musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Enable the use of sound flags for non-Muse Sounds
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Description
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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Contributor guide
First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the existing sound-flag handling for Muse Sounds and tracing how instrument changes select sounds for non-GM soundfonts. Done should allow a sound flag to specify a target sound without requiring an instrument change or manual staff-label restoration.
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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