Change default soundfont in MuseScore 4
In MS3, changing the default soundfont was easy - you open the synthesizer menu, rearrange the soundfonts to the order you prefer, and click "set as default". In MS4, I cannot find this menu. MSBasic is not the best sounding soundfont, and having to individually set every instrument to my preferred soundfont in the mixer is tedious, especially since the mixer doesn't allow you to skip to an instrument by typing its name. Any way I can change the default? Otherwise I'm going back to using MS3.
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The Basic sounds in MU4 ARE the sounds from MU3. If you have other sf2 fonts, you can put them in the Soundfonts folder in In the MU4 main folder. Then choose them in the mixer. We each have to use the software that works for us.
In reply to The Basic sounds in MU4 ARE… by bobjp
This is a horrible solution. It basically says, "We'll make it inconvenient to use your own soundfonts (by manually having to repeat the same process every time you open your files), that way you'll use ours instead." I've continually ran into issues like this following MuseScore 4. It is an absolute regression from the features provided by MuseScore 3, only barely being able to meet the capabilities. "We each have to use the software that works for us" is such a cop-out excuse.
In reply to This is a horrible solution… by FireController1847
Well, you can set up a Playback profile (Muse Sounds or Basic) in the View menu or in the Mixer (the three dots "..."), and activate it as default for new scores, or not.
![basic.jpg]( "basic.jpg")
In reply to Well, uou can set up a… by cadiz1
But apparently you can't make a custom soundfont the default, or can you?
In reply to The Basic sounds in MU4 ARE… by bobjp
Well, not quite, Mu4's MS Basic is a stripped down version of Mu3's MuseScore General. And certainly not on par with Mu3's extension MuseScore General HQ