Trombone Glissando
I use Musescore Portable on a USB stick drive, which is basically Musescore 2, but portable. I've never looked at any newer versions of the program because they're not available as portable versions, so maybe this is already a feature in them, but I don't know.
During playback, when I have a glissando on a trombone part, it plays each individual note between the start and end of the glissando, but I (obviously) want it to be a continuous smear, like how a trombone would sound doing a glissando in real life.
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Actually, MuseScore 3 is available as a portable version too - see the Download link above. And yes, it supports "portamento", which is the technical term for that sort of smooth glissando. Just add the gliss then change its type in the Inspector.
In reply to Actually, MuseScore 3 is… by Marc Sabatella
I just downloaded it and immediately tried out a glissando with the portamento setting.
It's almost comically bad, possibly even worse than the standard chromatic glissando.
I really do appreciate your time and the fact that you informed me of the feature in MuseScore 3, but I think I'll stick to the version I already use, at least for now, especially since I'm more comfortable with the GUI of MuseScore 2 than 3 anyway.
In reply to I just downloaded it and… by Tanjelly
FWIW, portamenti wasn't invented for trombone, but rather for electronic music, so indeed it's not a great representation of how acoustic instruments work. But the other improvements in MuseScore 4 are enormous and will save you dozens of hours of times you'd otherwise have to spend doing things manually that MuseScore now does automatically. On the other hand, not much point in making that change now when MuseScore 4 is also coming relatively soon and will represent a much more significant UI change.
In reply to FWIW, portamenti wasn't… by Marc Sabatella
Speaking of features on newer versions, do any of the newer MuseScore versions have functional crescendos and decrescendos on held notes yet? That's another thing I wish my version had.
In reply to Speaking of features on… by Tanjelly
The current version does. since 3.1, which is for almost 3 years now (May 2019)
Since 3.5 MuseScore is available as a portable app again
In reply to Since 3.5 MuseScore is… by Jojo-Schmitz
I updated to MuseScore 4 & got the MuseHub Pack & the Portamento Glissando isn't working as I expected w/ the Trombone, it needs a new update
In reply to I updated to MuseScore 4 &… by s1114182721
Yes, as discussed elsewhere, these effects are only implemented for certain instruments at the moment. I would indeed expect them to be gradually improved over time, like anything else.
In reply to Yes, as discussed elsewhere,… by Marc Sabatella
That's waiting along w/ other instruments like Accordion, Bandoneon, Chemnitzer Concertina & various other instruments for the MuseHub Sound Pack as we're basically trying to revive those instruments to take our Music arrangements to the next level.