[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":1299},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-data-\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Faudio-room-stage\u002F":3,"prose-edu-link:none":11,"breadcrumb#\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Faudio-room-stage\u002F":1297},{"page":4,"navigation":570,"relatedArticles":666,"relatedTutorials":1296},{"id":5,"title":6,"articles":7,"author":10,"automaticallyTranslated":11,"body":12,"cardHighlight":553,"dateModified":554,"datePublished":555,"description":556,"englishFileHash":10,"englishSegments":10,"extension":557,"flatOnly":11,"layout":10,"locale":558,"meta":559,"nav":560,"navigation":561,"nexttext":10,"nexturl":10,"path":563,"permalink":564,"pid":565,"ptitle":10,"reviewedBy":10,"seo":566,"stem":567,"thumbnail":10,"tip":568,"tutorials":10,"__hash__":569},"content\u002Fen\u002Feditor\u002F4.audio-midi-experience\u002F1.playback\u002F2.rooms-and-stage.md","How to play your score in a room and arrange the stage in Flat",[8,9],"audio-settings","playback",null,false,{"type":13,"value":14,"toc":537},"minimark",[15,19,33,38,41,59,63,98,107,110,165,171,182,193,197,204,212,252,258,262,267,270,278,332,337,340,360,364,367,375,404,408,419,423,433,437,447,457,461,473],[16,17,18],"p",{},"A room is the space where Flat plays your score. Instead of setting a reverb on each instrument, you pick a room (a studio, a concert hall or a cathedral) and every part is played inside it. You can then place each instrument on a map of the stage to decide where it sits, from left to right (its panning) and from front to back, and how wide it sounds in stereo.",[20,21,24],"callout",{"label":22,"type":23},"Beta","note",[16,25,26,27,32],{},"Rooms and the stage are in beta in the editor on the website, with its new side rail. ",[28,29,31],"a",{"href":30},"#beta","Join the beta"," to try them. The desktop app and the Flat apps for iOS and Android keep the reverb of each instrument.",[34,35,37],"h2",{"id":36},"beta","Join or leave the beta",[16,39,40],{},"The rooms and stage beta is open to accounts with Flat Power. Join or leave it on this page of the help center:",[42,43,48],"beta-toggle",{":individual-only":44,"beta":45,"join-also":46,"plan-feature":47},"true","beta.editor.stage","beta.editor.rail-file-menu","reverbPlayback",[16,49,50,54,55,58],{},[51,52,53],"strong",{},"Rooms and stage beta",": the ",[51,56,57],{},"Room"," section of the audio panel and the stage screen, in the editor on the website. Joining also turns on the editor's new side rail, where the audio panel lives.",[34,60,62],{"id":61},"choose-a-room","How do I choose a room?",[64,65,66,74,95],"ol",{},[67,68,69,70,73],"li",{},"Open your score and click ",[51,71,72],{},"Audio"," in the left rail.",[67,75,76,77,79,80,83,84,83,87,90,91,94],{},"In the ",[51,78,57],{}," section, click ",[51,81,82],{},"Off",", ",[51,85,86],{},"Studio",[51,88,89],{},"Hall"," or ",[51,92,93],{},"Cathedral",".",[67,96,97],{},"Press play to hear the difference.",[99,100,104],"screenshot",{"alt":101,"src":102,"width":103},"The Room section of the Audio panel with Off, Studio, Hall and Cathedral, Hall being selected","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Faudio-room-panel.jpg",345,[16,105,106],{},"The Room section at the top of the Audio panel.",[16,108,109],{},"Each room has its own acoustics: its size, the walls that reflect the sound, and how long the reverberation lasts.",[111,112,113,125],"table",{},[114,115,116],"thead",{},[117,118,119,122],"tr",{},[120,121,57],"th",{},[120,123,124],{},"What it sounds like",[126,127,128,138,147,156],"tbody",{},[117,129,130,135],{},[131,132,133],"td",{},[51,134,82],{},[131,136,137],{},"No reverb: the score plays dry.",[117,139,140,144],{},[131,141,142],{},[51,143,86],{},[131,145,146],{},"A short reverb, about 1 second, and a close sound.",[117,148,149,153],{},[131,150,151],{},[51,152,89],{},[131,154,155],{},"A concert hall, for orchestra and choir, with a reverb of about 2 seconds.",[117,157,158,162],{},[131,159,160],{},[51,161,93],{},[131,163,164],{},"A long, spacious reverb of about 4 seconds.",[16,166,167,168,170],{},"Click