audio track
Is it possible to import an audio track into Musescore?
Or is it possible to sync Musescore to an audio app, so I can hear my composition in sync with a pre-created audio track?
So far I have only been able to first create the musescore sound and then add audio later.
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No. You can unscramble an egg.
In reply to No. You can unscramble an… by Jojo-Schmitz
Could this feature be incorporated in a future version, so I can use Musescore for all my computer-music?
In reply to Could this feature be… by arjenvdm
No, see above
In reply to No, see above by Jojo-Schmitz
Can you recommend software that does offer this option?
In reply to Can you recommend software… by arjenvdm
No. Again: this is basically impossible.
In reply to No. Again: this is basically… by Jojo-Schmitz
Doesn't Cubase offer the option of adding computerised parts to an audio track?
In reply to Doesn't Cubase offer the… by arjenvdm
No idea. If it does, use that...
However, adding a computerised parts to an audio track is different from import an audio track into Musescore (and turn that into notes on a score). This is the part I mean with "you can't unscramble an egg"
In reply to No idea. If it does, use… by Jojo-Schmitz
That one I understand. Is it possible to add a feature importing an audio track into Musescore (without turning it into notes) so it runs synced with the parts I create? So I can add instruments to an existing sounds track to enhance it?
In reply to That one I understand. Is it… by arjenvdm
Instead of importing an existing audio track into a music notator like MuseScore, load it into an audio editor like Audacity. Then, from within MuseScore, export your new parts as audio and add it to the existing track in Audacity.
MuseScore is a score writer which produces notation sheets - to be read by human musicians.
Audacity is an audio editor which can combine and enhance sound tracks - to be heard by anyone.
In reply to Instead of importing an… by Jm6stringer
Thank you. I've been doing that in SoundBooth. Syncing appears to be difficult, unless the audio track was recorded with a click track. (the one Im trying now was not). Does anyone have hints on how to sync the two if the audio track was not recorded with a click track? (I once heard a music producer remark that "these days you can sync anything and everything" or words along that line)
In reply to Thank you. I've been doing… by arjenvdm
Audio editing software has the ability to lengthen (slower tempo) or shorten (faster tempo) the play time of a track (or section of a track) without causing a change in pitch. This facilitates synchronization.
It's not impossible that someday MuseScore would allow an audio track to be played back. Meanwhile, though, you can get this result by installing JACK and using it to connect MuseScore to your favorite DAW software. MuseScorew would then "drive" the playback, but the playback would actually be happening within the DAW. And presumably most DAW software could do this, although I have no idea how one might set it up.
In reply to It's not impossible that… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you, that sounds workable.
Is JACK a sync addon?
In reply to Is JACK a sync addon? by arjenvdm
JACK is a separate program you install that can connect the audio or MIDI output of one program to the input of another - see https://jackaudio.org/
In reply to JACK is a separate program… by Marc Sabatella
I'll work on that. Thank you.
In reply to I'll work on that. Thank you. by arjenvdm
Except that Jack - as so many other things - does not work anymore in MuseScore 4.