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Enable the use of sound flags for non-Muse Sounds #22714

Open erinic04 opened 2 months ago

erinic04 commented 2 months ago

Your idea

I would really like it if sound flags were able to be used for more than just Muse Sounds. The idea I have for this would be for you to be able to specify what sound you want it to point to, which would be especially useful for non GM soundfonts.

Problem to be solved

Currently, the only way to get a pizzicato sound in a soundfont that isn't GM is to use an instrument change, which means you also have to change the staff labels back to what they were before, among other things, which isn't ideal in the least. This would also enable users to do other fancy things with soundfonts that don't already have a text associated with them.

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Dima-S-Jr commented 2 months ago

It is for this reason that you can not use sound flags, but use text, the same pizz. (for example) from the "Text" palette, as in the old-fashioned way) For example, I do this, and it works both in MuseScore Basic and in Muse Sounds.

erinic04 commented 2 months ago

That only works for gm soundfonts. if I put the pizz. text on my string parts it does nothing because my soundfont is not gm compatible.

erinic04 commented 2 months ago

Those premade technique texts lead from one specific preset to another specific preset, with no way to change where either of the ends of it are. It is completely unadjustable and leads to me having to use an instrument change every time anything changes. The current system also doesn't allow for any articulations that aren't explicitly stated. For example, the song that I am transcribing at the moment uses flutter tonguing on the trumpets. I have a sample for this, but since the current system is unflexible in almost every way I have to use instrument changes every half note when they are playing (to harp so the playback guitar bends sound because the current scoop playback is atrocious, and again, completely unadjustable, along with the fact that the guitar bends only work for playback on instruments with strings) image

erinic04 commented 2 months ago

Something pretty much like that would be great!