the information icon next to ",[51,169,57],{}," in the panel to read this list again.",[20,172,174],{"label":173,"type":23},"The room belongs to the score",[16,175,176,177,181],{},"Like the rest of the ",[28,178,180],{"href":179},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Faudio-settings","audio settings",", the room and the seats are saved with the score: everyone who opens it hears the room you picked, on every device.",[20,183,186],{"label":184,"type":185},"Flat Power","reminder",[16,187,188,189,192],{},"Changing the room, the microphones, the reverb or a seat is part of ",[28,190,184],{"href":191},"https:\u002F\u002Fflat.io\u002Fpricing",", like the reverb of each instrument. Without it, you still hear the room saved with the score.",[34,194,196],{"id":195},"advanced-options","How do I change the microphones and the reverb of the room?",[16,198,199,200,203],{},"Click ",[51,201,202],{},"Show advanced options"," under the rooms.",[99,205,209],{"alt":206,"src":207,"width":208},"The advanced options of a room: the Microphones and Reverb sliders and a small overview of the stage","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Faudio-room-advanced.jpg",341,[16,210,211],{},"The advanced options, with the small stage overview at the bottom.",[213,214,215,229,242],"ul",{},[67,216,217,220,221,224,225,228],{},[51,218,219],{},"Microphones"," moves the listening position between ",[51,222,223],{},"Close"," (a direct, detailed sound and a wide stereo image) and ",[51,226,227],{},"Far"," (a more distant sound, with more of the room's reflections and a narrower stage).",[67,230,231,234,235,238,239,94],{},[51,232,233],{},"Reverb"," sets how much of the room you hear, from ",[51,236,237],{},"Less"," to ",[51,240,241],{},"More",[67,243,244,247,248,251],{},[51,245,246],{},"Stage"," shows a small overview of where the instruments sit. Click ",[51,249,250],{},"Open the stage"," to work on it full screen.",[16,253,199,254,257],{},[51,255,256],{},"Hide advanced options"," to fold them away again.",[34,259,261],{"id":260},"the-stage","How do I arrange the instruments on the stage?",[16,263,199,264,266],{},[51,265,250],{}," in the advanced options. The stage screen shows a map of the stage with one seat for each instrument of the score.",[16,268,269],{},"Flat seats every instrument for you, following the usual orchestral seating: in an orchestra the strings are in front, the woodwinds behind them, then the brass, with the percussion at the back. Pianos and harps sit on the left, a choir stands behind the orchestra, and a solo singer stands at the front. A small group is spread across the whole stage.",[99,271,275],{"alt":272,"src":273,"width":274},"The stage screen, a map of the stage with a round seat for each instrument and the audience strip below","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Faudio-stage-screen.jpg",644,[16,276,277],{},"The stage screen. Each seat carries the icon of its instrument.",[213,279,280,289,298,304,322],{},[67,281,282,285,286,94],{},[51,283,284],{},"Seats"," carry the icon of the instrument and the color of its family. The legend under the map names the families that the score uses, such as Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion or Strings. Parts of the same section that sit together are grouped under the section name, for example ",[51,287,288],{},"Strings",[67,290,291,294,295,297],{},[51,292,293],{},"The audience strip"," at the bottom of the map names where the microphones listen from: close, balanced or far back. It follows the ",[51,296,219],{}," slider.",[67,299,300,303],{},[51,301,302],{},"Move a seat"," by dragging it on the map. To move a selected seat with the keyboard, use the arrow keys.",[67,305,306,309,310,313,314,317,318,321],{},[51,307,308],{},"Zoom"," with the ",[51,311,312],{},"+"," and ",[51,315,316],{},"-"," buttons in the corner of the map, and use ",[51,319,320],{},"Fit the whole stage"," to see every seat again.",[67,323,324,327,328,331],{},[51,325,326],{},"Select a seat"," by clicking it, or by clicking the instrument in the ",[51,329,330],{},"Volume"," list of the