How we made MuseScore Studio 4.2 (with Bradley Kunda)

[@charliegomez1165]

I won a composition competition thanks to MuseScore 4, thanks guys!

[@musescore]

Awesome! Send us a DM on our Insta, we'd love to hear your final piece

[@cadenmarshall9588]

I did too!! Musescore is the best! I’ve been using it since 2015!

[@RaptorT1V]

I did it too! I made an orchestral cover of We all lift together using only MuseScore 4 sounds and it was put in a video on PlayWarfame channel.

[@athishayjain.m.k9257]

Am also happy to share that a Quintet which I wrote using musescore4 musesounds.... Everyone asked me that wheather I recorded I live ? Such an realistic playback..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2bXiGd8n5qlfKMsi=C89UnaMb9qiPtLd8

[@PiyanistUmutKORKMAZ]

As a visually impaired amateur musician living in Turkey, I would like to thank you for giving importance to accessibility. I hope the accessibility improvements continue in the new version.

[@Dominicdiola]

musescore 4 is the best thing to happen to musical notation ever.

[@GreenTeaViewer]

I have been using scoring software since the late 1990s. You would not believe how difficult it was back then. And the legacy big names are still around, with a lot of baggage in their UI and a traditionally high price. MuseScore has upended all of that. It's a dream.

[@tonyrod3332]

Thanks to musescore I became a finalist for the US Army Field Band composer audition in DC (and they read my arrangements made in musescore)

[@eelisuusivirta]

Can’t wait for the musesound percussion. 🤩

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

They say it will come out with a bang!

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

They say it will come out with a bang!

[@Toon444]

I grew up with Musescore! As a kid I loved creating scores for tv show or game soundtracks and then being able to listen to it. Musescore has undeniably played a huge role in my musical talent and to this day I benefit from it. It really brings me joy that you guys are continuing to improve in so many ways, so all I can say is keep it up! You're doing an amazing job!!

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

As a composer and teacher there is no way to deny that Musecore has changed my life. My music gets better instantly with feedback at the push of a button instead of having to re-write and relearn and replay parts, now it's click and done. The ability to create scores and parts for my students in keys and methods that are perfect for them allows me to be a valuable teacher at a higher level. Now the comedy, and with my budget as a non-famous composer or teacher, the fact that it is free is a Godsend. And if anyone is wondering, I have been telling people this exact thing for years because it's true and I want them to partake should they want to give it a spin. And it allows me a chance to brag about the product while being grateful at the same time.

[@dominiqueguelordingala1935]

I can't thank you enough. I now used Musescore Studio every week to compose the responsorial psalms for our church. Thanks again

[@MQWalkman]

Thank you for the update, Mr Kunda - MuseScore is simply the best!!! Keep up the outstanding work!

[@schepersmaarten8165]

Looking forward to discovering the percussion update! Please add a playback swing setting for ternary rhythms. Interpretation of ternary music is a major element in traditional musics, Musescore really needs to offer it!

[@jeanpierrecarpentier]

MuseScore is pure bliss,. I am literary relearning to write music with it. Infinite thanks to you and to your teams. 🙏💛

[@afonsodeportugal]

Thank you, Mr. Kunda! Thank you, Musescore Team! 👍

[@funny_monke6]

Can't wait for the percussion updates! This has been my biggest wish for MuseScore 4

[@Schimmy_]

Excited to see the new percussion, more advanced and concise controls sounds like a lifesaver

[@AB-ju1md]

Super excited for the new percussion system!

[@edwardserfontein4126]

I cannot thank you enough for this wonderful software and that is freely available. I could never afford to buy or learn to play these instruments but through Musescore I can channel my ideas and hear them played back in realistic sounds.

[@frankD.baere-orchestralmockups]

Just fantastic what you guys have created. I haven't used anything else since version 4. It's so easy and intuitive to work with the software, and the Muse sounds are formidable! What would be a great update though is a piano roll and Track volume control. Thanks very much anyway to all the team.

[@drinkpen]

Musescore is spectacular. I was keen to give it a go after being aggy with Dorico one too many times, and everything it already is far surpasses that and Sibelius for me. Just wonderful, major props to everyone.

[@brodymclaughlin]

Glad to hear about Muse Percussion!!! Hype 🎉

[@michaelhaack3298]

musescore 4 is just fantastic. thanks for sharing it with us.

[@drtimsparks]

guitar bend improvements! Woo!

[@MichaelForde521]

Yes thank you Musescore team!! Best software platform and a huge help for my choral and ensembles work!

[@munkyman33]

Awesome updates, thanks! I'm still very excited and eagerly waiting for the future updates regarding composing and notating on the app!

[@Uncle_Yam]

i am so unbelievably excited for musescore drumline!

