After installing ANY piano sound font, tenor sax sounds like a piano
I want to experiment with SoundFonts, but can't get it to work properly at all.
I have tried several sound fonts just for piano, but each time I place one at the top of my list, none of my other instruments will play.
The way I think it should work.
Musescore starts with the first sound font. If it finds a match for the instrument. If not found , it should move to the next sound font.
The way it is actually working:
Musescore looks ONLY at the first sound font, and if any instrument isn't found in that soundfont, it plays it like a piano.
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Don't move the added Soundfonts to the top of the list
In reply to Don't move the added… by Jojo-Schmitz
If it isn’t first, how will any of its sounds get used? There is a piano sound in the general midi font, so if that is first it would always get used.
At least, that is all I can tell from the dozens of posts I have read, none of which explain how you even know which sound Musescore is using for each instrument.
In reply to If it isn’t first, how will… by David Bangs
Have a GM font first, additional fonts after that. Use the Mixer to switch those instrument you want to those subsequent fonts, the others will continue to use the GM one
In reply to If it isn’t first, how will… by David Bangs
The Mixer presents all the sounds from all soundfonts in order. So,. have the default soundfont first, then any additional ones, and simply scroll to the bottom of the list to find sounds from the additional soundfonts.
In reply to The Mixer presents all the… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you both. I understand now - and it is fabulous the way I can change the instrument used , even for chords, without even stopping playback. I just didn't understand how the mixer worked.
In reply to Thank you both. I… by David Bangs
Glad you are getting on top of this. I've trodden down that route too. It seems best to work with small additional soundfonts, and putting them further down on the list might help - though in fact I don't think it's necessary. If the sound you really want is associated with a named instrument, you can also get to that quickly in the mixer by typing in the first part of the name, though it doesn't necessarily help with every instrument for a few other reasons.
You can try this also by taking a Musescore file - putting a section into a repeat loop, then go into the mixer, and then type in the first few letters of ... well ... whatever, and the sound will change as the repeat comes round.
Try checking the Drumset box too! After a few minutes though you might start to go mad .....
Enjoy experimenting.