Option to by default shorten all notes so they are 2/3 original duration.
I recently noticed that very well sequenced and good sounding midi files can be produced by using the 2/3 time scale. All notes that are not staccato or marked with a slur or legato line are 2/3 of the original duration. All notes marked with staccato are shortened to 1/3 of the original duration. This would make scores and audio generally sound better. I myself use MuseScore as one of my primary midi programs. I compose ragtime a lot but I then have to manually shorten the notes to the desired length which is extremely time consuming and adding this feature would help me do away with hours of tedious and annoying work...
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Use a portato (actually Louré/Tenuto-Staccato) or marcato (^) articulation
In reply to Use a portato (actually… by Jojo-Schmitz
The thing is, I don't know what the interval of shortening is. Staccato takes the note down by half and it annoys me sometimes, I make synthesia videos and 2/3 slash 1/3 timebase would be a really useful feature...
It also would add another bunch of unneeded work for me...
In reply to The thing is, I don't know… by Piotr Barcz
That Louré is exactly 2/3 (well, almost, it is 67%), staccato is indeed 1/3 (33% actually)
Marcato is 2/3 too, but also louder, 120%
In reply to That Louré is exactly 66% by Jojo-Schmitz
I did notice that Marcato makes things a bit louder but not enough to be a problem. The original Staccato articulation in MuseScore unfortunately makes everything HALF duration resulting in very primitive looking midi files. I make synthesia videos as a huge part of my YouTube channel and sound has to be as good as visuals. In a ragtime bass line, I've noticed either extreme staccato or 2/3 marcato makes the jumps look nicer because you can actually imagine a hand doing the movements. Weirdly, half duration looks bad but not as bad as full duration.
In reply to Use a portato (actually… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks! I now use Marcato and Staccatissimo for midi, everything sounds way better.
23 duration might work for some specific synthesized sound or some very specific scor,e butit would sound terrible for the vast majority of music. So very unlikely there would ever be an option to simply make that the default. However, the articulation and ornament control plugins can pretty easily do this sort of adjustment.
In reply to 23 duration might work for… by Marc Sabatella
Really? Makes everything that I make sound better
In reply to Really? Makes everything… by Piotr Barcz
If you only play piano pieces meant to be played in a detached style, then that may be true. Certainly it isn't true for 99.99% of music, however.