Alto Recorder

• Aug 5, 2023 - 16:42

Dear Muse Score Team,

I noticed, that the instrument "Alto recorder" is an individual instrument in F as it should be, but is actually a replicate of the Tenor Recorder in C.

All the best

Schulzinator


Comments

Can you explain what you mean by "replicate"? General MIDI doesn't have separate sounds, so it uses the same patch in any standard soundfont by default, but aside from that it should behave correctly (with correct name of staff, correct playable range, etc).

He probably means that the alto sounds just like the tenor. Which of course it shouldn't. Or maybe the tenor sounds just like the alto.

In reply to by bobjp

As I explained, the General MIDI standard simply doesn't differentiate between these recorders - there is just a single sound available. So while GM-compatible soundfonts won't provide separate sounds for those, you can always use a third-party soundfont for the tenor, or a VST instrument.

Same story for, say, Bb vs A clarinet, or trumpet vs cornet, etc.

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