panel.",[333,334,336],"h3",{"id":335},"how-a-seat-sounds","What changes when I move a seat?",[16,338,339],{},"The seat places the instrument in the room, the way a real stage does:",[213,341,342,348,354],{},[67,343,344,347],{},[51,345,346],{},"Left and right"," set its panning: an instrument on the left of the stage comes out of the left speaker.",[67,349,350,353],{},[51,351,352],{},"Front and back"," set its depth: the further back a seat is, the later, softer and slightly duller the instrument sounds, and the more of the room you hear on it.",[67,355,356,359],{},[51,357,358],{},"The room"," answers every seat on its own: each instrument gets its own early reflections from the walls and the ceiling, then shares the reverb of the room with the others.",[333,361,363],{"id":362},"seat-settings","How do I change the width and the reverb of one instrument?",[16,365,366],{},"Select a seat. A card opens under the map with two sliders for that instrument.",[99,368,372],{"alt":369,"src":370,"width":371},"A selected seat on the stage and its card with the Width and Reverb sliders","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Faudio-stage-seat-selected.jpg",570,[16,373,374],{},"A selected seat and its card.",[213,376,377,390],{},[67,378,379,382,383,386,387,94],{},[51,380,381],{},"Width"," sets the stereo width of the instrument: how much space it takes between the left and the right speaker, from ",[51,384,385],{},"Very narrow"," (a single point) to ",[51,388,389],{},"Full",[67,391,392,394,395,398,399,90,401,403],{},[51,393,233],{}," is ",[51,396,397],{},"Auto"," by default, so the instrument gets the reverb its seat calls for. Move it toward ",[51,400,237],{},[51,402,241],{}," to make that instrument drier or wetter than its neighbors.",[333,405,407],{"id":406},"reset-seats","How do I put a seat back?",[16,409,410,411,414,415,418],{},"Select the seat and click ",[51,412,413],{},"Reset seat"," to bring it back to the place Flat gave it, with its default width and reverb. ",[51,416,417],{},"Reset all seats"," does the same for every instrument. Flat confirms how many seats it reset and lets you undo it.",[333,420,422],{"id":421},"leave-the-stage","How do I leave the stage?",[16,424,199,425,428,429,432],{},[51,426,427],{},"Back to the score",", or press ",[51,430,431],{},"Esc",". The first press deselects the selected seat, and the next one closes the stage.",[34,434,436],{"id":435},"classic-reverb","What is the classic reverb?",[16,438,439,440,443,444,446],{},"Scores made before rooms existed keep the reverb of each instrument. Their audio panel says ",[51,441,442],{},"Classic reverb, set per instrument below. Pick a room to try one."," The sliders in the ",[51,445,330],{}," list keep working as before until you pick a room.",[16,448,449,450,453,454,456],{},"Once you pick a room, it replaces the per-instrument reverb for the whole score. Click ",[51,451,452],{},"Use classic reverb"," next to ",[51,455,57],{}," to go back to the reverb of each instrument.",[34,458,460],{"id":459},"view-only-and-offline","What if I can only view the score, or I am offline?",[213,462,463,466],{},[67,464,465],{},"If you can open a score but not edit it, you can still try the rooms and move the seats to hear the difference. Nothing is saved: the change plays for you only, and the score keeps the room its owner chose.",[67,467,468,469,472],{},"If you can edit a score but you are offline, or the score has a newer revision than the one you have open, Flat says ",[51,470,471],{},"Not saved: your changes play for this session only."," Reload the score when you are back online and make the change again.",[474,475,477,490,499,505,511,528],"faq",{"title":476},"Frequently asked questions",[478,479,481],"faq-item",{"question":480},"Why is there no Room section in my audio panel?",[16,482,483,484,486,487,94],{},"Rooms and the stage are in beta, in the editor on the website. ",[28,485,31],{"href":30}," to see them. The desktop app and the Flat apps for iOS and Android do not have them yet. Without them, the audio panel shows the volume and the reverb of each instrument, as described in ",[28,488,489],{"href":179},"the audio settings",[478,491,493],{"question":492},"Can I pan an instrument to the left or the right?",[16,494,495,496,498],{},"Yes, in a room. Open the stage and drag the instrument's seat to the left or the right: its position sets its panning. Its ",[51,497,381],{}," slider sets how wide it sounds in stereo.",[478,500,502],{"question":501},"Do the rooms change my notation?",[16,503,504],{},"No. A room changes how the score sounds, not what it says. It adds no marking to the notation and does not change what you print.",[478,506,508],{"question":507},"What does Off do?",[16,509,510],{},"Off plays the score dry, with no reverb at all. Your seats are kept, so they are there when you pick a room again.",[478,512,514],{"question":513},"Why does one instrument sound drier than the others?",[16,515,516,517,519,520,522,523,525,526,94],{},"Open the stage and select its seat. A part with ",[51,518,237],{}," on its ",[51,521,233],{}," slider is drier on purpose. ",[51,524,413],{}," brings it back to ",[51,527,397],{},[478,529,531],{"question":530},"Can I use a room and the reverb of each instrument together?",[16,532,533,534,536],{},"No. A room replaces the reverb of each instrument. 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Flat stores that mix inside the score data, so the balance you set is the one everyone with access to the score hears, on every device.",[682,683,686,690,693,700,704,707,718,722,725,732,736],"platform-tab",{"id":684,"label":685},"website-desktop","Website & Desktop",[34,687,689],{"id":688},"score-audio-settings","Where do I find the audio settings?",[16,691,692],{},"You can change the volume and reverb levels of each instrument in the audio settings. Access your audio settings by clicking the audio icon available in the top bar of your score, next to the playback controls. Each instrument gets its own pair of sliders.",[16,694,695],{},[696,697],"img",{"alt":698,"src":699},"The audio settings panel with a volume and reverb slider for each instrument","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Fplayback-options.png",[34,701,703],{"id":702},"what-are-the-default-volume-and-reverb-levels","What are the default volume and reverb levels?",[16,705,706],{},"By default, all the volumes are set at the maximum level, while reverb is turned off for each instrument. Anything you hear beyond that is coming from the score itself — its dynamics and its instrument samples — rather than from the mix.",[20,708,710],{"label":709,"type":23},"Save your changes",[16,711,712,713,717],{},"Don't forget to save the changes. If you are not happy with them, just click ",[714,715,716],"pill",{},"Restore",": the Restore button restores the saved volumes from the score settings.",[34,719,721],{"id":720},"who-else-hears-the-mix-i-set","Who else hears the mix I set?",[16,723,724],{},"Everyone who opens the score. When a slider is changed, it is automatically modified within the score data and synchronized on every device with access to the score, so every visitor gets the same audio mix that you set.",[20,726,729],{"label":727,"type":728},"The mix travels with the score","heads-up",[16,730,731],{},"The audio settings are not a personal preference: they belong to the score. Changing them changes what your collaborators and your audience hear, not only your own playback.",[34,733,735],{"id":734},"score-audio-room","Can I play my score in a room instead?",[16,737,738,739,741,742,94],{},"Accounts in the beta have a ",[51,740,57],{}," section at the top of the audio panel. A room (a studio, a concert hall or a cathedral) plays every instrument in the same space and replaces the reverb of each instrument. Learn more on ",[28,743,553],{"href":744},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Faudio-room-stage",[682,746,750,753,757,768,797,800,803,805,812,815,818,820],{"id":747,"label":748,"product":749},"mobile-app","Mobile app","flat",[34,751,689],{"id":752},"audio-settings-mobile-open",[754,755],"short-title",{"text":756},"Open audio settings",[16,758,759,760,763,764,767],{},"Tap the speaker icon in the top bar to open ",[51,761,762],{},"Playback