Re: Issues with Playback &c.

[Richard Shann]

On Tue, 2020-06-30 at 09:13 +0100, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> 5. I don't know that there is a way of getting this to play back
> pizzicato. Presumably it would involve an on-the-fly swap of Midi
> instrument.

Looking into this a bit deeper I see that this is implemented - but it
is buried away and wrapped in MIDI jargon (the MIDI instrument is a
"program" in MIDI-speak, and you will find a command to change the
program in the Object Menu ▶ Directives ▶ Playback ▶ MIDI menu).

To make this a bit more user-friendly I've added this command to that
menu:

Command: Change Timbre (Instrument Sound)
Changes the MIDI instrument for the following notes, optionally
typesetting some text here. Use for pizz. trem. etc.
Location: Object Menu ▶ Directives ▶ Playback ▶ MIDI
Internal Name: ChangeTimbre

What I haven't done is to program looking up your installed soundfont
to help you find the appropriate program number: you can do this by
this rigmarole (if you don't have a GM manual):

Use the command:
Command: Built-in Staff Properties
Change the built-in properties of the current staff
Location: Object Menu ▶ Staffs/Voices ▶ Staff Properties
Internal Name: StaffProperties

and select the MIDI tab and look in the Instrument list for your chosen
instrument (e.g tremolo strings) and set that.
Then run the command again and look at the number that has now been
assigned to Program. This is the number you need to set in the command
to switch instrument sound.

HTH

Richard


>  I have an allied problem that there is no tremolo playback for the
> mandolin so have to put up with a single pick or write in lots of
> semiquavers which makes everything unreadable. For pizz I put in a
> MultilineText&Music addition to a note and hope that people notice it
> and move their wrist onto the end of the strings to dampen them.
> Best wishes
> Joe Wilkinson
> 
> On 30/06/2020 01:54, Gabriel Ellsworth wrote:
> > Hello, everyone. Thanks for your help when I was installing Denemo.
> > 
> > I have just finished engraving my first Denemo score. However, I am
> > having the following issues:
> > Playback is out of sync. For some reason, depending on where I put
> > my cursor, the vocal track plays a bit behind or ahead of the
> > string tracks that accompany the vocals. I don’t know how to get
> > all parts to play back in a synchronized fashion.
> > When I was trying to fix the above issue, playback stopped
> > generating any audio at all. I can see the bars moving across the
> > score, but no sound comes out of my speaker. Previously I was able
> > to hear sound (albeit out of sync).
> > Playback view does not work. It displays as follows (see screenshot
> > below my signature).
> > One of my instruments is viola, but in the typeset view the label
> > at the beginning of the first system says “Violin.”
> > I am trying to mark (and hopefully hear in playback) pizzicato for
> > one section. I searched the manual for “pizzicato” but did not find
> > anything.