My desk is probably a bit cluttered with various tests right now, sorry.
I now hear this Guitar-Chords (using RC...) Unfortunately, I don't understand yet: "using the controls on the top half of the mixer." What controls are you talking about?
Indeed, in the test attached by Jojo in the following comment, I can hear the guitar chords now, but the settings are strictly the same than the previous attached file - picture below. What am I missing?
In reply to I know the procedure, of… by cadiz1
Unfold that guitar in mixer, select the right most entry, guitar-chord syms., change soind from piano it guitar
In reply to Unfold that guitar in mixer,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Okay, I finally got it. Thanks.
In reply to I'm sorry ( and besides, it… by cadiz1
See (or rather hear) the attached
I guess for the Guitar and Guitar+Tablatur template we may want to change that?
In reply to See attached by Jojo-Schmitz
"I guess for the Guitar and Guitar+Tablatur template we may want to change that?"
I don't know, anyway, it's not my decision. On the other hand, my first experience, from an experienced user though, is that if you really wanted to hide things, or making them complicated (like a treasure hunt...), you wouldn't have done otherwise :(
EDIT:
" (or rather hear) the attached"
Thanks. But which controls exactly you have changed between the 2 files?
In reply to "I guess for the Guitar and… by cadiz1
"I guess for the Guitar and Guitar+Tablatur template we may want to change that?"
I was concerned with something else yesterday, but of course, it's so obvious. At least in the templates (Solo category), I don't see how it could not be expected by guitarists - it would save them the surprise, to say the least, of choosing a guitar score, and hearing piano chords! Except in special use cases. And so, not only the Guitar + Tablature template, but Guitar template and Tablature template. I'll make a suggestion in the Issue Tracker.
EDIT: done: #308077: Chords playback: Guitar "Solo" templates with default guitar sound
In reply to "I guess for the Guitar and… by cadiz1
I'm not sure where else to put it, though. The Mixer is how you change all other sounds, why should the chord symbol sound be any different?
In reply to I'm not sure where else to… by Marc Sabatella
In the mixer, probably yes, but not in the "hidden" sub-channels. And this sub-channel 'chords' is new, and therefore even more hidden in a certain sense.
In more, it seems to me that many (?) users - and many were used to the former version of the Mixer - don't know how to do this (they don't see the arrow above the main channel of the instrument to make visible the sub-channels).
So a more "visible" button at the top of the mixer? But I have no idea how to do it and how difficult it would be to implement (and which would still change with version 4, if I well understood, so no sure that could be the better idea right now!)