options",", then open ",[51,765,766],{},"Audio playback",". Each instrument has its own volume and reverb there. On the phone these sit in the same sheet as the metronome and the playback speed, rather than behind separate buttons in the top bar.",[769,770,771,786],"step-cards",{},[772,773,776,781],"step-card",{"number":774,"title":775},"1","Open Audio playback",[16,777,778,779,94],{},"Tap the speaker at the top of the editor, then ",[51,780,766],{},[99,782],{"alt":783,"src":784,"width":785},"The Playback options of the Flat mobile app","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Fmobile\u002Faudio-settings-mobile-open-1.jpg",300,[772,787,790,793],{"number":788,"title":789},"2","Set the levels",[16,791,792],{},"Slide the master volume, and the volume and reverb of each part.",[99,794],{"alt":795,"src":796,"width":785},"The Audio playback settings of the Flat mobile app","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Fmobile\u002Faudio-settings-mobile-open-2.jpg",[34,798,703],{"id":799},"audio-settings-mobile-defaults",[754,801],{"text":802},"Default levels",[16,804,706],{},[20,806,807],{"label":709,"type":23},[16,808,809,810,717],{},"Don't forget to save the changes. If you are not happy with them, just tap ",[714,811,716],{},[34,813,721],{"id":814},"audio-settings-mobile-sharing",[754,816],{"text":817},"Shared mix",[16,819,724],{},[20,821,822],{"label":727,"type":728},[16,823,731],{},[474,825,826,832,840,854,862,868],{"title":476},[478,827,829],{"question":828},"Are the audio settings saved per user or per score?",[16,830,831],{},"Per score. The volume and reverb sliders are written into the score data and synchronized to every device with access to it, so there is one mix for everybody rather than a personal setting for each listener.",[478,833,834],{"question":492},[16,835,836,837,94],{},"Not from these sliders: they set the volume and the reverb only. If your account is in the beta, pick a room and move the instrument's seat on the stage to set its panning. See ",[28,838,553],{"href":839},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Faudio-room-stage#how-a-seat-sounds",[478,841,843],{"question":842},"Where did the reverb slider of each instrument go?",[16,844,845,846,848,849,851,852,94],{},"If your account is in the beta, a score that has a room plays in that room and does not use the reverb of each instrument. Pick ",[51,847,82],{}," to play without reverb, or click ",[51,850,452],{}," to get the sliders back. See ",[28,853,553],{"href":744},[478,855,857],{"question":856},"How do I undo a change to the mix?",[16,858,199,859,861],{},[714,860,716],{},". The Restore button brings back the volumes saved in the score settings, which is the mix as it was before your unsaved changes. Save only once you are happy with what you hear.",[478,863,865],{"question":864},"Why is one instrument much quieter than the others?",[16,866,867],{},"Check its volume slider first: the default is the maximum level, so a quieter instrument usually has had its slider lowered. If the sliders are level, the difference comes from the dynamics written in that part or from the instrument sample itself.",[478,869,871],{"question":870},"Does adding reverb change my score?",[16,872,873,874,877],{},"It changes how the score sounds, not what it says. Reverb is part of the playback mix stored with the score; it adds no marking to the notation you print. When the score is played in a ",[28,875,876],{"href":744},"room",", MP3 and WAV exports are rendered in that room too.",{"title":538,"searchDepth":539,"depth":539,"links":879},[880,881,882,883,884,885,886],{"id":688,"depth":542,"text":689},{"id":702,"depth":542,"text":703},{"id":720,"depth":542,"text":721},{"id":734,"depth":542,"text":735},{"id":752,"depth":542,"text":689},{"id":799,"depth":542,"text":703},{"id":814,"depth":542,"text":721},"volume and reverb","2019-05-17T19:10:23Z","Set the volume and reverb of every instrument in a Flat score from the audio settings, save your mix, and restore the saved levels whenever you need.",{},{"title":591},{"title":669,"description":889},"(...) The audio settings are not a