Musescore adds THOUSANDS OF BREATH CONTROLLER EVENTS ON PIANO MIDI FILES

• Jul 25, 2021 - 17:38
Reported version
3.6
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Randomly
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
Midi Instrument Training

(note: I don't know what the project field means but i just put it whatever has to do with midi)
This only happens with select projects and when you export a midi file it has thousands of breath controller events in the control events. The midi file also exports with a bunch of control events that zero out the reverb, set the volume to 100 and shut down chorus. This makes it extremely hard to play back without having horribly tinny audio with NO REVERB AT ALL. Please just make the program export midi files WITH PEDAL EVENTS ONLY. Channel volume should only be changed when a user changes the default volume with the mixer. Otherwise there should be no channel volume control events.

I've attached the problematic midi and the project it was created from.

This has been a serious issue as my midi editing software has been crashing due to the shear amount of control events that do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AND MAKE MY MIDI SYNTH SOUND LIKE CRAP!!!

Attachment Size
12th Street Rag by Euday Bowman 1915.mid 641.87 KB
12th_Street_Rag_by_Euday_Bowman_1915.mscz 40.74 KB

Comments

• Jul 26, 2021 - 15:01

You have set your piano staff to use single note dynamics. The controller is how this is achieved. Since piano doesn't actually support SND, it shouldn't be enabled, so best to simply turn it back off. Then you won't have controlled events for all your dynamic changes (including the invisible marcato markings).

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