How to add Chinese Instruments to the standard list of Musescore Instruments
I saw that one of the pro-users has produced a great score ( search for Messy Clouds) that includes some great sounding Chinese Instruments.
How I can add these Chinese instruments to MuseScore ?
Thanks and kind regards from Hong Kong
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There are 2 sides of the coin, on one hand the instrument definition (name, range, transpositioning, clef, etc.) and on the other hand the sound. The former is defined in instruments.xml, which you could create yourself (or taske from that score you found), the later is in a soundfont, which you'd need to find and use.
In reply to There are 2 sides of the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks so much Jo-jo Schmitz.
Oh I see.
In that case I am interested how to add instruments to the soundfont.
Hope you can give me some directions. THANKS
In reply to Thanks so much Jo-jo Schmitz… by LDKOHK
You don't (easily) add instruments to a soundfont, you use a soundfont with the desired sounds with a score.
At least if the sounds from that score you found on musescore.com are not part of the defaullt dounfdont, i.e. when the downloaded copy sounds differently on your computer than on musescore.com
You mean this score?
https://musescore.com/user/1224896/scores/4535896
That score is using a YouTube video for the sound, so not a soundfont at all.
Also it is a score from MuseScore 2.1.0.
In reply to You mean this score? https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
YES .
The sound of those Chinese Instruments are really REAL !!
I play in Chinese Music ensemble and therefore I was really impressed by the sound that resembles the actual sound of the instrument
In reply to YES . The sound of those… by LDKOHK
No wonder: the sound are real