personal preference: they belong to the score.","Uhrb1LoZwsV98ZvHCX3PUPKNL2g2uw9JEOcWVCQ5kUY",{"id":896,"title":897,"articles":898,"author":671,"automaticallyTranslated":11,"body":899,"cardHighlight":1288,"dateModified":555,"datePublished":1289,"description":1290,"englishFileHash":10,"englishSegments":10,"extension":557,"flatOnly":11,"layout":10,"locale":558,"meta":1291,"nav":560,"navigation":1292,"nexttext":10,"nexturl":10,"path":587,"permalink":589,"pid":9,"ptitle":10,"reviewedBy":10,"seo":1293,"stem":588,"thumbnail":10,"tip":1294,"tutorials":10,"__hash__":1295},"content\u002Fen\u002Feditor\u002F4.audio-midi-experience\u002F1.playback\u002F1.playback.md","How to play back your score in Flat",[607,601],{"type":13,"value":900,"toc":1270},[901,1221],[675,902,903,927,1139],{"ariaLabel":677},[16,904,905,906,910,911,910,914,83,918,922,923,94],{},"Playback in Flat interprets the sheet music you write and plays it back directly in your web browser, without any plugins. Flat plays the full score or resumes from where you stopped, and gives you control over ",[28,907,909],{"href":908},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Faudio-settings\u002F#score-audio-settings","the volume",", the ",[28,912,913],{"href":908},"instruments' reverb",[28,915,917],{"href":916},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fplayback-speed","playback speed",[28,919,921],{"href":920},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fswing\u002F","swing",", and ",[28,924,926],{"href":925},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fmetronome","the metronome",[682,928,929,933,941,1018,1024,1028,1037,1049,1053,1066,1070,1073,1076,1087,1091,1100,1104,1109,1113,1120,1124,1132,1136],{"id":684,"label":685},[34,930,932],{"id":931},"use-the-playback","How do I play back my score?",[16,934,935,936,940],{},"To play your composition, click the play button at the top of the editor, or press ",[937,938,939],"kbd",{},"Space",". Playback starts at the beginning of the measure where your cursor is. While the score plays, the same button turns into a stop button.",[111,942,943,956],{},[114,944,945],{},[117,946,947,950,953],{},[120,948,949],{},"Control",[120,951,952],{},"What it does",[120,954,955],{},"Shortcut",[126,957,958,970,986,1005],{},[117,959,960,963,966],{},[131,961,962],{},"Play \u002F Stop",[131,964,965],{},"Plays from the start of the measure where the cursor is, or stops the playback",[131,967,968],{},[937,969,939],{},[117,971,972,975,978],{},[131,973,974],{},"Resume",[131,976,977],{},"Continues from the exact point where the playback stopped",[131,979,980,983,984],{},[937,981,982],{},"Shift"," + ",[937,985,939],{},[117,987,988,991,994],{},[131,989,990],{},"Go to start",[131,992,993],{},"Moves the cursor back to the beginning of the score",[131,995,996,983,999,1001,1002,1004],{},[937,997,998],{},"Ctrl",[937,1000,939],{}," (also ",[937,1003,998],{}," on Mac)",[117,1006,1007,1010,1013],{},[131,1008,1009],{},"Loop",[131,1011,1012],{},"Replays the selected passage over and over",[131,1014,1015],{},[937,1016,1017],{},"L",[16,1019,1020],{},[696,1021],{"alt":1022,"src":1023},"The playback controls in the top bar of the editor","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Feditor_player.jpg",[34,1025,1027],{"id":1026},"start-from-a-specific-spot","How do I start playback from a specific spot?",[16,1029,1030,1031,1033,1034,1036],{},"Flat starts playback at the beginning of the measure that holds your cursor. Click a note in the measure you want to hear, or move there with the arrow keys, then press ",[937,1032,939],{}," or the play button. To repeat a passage, select it and turn on loop playback with ",[937,1035,1017],{}," or the loop button in the top bar.",[20,1038,1041],{"label":1039,"type":1040},"Pick up where you stopped","tip",[16,1042,1043,1044,983,1046,1048],{},"Stopping the playback doesn't move your cursor, so pressing play again restarts from the cursor's measure. Press ",[937,1045,982],{},[937,1047,939],{}," to continue from the exact point where the music stopped.",[34,1050,1052],{"id":1051},"go-back-to-the-start","How do I go back to the beginning