Re: Pallettes and Assign Instruments

[Richard Shann]

On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 16:37 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> [...]
> 
> I do have a problem with assigning instruments to staffs with a
> melody 
> line and already extant verses.
> If you assign an instrument to such a staff the verses all disappear
> and 
> have to be reinstated.
> This may be deliberate,
No, it's a bug, nasty because it destroys your work without warning.
I've put a fix in but it is only the same as happens if you switch to
say piano from flute - it creates the new instrument and invites you to
copy stuff across... What you would do to temporarily change the sound
of the staff is to call up 

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 change the instrument sound in the MIDI tab. (Assign instrument
changes the name, indent and range of notes that are black in the
display)

>  but I only wanted to make it a Flute temporarily 
> to produce a distinguishable midi line over chords (default piano)
> and 
> make the melody line stand out.
> It also happens if you assign a guitar to the line (and it is
> possible 
> to sing and play at the same time). :-)
> 
> Is it possible to reduce the volume of one stave compared to
> another; 

yes, the same MIDI tab lets you change the volume.

> the midi of the piano staff is rather dominant and of course pp and
> ff 
> don't filter through to midi.
??? The should do - have you got the "Always full Volume" checked in
the Playback Control panel?

Richard