[@joeldawsey]

You guys are awesome! Nice work and thank you for making this app available to everyone!

[@LeotheTiger1234]

Looking forward as always to your updates.

[@johntait491]

As a fiddler, I've really appreciated some of the Bluegrass/Old Timey music scores that are available. Thank you. 👍

[@fortissimoX]

Thank you!

[@noahriffle9964]

So happy to see the amazing improvements this app has made, wish drumline sounds could come to MS 4❤️❤️❤️

[@emilianpopa1402]

Great! Can't wait to see the updates!

[@FabioZurita]

Thank for all you people are doing.

[@therypanda]

I Rely On Musescore 4 for my covers and this is so exiting to hear!

[@its_not_nice]

Nice!

[@Tantacrul]

Nice

[@eboone]

MUSESCORE DRUMLINE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@dominiqueguelordingala1935]

1 thing: please add a feature to automatically analyze chords from notes et add chord names in the score. That will be a huge bonus!

[@LunaticCraft]

musescore 4.2 is wonderful and incredible. what i'd wish for the future is better options for jazz, e.g. a jazz palette with the most important elements needed to score jazz and a musesounds jazz pack.

[@bassface84]

Great Work Team!

[@GaryGP40]

Love MuseScore! It can turn sketches and ideas into something I can apply in very short order. Trill playback is my only (minor) gripe. It sounds like a reciprocating saw.

[@jagoandlitefoot]

🥳🎉 percussion updates incoming 🎉🥳

[@bradleygibson1989]

This is true Open source software at work.

[@MikhailRimskyKorsakov]

Well...MuseScore most definately outclassed Finale a few years ago already!

[@Joepiyeh1]

nice, just nice amazing software!

[@ivansrg05]

Is it possible to add a function to sing lyrics?

[@fernandobaetajr]

I'm in!

[@СамсонГерасимчук]

Hello , dear Musescore community, please add operatic voices to muse sounds

[@PeregArBagol]

How long did it take you to spot the horns 🤘 in the background ? 😄

[@TheJoziGuy]

This! I had a hard time paying attention to what he was saying😂🔥

[@dontmindme8709]

Thank you, criminology dog!

[@daviydviljoen9318]

I've been using it since version 3.2, and usually I hate changes that make the app less intuitive. It took me ages to get used to Windows 11!! Fortunately the changes from version 3 to 4 made the app so much better to use. Perhaps version 5 could eventually include a DAW? And then there's the addition of the Muse Sounds, which are some of the best free VST type things I've heard, there even better then Spitfire BBC.

[@LuisPerezcombr]

Congratulations! Musescore 4 is great! Then you need to resolve the issue of image capture as in musescore 3, as the quality of the image when exported does not have the same quality even when increasing the dpi...

[@jt_jeetee]

For quality purposes, consider exporting to the SVG image format.

[@aderbalsoares1988]

I'm looking forward to timpani size display.

[@Hexspa]

Great software

[@queijoduke]

Not to rush you guys at all but does anyone know if there is an ETA for the Musescore Percussion/Drumline stuff? I like to do a lot of drum corps brass & percussion stuff on Musescore and I have been wanting to see more drum corps stuff on it for a long time so I finally won't have to resort to using Musescore 3, and I'm sure the huge drum corps community that uses Musescore would love that too. Very excited that you guys are working on it!

[@musescore]

It will most likely arrive in the second half of 2024 - so not in 4.3, but hopefully in 4.4

[@justindozier1161]

@@musescore Any update on this? will it be as big a sample library as VDL

[@axiaocy]

Hi, any idea when will jianpu be rolled out? Will be great cos I use jianpu a lot for Chinese choirs in Singapore

[@cyrilcalmes4208]

Great Job! You also gave access to VST libraries. But it's not really usefull since we can't deal with CC or articulations. Is there any road map for that ?

[@juwonnnnn]

👏

[@karlokulpa]

I’m using! It’s really amazing: I only have 3 points to sugest to MuseScore: - Easiest way to write tuplets… a shortcut icon… - Record midi with click to write. The other sister with click is very good but sometimes I miss the continuous recording with click to a creative ideas and also speed the process of Input notes. - Automatic recognition to quick writing chords by a controller. Thank you for all!!!

[@RoseCadenza]

There actually a keyboard shortcut for creating a triplet. Ctrl+[3] (Mac) or Command+[3] (Windows). I found this to be way easier than going to the menu. Quick keys are your best friends. Trust me. I know this because I'm constantly having to memorize quick keys for features in Pro Tools, and so many of them have been helpful.

