Volume of MS basic electric guitar changed in MuseScore 4
The volume of MS basic electric guitar saw a huge increase in MuseScore 4 compared to 3.6. I have to manually set it to about -6 dB in the mixer to match the loudness to that in 3.6. I wonder if the developers could tone it down somewhat. I'm also curious about what caused the change in the development of MuseScore 4.
I suspect certain other instruments' volume have changed too. For example, the piano doesn't sound as clear when accompanied by a drumset. But I'm not super sure about that. The electric guitar is just the most obvious.
Below is an 18-bar excerpt of my work rendered in 3.6.2 and 4.1.1 with scores and audios included. Listen yourself. The electric guitar, in mezzo-piano, is well laid back in the 3.6.2 rendering and it sounds about the same as 4.1.1 with the instrument toned down to -6 dB, whereas 4.1.1 using the default 0 dB sounds way different.
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I can confirm the levels are different. I recommend opening an issue on GitHub to report this to the developers. Could be it was a conscious choice, but I'm guessing it was unintentional.