MuseScore 2.2.1 is released

• mar 27, 2018 - 08:55

Edit: After the release of MuseScore 2.2 on March 27th 2018, we found a couple of regressions that we addressed in MuseScore 2.2.1 released on April 3rd 2018. We also updated all languages to latest translations. Check out the 2.2.1 Release Notes.

We are pleased to announce the release of MuseScore 2.2.1

Building on the foundation of 2.1 and select features from MuseScore 3 already in progress, MuseScore 2.2 offers a few new features and over 200 bug fixes and user interface improvements, making it both our most powerful and most stable version ever.

Download MuseScore 2.2.1

New features

Improving MuseScore's playback out of the box is an important and ongoing process. There are many aspects involved in making MuseScore more expressive, but fundamental to this are solid samples and a great default SoundFont.

Listening to the community we have identified the highest priority areas for improvement and have for the very first time with MuseScore 2.2.1, engaged a professional virtual instrument developer ( S. Christian Collins, creator of GeneralUser GS) tasked with continually improving the default soundfont during the remainder year.

Reflecting the started of this new initiative, we have re-christened the default as MuseScore_General. Highlights of improvements so far include updated sounds for piano, clarinet, and synthesizers. As MuseScore development continues, so will Chris' work on MuseScore_General. You can follow the progress and add your insights in the dedicated SoundFont forum.

Enabling MuseScore to play through a MIDI keyboard or redirect MIDI output to a DAW or VST is among the most popular questions in our forums. To date the answer has always been to connect via JACK MIDI. This solution provides a wide range possibilities, especially on Linux… when it actually works. But for Windows and Mac users it is complicated to set up and not so easy to use.

In MuseScore 2.2.1, JACK is no longer required, and MuseScore can communicate directly a MIDI device or virtual instrument - no additional installation, plugin, or setup required (thanks to Eric Fontaine). You can read more about this exciting new feature here: https://musescore.org/en/node/208986

Also included in MuseScore 2.2.1 are 200+ improvements and bug fixes, including MusicXML 3.1 import/export, improved support for various other file formats, three new localizations (Armenian, Igbo, and Kabyle), as well as updated translations for all languages.

Check out the MuseScore 2.2 Release Notes for the complete list of all new features and fixed bugs.

Though MuseScore 2.2.1 is almost fully compatible with the 2.x series in both directions, there are a few rare exceptions where scores may be rendered slightly differently in the different versions of MuseScore. Detailed description such exceptions may be found here.

Credits

On top of the long-time contributors who participated in creating MuseScore 2.1, we are very proud to welcome 15 new contributors since the release of version 2.1 last year. It brings the total number of MuseScore contributors to exactly 117.

Thanks again to all the code contributors, translators and documentation writers!

What's Next?

Even as we've been preparing the MuseScore 2.2.1 release, we're still hard at work on the next major version of MuseScore.

We're looking for more developers to join the community as part of the MuseScore development effort.

As MuseScore is free and open source, anyone can get the source and share code contributions on GitHub. And of course, non-programmer MuseScore users can also contribute—we welcome your feedback on the MuseScore forums, and you can always make a donation to support the future of MuseScore. But above all, you can help MuseScore most by spreading the word and sharing MuseScore with your friends and family!


Comments

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

The paragraph from the OP: Though MuseScore 2.2 is almost fully compatible with the 2.x series in both directions, there are a few rare exceptions where scores may be rendered slightly differently in the different versions of MuseScore. Detailed description such exceptions may be found [ here ]

Has a defunct link. Jojo, preferably all of these comments regarding this particular little issue will be deleted and the OP's post will be edited to correctly link to the appropriate area.

Excellent Program but there is one issue I've noticed even with 2.2, the beaming of long scales seems to be spanning across pages, or overlaying into the next page and not remaining contained within the focus of the page as it is played back. Not sure if its the midi file itself. Franz Liszt's Don Juan scales in particular. And the tempo notation as a Sysex cmd to the score also covers over, or overlays within the page, but if turned off in the import panel it affects or removes specific tempo changes in playback, also not sure if these problems are reflected in the printing of the score from a midi file.

I updated my "old" 2.1 to 2.2. Looks like all is working in my Windows 7 system (didn't try it in XP, by now, but I'm going to in the next few days).

I have a question: has the portable version been updated as well?

Wonderful, this is explains a lot since I was boggled as to why the last score I uploaded sounded so twisted and different from the way it sounded on my computer... and then once I read about other's experience with playback issues, I had wondered if the song I have on my computer would still sound the same if after I get updated version of musescore, so thanks for answering my curiosities. I will have to get the updated version tomorrow. Oh, and I've shared the songs I did or talked about Musescore with friends and family and they even shared what I shared to their friends so... Guess that means I gossiped about what a snazzy program Musescore is

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