2.0 looks and sounds Great! The only problem I've encountered is that the Alto Sax is out of tune by an immediate noticeable amount. especially on Concert C (Saxophone's 2nd space A).
Compared to other instruments within MuyseScore or compared to some external standard? On which notes? Can you attach a score that demonstrates the problem?
@ChurchOrganist : since you are at it, can you please also check note G (upper space, bass clef) of tuba? I think a high harmonic can be heard over the sound of the note. I am not sure if it is an artifact due to ogg compression/decompression or if it due to the sound sample itself.
@ABL I can't hear an artifact in the .SF2 so it must be a product of the Ogg compression, or perhaps the libsndfile bug which currently requires us to attenuate the samples for the .sf3 format.
@nathan it's a feature of the sample - the player who recorded it has bent the note upwards on the attack - a common feature of sax accents - a bit like a pianist would use an acciaccatura a semitone below the note to accent it.
To rectify this I will need to find or record a good alto sax player - I might know just the guy :)
But what about the notes that don't have any bend at all? Take a look at the file at https://musescore.org/en/node/41521#comment-243056. The note in the third measure, for example, has no bend to it—it's just 20–25 cents flat.
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Compared to other instruments within MuyseScore or compared to some external standard? On which notes? Can you attach a score that demonstrates the problem?
in comparison to other instruments in Muse score.
Hmm I'll look into it when I get home - maybe something needs tweaking in the soundfont.
@ChurchOrganist : since you are at it, can you please also check note G (upper space, bass clef) of tuba? I think a high harmonic can be heard over the sound of the note. I am not sure if it is an artifact due to ogg compression/decompression or if it due to the sound sample itself.
@ABL I can't hear an artifact in the .SF2 so it must be a product of the Ogg compression, or perhaps the libsndfile bug which currently requires us to attenuate the samples for the .sf3 format.
@nathan it's a feature of the sample - the player who recorded it has bent the note upwards on the attack - a common feature of sax accents - a bit like a pianist would use an acciaccatura a semitone below the note to accent it.
To rectify this I will need to find or record a good alto sax player - I might know just the guy :)
Marking as by design for the time being
See also https://musescore.org/en/node/41521#comment-242776 and #65376: Saxophone (especially alto) sounds bad.
There is nothing to be done about this in the current alto sax preset.
See my notes about the player bending the note in #5
But what about the notes that don't have any bend at all? Take a look at the file at https://musescore.org/en/node/41521#comment-243056. The note in the third measure, for example, has no bend to it—it's just 20–25 cents flat.
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Actually it does have a bend to it, but anyway I did what I could with it back in March.
It sounds more in tune now than it did originally.