Exporting synthetic audio

You can export our player’s synthetic playback as an MP3 file — for example, to make practice/rehearsal tracks suitable for listening to outside Soundslice.

You’ll find the export option in the player’s settings menu. When viewing a piece of music in Soundslice, click at lower right to open the player settings, then click the “Export synth audio” button:

This button is only available if the slice creator has chosen to make it available. It’s not available by default. See here for info on how to enable this on a slice you’ve created.

If this feature isn’t available for the slice you’re working with, no worries: you can always just listen to the synth playback directly in our player.

What’s exported?

When you export, you’ll get an MP3 file of the slice’s notation, using our synthetic playback engine. It will honor your current synth playback settings:

• Each instrument’s synthetic sound
• Each instrument’s solo/mute status

You can change an instrument’s synthetic sound and solo/mute status using the player settings.

Example: Exporting an MP3 of the soprano part of a SATB score

Let’s say you’ve got a slice of choral music, with four separate vocal parts. Here’s how you can export just the soprano part as an MP3:

• When viewing the slice, open the settings menu by clicking at lower right.
• In the settings “Instruments” section, click the name of your soprano part. This will change our synthetic playback to only play that part. (You can confirm by pressing Play in our player.)
• Scroll down in the settings, and click “Export synth audio.” The generated MP3 will only include the soprano.

Current limitations

This MP3 export has a few limitations:

• It doesn’t support ukulele sounds. To work around this, change your instrument to use a different synthetic sound.
• Dead notes (X noteheads) aren’t supported. They’ll be output as silence.
• For tablature instruments: hammer-ons, pull-offs and palm muting aren’t honored. These notes will sound like normal notes, without those techniques.
• For tablature instruments: bends aren’t honored. These notes will sound like normal notes, without a bend.

We plan to improve the MP3 export to support these cases in the future.

How long does it take to export an MP3?

It depends on the music, but generally it should take a few seconds.

My slice uses a real recording. Can I export that real recording?

No, this feature only exports the synthetic playback. But if you’re the slice owner, you can download your recording’s MP3 in our editor, via the “Export original file” button in the Recordings menu — see here.