of the score?",[16,1054,199,1055,1057,1058,983,1060,1062,1063,1065],{},[51,1056,990],{},", the button on the left of the play button, or press ",[937,1059,998],{},[937,1061,939],{},". The cursor jumps to the first measure, and the next ",[937,1064,939],{}," plays the score from the top.",[34,1067,1069],{"id":1068},"implementation-notes","Which notations does the playback interpret?",[16,1071,1072],{},"Our goal is to provide a good trade-off between performance and interpretation quality, so the playback works well even with a low amount of memory. You might not have the best experience with a large number of instruments.",[16,1074,1075],{},"At this time, most of the notations are interpreted, except:",[213,1077,1078,1081,1084],{},[67,1079,1080],{},"Bowing Directions",[67,1082,1083],{},"Nested repeat barlines",[67,1085,1086],{},"Text",[34,1088,1090],{"id":1089},"change-the-volume-and-reverb","How do I change the volume and reverb?",[16,1092,1093,1094,1097,1098,94],{},"Flat stores a volume and a reverb level for every instrument in the score, and both are edited from the audio settings in the top bar. You can find how to change the volume and reverb for a score on ",[28,1095,1096],{"href":179},"our dedicated help page",". To play the score in a studio, a concert hall or a cathedral instead, see ",[28,1099,553],{"href":744},[34,1101,1103],{"id":1102},"change-the-playback-speed","How do I change the playback speed?",[16,1105,1106,1107,94],{},"The playback speed is a global multiplier applied on top of the tempo markings written in the score, so changing it never alters the notation. You can find how to change the global playback speed on ",[28,1108,1096],{"href":916},[34,1110,1112],{"id":1111},"enable-the-swing","How do I enable the swing?",[16,1114,1115,1116,94],{},"The swing includes the notation and the playback interpretation, so the written rhythm and the way Flat plays it stay in agreement. Discover how to use it ",[28,1117,1119],{"href":1118},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fswing","in our dedicated help page",[34,1121,1123],{"id":1122},"i-have-an-issue-with-the-playback","I have an issue with the playback",[16,1125,1126,1127,1131],{},"Playback problems are usually caused by the device or the browser rather than by the score itself — a phone left in silent mode, or a stuck Web Audio API timer. Please see our ",[28,1128,1130],{"href":1129},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fplayback-troubleshooting","playback troubleshooting page"," for the fixes.",[34,1133,1135],{"id":1134},"does-the-crescendo-and-diminuendo-affect-both-parts-of-a-piano-score","Does the Crescendo and Diminuendo affect both parts of a piano score?",[16,1137,1138],{},"Like all the dynamics on Flat, they only affect the stave where they are added. To hear a crescendo in both hands of a piano score, add one to each stave.",[682,1140,1141,1144,1147,1150,1154,1157,1160,1162,1164,1172,1175,1178,1183,1186,1188,1192,1195,1198,1202,1205,1208,1213,1216,1219],{"id":747,"label":748,"product":749},[34,1142,932],{"id":1143},"playback-mobile-play",[754,1145],{"text":1146},"Play your score",[16,1148,1149],{},"Tap the play button in the top bar. Playback starts at the beginning of the measure where your cursor is, and the play button turns into a stop button while the score plays. The button on its left takes the cursor back to the start of the score.",[99,1151],{"alt":1152,"src":1153,"width":785},"A score playing in the Flat mobile app, with the play button highlighted","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Fmobile\u002Fplayback-mobile-play.jpg",[34,1155,1069],{"id":1156},"playback-mobile-notations",[754,1158],{"text":1159},"What is interpreted",[16,1161,1072],{},[16,1163,1075],{},[213,1165,1166,1168,1170],{},[67,1167,1080],{},[67,1169,1083],{},[67,1171,1086],{},[34,1173,1090],{"id":1174},"playback-mobile-volume",[754,1176],{"text":1177},"Volume and reverb",[16,1179,1180,1181,94],{},"Flat stores a volume and a reverb level for every instrument in the score, and the mix is saved with the score itself, so it is the same on every device. You can find how