Poly Synth sounds like a normal piano in MS 4.3
I recently updated my Musescore to 4.3 and all my pieces where I had a poly synth, instead of a poly synth playing, it plays a normal (I think upright) piano. Even making a new piece doesn't fix the issue. Has anyone noticed this as well?
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Did more testing. Why does the Theremin sound like an Alto C Ocarina?!
In reply to Did more testing. Why does… by apteepye197
Same
In reply to Same by larryrcauley
"Poly Synth sounds like a normal piano in MS 4.3"
Known issue (fixed for the next 4.3.1), see: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/22757
In reply to Known issue (fixed for the… by cadiz1
Thanks for letting me know.
In reply to Did more testing. Why does… by apteepye197
Why does the Theremin sound like an Alto C Ocarina?!
Because there is no sound defined for Theremin in General MIDI, so MuseScore picked Ocarina as the closest match. Not the worst choice IMHO
In reply to Because there is no sound… by Jojo-Schmitz
I agree, it's close. However, the Theremin has a very distinctive sound, but the ocarina doesn't quite fit and has a weird quality change on G.
If I'm being honest, I wanted to use it to try and recreate Harmonic Voltage by Animusic. I had to switch to Poly Synth before I updated because the Theremin didn't sound right, so I knew what the Poly Synth was supposed to sound. I updated, and suddenly the Poly Synth was a normal piano! So I wondered if the issues were tied together.