Muse Sounds - Muse Choir Playback

• Mar 28, 2024 - 21:41

Going through MuseScore 4 I do love the new Muse Sounds-- but composing for mostly Choral stuff, I find myself stuck with a few things that need to be looked at. I know it probably isn't remotely close to top priority but I thought it should be further mentioned (If it hasn't been mentioned already):

-Choir is extremely too soft, I have my SATB voices on max faders at 12, a Piano at 0, and Master at 0... piano still overpowers and I still need to crank up my computer's volume to as high as it can go to hear piano-- let alone, pianissimo
-Choir doesn't seem to follow certain notations, like staccato, marcato, etc.
-Choir makes ends or transitions of almost everything into a legato when no slurs exist between measures or in measures

***While unrelated... an Option for Ooos and Ahhs like MS Basic would be a nice feature

At the time being, I know I can use Muse Sounds Strings (which sound gorgeous by the way-- put a number of my VSTs to shame) or MS Basic sounds... but MS Basic doesn't follow dynamics (like forte-piano) and Strings can't properly convey some vocal things (plus, also has the legato ending--- but for whatever reason, works nicely for strings at the moment.


Comments

In reply to by bobjp

Posting a sample score and screenshot of my computer's volume and the mixer faders... something I'm working on... and I am using pp dynamics (I understand that may be a good majority of the reason) but it barely peaks to 54 with all of this-- altos almost non-existent, 58/59?

Not sure if it helps, but:
-iMac Late-2014
-macOS Big Sur v. 11.7.10

In reply to by RichardRisiMusic

Some thoughts for consideration.
I think Soft Piano blends better with vocals better than Grand Piano. less harsh attack.
Leave the piano part at pp in measure 11. Bring it back up later.
Take the reverb off of the voices.
Staccato makes everything softer. But I know you need it.
Plenty loud in my headphones.
You might consider a different font. There is KBH Real choir. Found at "Soundfonts 4U" on the web.

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