to change the volume and reverb on ",[28,1182,1096],{"href":179},[34,1184,1103],{"id":1185},"playback-mobile-speed",[754,1187],{"text":603},[16,1189,1106,1190,94],{},[28,1191,1096],{"href":916},[34,1193,1112],{"id":1194},"playback-mobile-swing",[754,1196],{"text":1197},"Swing playback",[16,1199,1115,1200,94],{},[28,1201,1119],{"href":1118},[34,1203,1123],{"id":1204},"playback-mobile-issue",[754,1206],{"text":1207},"Playback issues",[16,1209,1210,1211,1131],{},"Playback problems are usually caused by the device rather than by the score itself — a phone left in silent mode is the most common one. Please see our ",[28,1212,1130],{"href":1129},[34,1214,1135],{"id":1215},"playback-mobile-dynamics",[754,1217],{"text":1218},"Dynamics and staves",[16,1220,1138],{},[474,1222,1223,1229,1240,1249,1255,1261],{"title":476},[478,1224,1226],{"question":1225},"Do I need a plugin to hear my score?",[16,1227,1228],{},"No. Flat interprets your sheet music and plays it directly in your web browser, with no plugin and nothing to install. The same playback engine is used in the editor and in the public sheet music viewer.",[478,1230,1232],{"question":1231},"Why does playback start again from the beginning after I stop it?",[16,1233,1234,1235,983,1237,1239],{},"Because Flat always plays from the start of the measure that holds your cursor, and stopping the playback doesn't move the cursor. On the website and desktop app, press ",[937,1236,982],{},[937,1238,939],{}," to resume from the exact point where the music stopped. In the mobile app, tap a note in the measure where you want to start again, then tap play.",[478,1241,1243],{"question":1242},"How do I replay just one passage?",[16,1244,1245,1246,1248],{},"Select the passage, then turn on loop playback with the loop button in the top bar, or press ",[937,1247,1017],{}," on a keyboard. Flat then plays the selection over and over until you stop it, so you can practise or check a few measures without going back each time.",[478,1250,1252],{"question":1251},"Why does playback sound rough on a score with many instruments?",[16,1253,1254],{},"The playback is tuned as a trade-off between performance and interpretation quality so that it runs on devices with a low amount of memory. A score with a large number of instruments pushes that budget, so you might not get the best experience on it.",[478,1256,1258],{"question":1257},"Why is one of my markings not played back?",[16,1259,1260],{},"Most notations are interpreted, but a few are not yet: bowing directions, nested repeat barlines, and text. If a marking in one of those categories is silent, it is a known limit rather than an error in your score.",[478,1262,1264],{"question":1263},"Can everyone who opens my score hear the same mix?",[16,1265,1266,1267,1269],{},"Yes. The volume and reverb you set are stored in the score data and synchronized to every device with access to the score, so everyone visiting it gets the audio mix you saved. See ",[28,1268,489],{"href":179}," for the details.",{"title":538,"searchDepth":539,"depth":539,"links":1271},[1272,1273,1274,1275,1276,1277,1278,1279,1280,1281,1282,1283,1284,1285,1286,1287],{"id":931,"depth":542,"text":932},{"id":1026,"depth":542,"text":1027},{"id":1051,"depth":542,"text":1052},{"id":1068,"depth":542,"text":1069},{"id":1089,"depth":542,"text":1090},{"id":1102,"depth":542,"text":1103},{"id":1111,"depth":542,"text":1112},{"id":1122,"depth":542,"text":1123},{"id":1134,"depth":542,"text":1135},{"id":1143,"depth":542,"text":932},{"id":1156,"depth":542,"text":1069},{"id":1174,"depth":542,"text":1090},{"id":1185,"depth":542,"text":1103},{"id":1194,"depth":542,"text":1112},{"id":1204,"depth":542,"text":1123},{"id":1215,"depth":542,"text":1135},"play back your score","2018-02-12T18:09:56Z","Flat plays your sheet music straight in the browser, with no plugin - start playback, set the volume and reverb, change the speed, and add swing.",{},{"title":582},{"title":897,"description":1290},"(...) Like all the dynamics on Flat, they only affect the stave where they are added.","_oYhHB41LWd3FILSVJZMBVuEmKsBjNomqpu-JO0gcPs",[],{"tree":1298},[],1794242864578]