[@gustavo_pinheiro]

That Skyrimesh background... 👌

[@mma93067]

Is there anywhere else can track the progress on the iOS app? The app keeps redirecting me to the site as it hasn’t been updated for v4 yet

[@noobkmoney4466]

There has been a problem with the app when I try and use kontakt 7 when I try to open the player muse score quits I know it’s not a computer problem but an app problem

[@PianoDrone]

Will reflow of music be added when zooming in the iPadOS app? I may be mistaken but I thought it used to do this before a recent update. Hope MuseScore 4.x score viewing be added too soon. Also, the subscription packages are messed up on Apple devices. There’s dozens of different prices listed when there shouldn’t be more than 6. Thanks!

[@musescore]

Hi there! MuseScore 4 scores can - as of yesterday - now be seen in the mobile app. There'll are a ton of improvements coming to the mobile over the coming weeks/months, so ensure you keep it updated to get the latest fixes.

[@PianoDrone]

@@musescore Is there a way to not have the MuseScore iOS/ipadOS app constantly nag me to write reviews after I play a score? Thanks!

[@nicketaevani-fzukunf007]

Please don't forget to add Flexatone in percussion Musesounds.

[@musescore]

Duly noted! We'll be announcing updates to Muse Sounds throughout the year, so stay tuned 😁

[@athishayjain.m.k9257]

My request plz in the next update.. Unable to 1) import video So that its easy to score a video 2)add/ import one wav track atleast So that its easy to score one a recorded voice or anything additional we need .... Beacuse daw everyone definitely use.... Making this 3 points will make a difference which will be major update...

[@pacoluiz7648]

Okay but did you fix the note input lag?

[@kentkryer3630]

I think Musescore is a wonderful software for most musicians. However, as a self-taught amateur musician I have a hard time using it. This is probably because I expect it to be as intuitive as using a word-processor in Windows or using a cellphone. But it is not and I would like to explain why. Firstly I create a small piece of music in my mind, then I want it to be written in Musescore. The intuitive process begins automatically with the tones, not the rhythm. But Musescore will not let me work that way. Every time it ends with complete chaos when I try to adjust the timing so that it corresponds with the music in my mind. May be Musescore is not intended for amateur composers....?

[@waltertanner7982]

You nailed it! Exactly my problems, too.

[@jt_jeetee]

The current MuseScore entry workflow works best with rhythm first (or both rhythm and pitch at the same time). Some users work around it by entering things twice. Starting with notes first and then using a second score to rewrite it whilst figuring out the rhythm. For MS3 there is a "Duration Editor" plugin, which'll shift notation within the measure when changing duration; but it hasn't been ported to MS4 yet.

[@steevf]

This is also an issue for me as well and I've been writing music for on various systems since the late 80's.

[@DissonantSynth]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@ttguitarstringstt1550]

Is that Musescore playing in the background?

[@musescore]

It's a piece composed in MuseScore Studio by Michal - @Herbsareflying - using Muse Sounds!

[@musescore]

Here's the score: musescore.com/user/42610487/scores/14180218

[@TheJoziGuy]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Oh Yeah

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Musescore How long will it be until the name MuseScore Studio App name comes?

[@jt_jeetee]

4.3 (the next release) will be the first under the MuseScore Studio name.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@jt_jeetee When will version 4.3 be released?

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

@@jt_jeetee When will that update come?

[@jt_jeetee]

@@RockStarOscarStern634 As with all others: "when it's done". Looking at the current project schedule I'm guessing closer to early spring (northern hemisphere) than to summer.

[@musescore]

It will come with the 4.3 release - not too far away now.

[@PatGBass]

Musescore is great but the mobile version subscriptions should really be cheaper, IMHO.

[@paulysguitarjournal]

Can you update the sound font for the classical guitar to play Dolce and Ponticello? The sound at louder levels sounds very tinny and sloppy, not how a classical guitarist would play it. Also, I have a couple of classical guitar plugins. Is there a way to make them recognize things like slides and hammer ons? One of my plugins plays the notes as written (instead of an octave higher). Is there a way to transpose the midi up an octave without transposing the notation up an octave. Just asking. I love MuseScore.

[@jt_jeetee]

To change the transposition, right-click (Ctrl+click on Mac) into the staff of the instrument and choose "Staff/Part Properties" from the context menu. In that dialog, near the bottom, you can configure the instrument transposition to be used. You'll then also have to counter-transpose the notation to restore it to it's original location. (Ctrl/Cmd+Up/Down for octave transposing a selection).

[@mcxopjesh]

Wait, so is martin keary no longer the project lead? What happened? Is he still working there?

[@Tantacrul]

I just moved up to VP product lead and asked Brad to take on my old role. I'm still around!

