How to use other sounds

For MuseScore 4 ust the hub

MuseScore uses SoundFonts and SFZ files to generate the different instrument sounds. On this page a step by step install procedure is provided (download and double-click is all that is required in most of the cases) and different free libraries are linked.

For orchestral sounds:

Piano:

to activate sounds

Use View/Synthesiser and follow these steps:

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The activated sound library is the one on the top of the list (this is not very intuitive and elegant).

To Change instrument playback in the Mixer

In the menu pick View/Mixer:

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