musescore / musescore/MuseScore

[MU4 Issue] No way to change sounds for techniques individually

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Description

Describe the bug
When using things like strings in a score, there is no way to set where the sounds for techniques like pizzicato, spiccato, tremolo, etc. should come from.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Have separate soundfonts for arco and pizz
  2. Load one onto a string staff
  3. Add pizz marking
  4. See that there is no way to control the sound for the pizz in any way

Expected behavior
There should be some way to control where Musescore pulls the pizz or otherwise from

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating how pizzicato, spiccato, tremolo, and other technique markings select sounds, then determine how separate arco and pizz soundfonts should be assigned and how the behavior can be verified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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