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divisi in strings should match the sound

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Your idea

It's about the sound.

At the moment, MuseScore Studio has instruments such as Violins (section), Violas (section), Cellos (section) and Double Basses (section).
It's no secret that there may be a division in these sections. I propose to implement in MuseScore Studio a special text technical instruction (let's call it "div."), which would allow you to divide the entire volume of sound evenly into each of the divided lines. Thus, when dividing a2, each note would have ½ of the total volume of sound, when dividing a3, each note would have ⅓ of the total volume of sound, etc.
The cancellation of such an instruction would be the instruction "unis.".
If the user wants to point to specific soloists/desks, then he can either change the text "div." or use a hidden staff as a temporary workaround.

Problem to be solved

At the moment, there is one unsolvable problem in MuseScore Studio.
Instead of spreading the entire volume of sound evenly over each divide line when dividing, 100% of the sound is spread over each note. Thus, the sound is not, for example, 20 violins (I do not know the exact number of them, implied in both MS Basic and Muse Sounds), but about 40. And if we divide the section into 3, then we get even more violins, etc., respectively. This is wrong.
MuseScore Studio should have a function that can provide for these moments and optimize the sound correctly.

I'm not talking about such subtleties as the division into a certain number of soloists or desks and "gli altri" (although I suppose this could be implemented simultaneously with the introduction of "div.").

The current behavior really spoils the sound in some cases. For example, listen to how the "divided" strings sound in the following passage (you will hear that the volume of sound is increased 2-3 times):

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19fd17ef-a40d-44cb-bc06-daac54d02d19

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No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start with the attached audio example and the described div./unis. behavior; done means divided string sections no longer gain total volume when split into a2, a3, and similar divisions.

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