[@mcxopjesh]

@@Tantacrul ah that's good

[@carlirwinmusic]

It can't be the best notation software without the implementation of midi and or picture sync. Media music composition holds an enormous share of the field (film, TV, streaming video, game, social media...) The software had this capability for years and it has been dropped in Musescore 4. The indifference and apparent lack of enthusiasm behind this feature at the development level is astounding to me. Perhaps there are no composers that do this type of work on the development team? It's a mystery to me. In spite of the remarkable playback capabilities in Musescore 4 that can instantly rival hours, if not days, of work in a DAW with expensive sound libraries, the software is entirely ill equipped for contemporary media music composition due to this regression of synchronization capabilities. It seems to me that the more some of us complain about it, the less important the feature becomes to the core team.

[@musescore]

Please rest assured - we genuinely share your enthusiasm for these features. The reason we haven't gotten around to developing them yet comes down to a number of factors, including the relatively small size of the team, other more urgent priorities, and the complexity of the project. If a feature doesn't get implemented, it's because these various factors have, on balance, meant we simply cannot put it on the roadmap for an immediately forthcoming release. We appreciate your patience though - it's certainly in our sights to support this feature at some point in the future.

[@dearally4787]

I just wanna be able to see musescore 4 scores in the APP! 😢

[@musescore]

Our team is working on this! Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

[@ETMargraf]

Y'all should also include a contemporary music suite in muse sounds like accordion, members of different families that have lesser known members but ones that are still used quite often in contemporary music (i.e. Contrabass clarinet), and also more contemporary techniques(behind the bridge, higher notes in instruments that can go higher but they are not able to in current muse sounds, and bowed percussion). As well as adding a solo contrabass in muse sounds strings. It really bugs me that I have either the option if MS Basic or a group of Contrabasses and not a single one. Also maybe bass trumpet? or bass oboe/lupophone/heckelphone? just one "bass oboe" sound that works for all of them. Maybe also adding a dedicated taiko instrument option to automatically use the sound from muse sounds?

[@AB-ju1md]

> Maybe also adding a dedicated taiko instrument option to automatically use the sound from muse sounds? Is it currently part of a different instrument or something? Would love to have taikos

[@ETMargraf]

@@AB-ju1md it really isn’t I don’t think. What I’ve been doing is taking a bass drum, changing the name, and going into the mixer and changing the sound

[@80decibelios]

good job but bring back the count-in function, please.

[@musescore]

We have this on our shortlist to fix, but it's actually (surprisingly) not a trivial one, owing to various new complexities in our playback engine.

[@bignosethethird]

How about fixing the myriad of annoying bugs first? Some are way overdue.

[@musescore]

Hey - sorry to hear you're experiencing bugs, but bug fixes are always on our list too! As Bradley says in the video, please get let us know any issues you're experiencing on the site forum or GitHub.

[@georgeholbert3795]

MuseScore is truly wonderful but playback has been broken for me for months and nothing seems to be happening to fix it…

[@FeralWorker]

Copy-paste all elements including time signatures and bar lengths?

[@joeycraighead5595]

Ok, but when will hammer-ons/pull-offs/slides get some love, because there is no even semi decent way put them in, or especially get them to actually look right at the moment. There needs to be a quick/easy way to get those implemented and should be several options for how they look. Currently you have to manually put in a tie, letter, and gliss separately, then potentially fight what Musescore wants for the placement of all of those if you want it to even just make sense to a reader. This other stuff you've been doing is certainly nice, but it was already realistically possible to notate this stuff without too much issue, even if it didn't sound right.

[@KufLMAO]

damn when did Martin leave

[@Tantacrul]

I just moved up to VP product lead and asked Brad to take on my old role. I'm still around!

[@KufLMAO]

@@Tantacrul EYYYYYYY THX U MY MAN

[@Digital-Dan]

Is your font named for the composer Leland Smith? He was a beloved colleague, and I later learned a talented contrabassoon player. His software produced high quality results with the most god-awful user interface. He is sorely missed.

[@5014eric]

Yes, he is mentioned in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnjSZYOAmZafpMk

[@genevad4754]

please fix the dynamic issues for classical percussion instruments (ex: snare and timpani) it's so dramatic and the snares will turn off at piano, this is incorrect. it's too dramatic.

[@sigmawaveproductions]

Awesome stuff @musescore! 🥳🎉

[@Dominicdiola]

make choir louder please

[@palpytine]

Come back Tantacrul... all is forgiven

[@Tantacrul]

I'm not gone. I've just moved up to a wider role across Muse. Still very much involved!

[@BCSchmerker]

+musescore *Thanks for the background summary.* As of 20 February 2024 my ASUS® CM1630-06 Essentio Series™ mini-tower is down for S.M.A.R.T. calling out the original Seagate® ST31000582A.* Considering a stock-upgrade HDD of 2TB capacity, as the Recovery partition on said original HDD is undersized, SNAFU'ing a Security Update for Windows 10.0.19045.nnnn.

[@ShakerGER]

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