Trouble With Un-Pitched Percussion Sound
I have done very well using Musescore as i'm only 14 and even created a song for our school band on this. However, i have never seemed to get the un-pitched percussion sound to work. I, a percussionist myself makes it easy for me to imagine the notes but I want to hear them in the software. Is there anything I am doing wrong? Could someone please help!
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If you are using version 0.9.5 or earlier you need to set up a General MIDI SoundFont in order to hear percussion and other "non-piano" sounds.
In reply to If you are using version by David Bolton
I have no idea what a soundfont is. Could u give me one thats quick, small, and easy to download? thanks
In reply to Cont. by Atomicbob11
See the link in my previous comment for description and recommendations.
In reply to See the link in my previous by David Bolton
I generally find the links hard to see easily. They appear to be just text on my XP.
Regards.
In reply to See the link in my previous by David Bolton
Is this a topic? Or is it a comment in a topic? Where is it?
In reply to where? i can't find your link. by Atomicbob11
It is the word "soundfont" in David's messages.
Regards.
In reply to See the link in my previous by David Bolton
The instructions are in the handbook I included a link for your convenience.
The comment I was talking about is my first reply (above). The word SoundFont is blue. It is a link which can be clicked on. Maybe it is hard to see:
"...you need to set up a General MIDI SoundFont in order to hear percussion..."
In reply to The instructions are in the by David Bolton
i was close. i got one to work but it only had saxophones so i deleted it. now i can't even play music. ive tried other soundfonts but when i download them, i can never get them into musescore. Since im having trouble with that, i tried to put the original /data/piano1.sf2 back in for just the piano and that doesn't work. now i have no sound watsoever...
In reply to i almost had it by Atomicbob11
Welcome to computer design. I'm sure David will help.
Best regards
In reply to i almost had it by Atomicbob11
Did you try one of the three recommended SoundFonts listed in the handbook?
Also note that "/data/piano1.sf2" needs a colon in front, i.e. ":/data/piano1.sf2"
In reply to Did you try one of the three by David Bolton
i tried all three. only 1 of them used to work, now i did something and none of them work. i think i made it so the working 1 opened up with something. then i fixed it and it still did it so. And yes, i would put :/data/piano1.sf2 in it and still it would play nothing
In reply to cont by Atomicbob11
Did you restart MuseScore afterward? All three of them should work, but it is important to follow the instructions carefully.
Does MuseScore give you any error messages? If so then it would be important to share these. You might also go to Edit > Preferences > I/O, take a Screenshot (see Screenshot ), and attach a copy of the image to a comment below so that we can see your settings.
In reply to Did you restart MuseScore by David Bolton
yup, i followed them and know u need to do that
In reply to yup by Atomicbob11
figured out how to get the piano settings back.i just dont know why the other settings wont work. i mean, ill download them, they will show up in my computer, then ide go into musescore and try to apply them, and they arnt there...
In reply to fixed (only the regular) by Atomicbob11
Probably you will find it easier to wait for version 0.9.6 which will be ready in the next few weeks. It has a built-in SoundFont that includes percussion (for details see http://musescore.org/handbook/new-features-musescore-096).
In reply to Probably you will find it by David Bolton
ok, thx for your troubles