Latest update gone wrong
Loading MuseScore 3 this evening, I was invited to update to version 3.0.3. Everything appeared to go well. However, when I came to play back the piece I have been working on by hand slowly for many months, I found that all the instruments are now playing back as pianos. The staves remain labelled as the correct instruments, and the mixer desk has all the correct labels. Everything looks correct, but the playback sound has been reduced to lots of pianos. Have I done something wrong? I shall feel extremely demoralised if I have have to write out the work again. Is there guidance to be found?
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See #284426: Instruments play as piano with odd side effects. The problem is being worked on.
In reply to See #284426: In nightly… by mike320
Thank you for letting me know.
Have you any idea whether this is likely to be sorted out in a matter of hours, or if it might be days or weeks?
In reply to Thank you for letting me… by PeterGHughes
Somewhere between hours and days.
In reply to Somewhere between hours and… by Jojo-Schmitz
So is the 3.03 update still being pushed out?
This seems like a show-stopper.
In reply to So is the 3.03 update still… by nevin.williams…
There is a workaround, so it is not a show-stopper.
In reply to There is a workaround, so it… by Louis Cloete
Can you point me(us) to the workaround?
(btw, I love this software. I'm amazed at its ability to orchestrate complex works with dozens of instruments, and how well it does that.)
In reply to Can you point me(us) to the… by nevin.williams…
https://musescore.org/en/node/284426#comment-898472
In reply to https://musescore.org/en… by mike320
Well, including some test scores, and minor modified versions, I've got 39 scores created since Feb 01.
Let's say that at least 10 of those are (were) finished.
Most are orchestrations, with at least a dozen instruments. (Did I mention how much I love this software?)
If the work-around is "Go and redo your work...", that's not exactly a work-around, is it?
I've backed out to 3.0.2, and 'skipped' the 3.0.3 update.
In reply to Well, including some test… by nevin.williams…
Well, I don't consider re-specifying the patch in the mixer as redoing work. It could've been much worse. You could've needed to re-enter all notes. But to each his own. At least you have the option to go back to 3.0.2 ;-)
In reply to Well, I don't consider re… by Louis Cloete
I am unclear how I supposed to be able to roll back to version 3.0.2. When I tried clicking on the 3.0.2 stub in the download directory, a message appeared to inform me the that the version had been superseded, and would not allow me to proceed.
In reply to https://musescore.org/en… by mike320
I am unclear how this 'workaround' is supposed to change back all my sections of pizzicato strings from having been turned into pianos.
In reply to I am unclear how this … by PeterGHughes
Try it and you'll see ;-) You need to do it for each channel in the mixer.
In reply to Try it and you'll see ;-)… by Louis Cloete
No, it doesn't. I have a viola, a cello and a double bass line that each move between being bowed and pizzicato. Regardless of what I do, the pizzicato sections play as a piano unless I change the line to "pizzicato strings" which then changes the entirety of each line to pizzicato.
In reply to No, it doesn't. I have a… by PeterGHughes
You need to click the arrow in the top left corner of the string instruments' volume boxes to see the other sound channels, you'll see the pizzicato channel and be able to reset it also.
In reply to You need to click the arrow… by mike320
Thank you for this. It was beyond my knowledge.
However, whilst I was able to play the piece once I had reassigned each of the instruments, saved the file, exited the file, reloaded the file, and checked that the changes remained intact. I then exited MuseScore 3, re-launched the program, and discovered that none of the changes that I believed that I had saved had in fact been saved to file.
In reply to Thank you for this. It was… by PeterGHughes
There is no doubt that fixing this is the most important task for the programmers. It will take some trial and error to track down and repair. Be patient. If the playback is a deal breaker for you then revert to version 3.0.2.
In reply to There is no doubt that… by mike320
I do not know how to revert to MuseScore 3.0.2. There is no installer for it. When I rechecked the download directory on my computer I have installation databases for MuseScores 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.2 and 3.0.1. (I mis-reported that I had clicked on the installation database for MuseScores 3.0.2 - it was 3.0.1). When I tried to install MuseScore 3.0.1, I received the following message: "A later version of MuseScore 3 is already installed. Setup will now exit." I do not appear to have a way of reverting either to MuseScore 3.0.1 or to MuseScore 3.0.2.
In reply to I do not know how to revert… by PeterGHughes
uninstall 3.0.3 and then install 3.0.2
In reply to uninstall 3.0.3 and then… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for this. I was unsure and uneasy about uninstalling MuseScore 3.0.3 in case my compositions went with it.
In reply to Thank you for this. I was… by PeterGHughes
(un)installing or reverting to factory settings would never ever touch your scores
In reply to (un)installing or reverting… by Jojo-Schmitz
That is good to know now, yet how can I have known that, and also be sure of it? In the context of a significant failure of the MuseScore 3.0.3 update to instruct correctly the integrated instrument sound library, things that had been certain suddenly became less certain.
Please do not mistake my current unease for unhappiness with MuseScore. MuseScore is what has enabled me to compose music for the first time in my life (to all intents and purposes) because I am able to hear only what has been composed and rendered into sound - unlike many people, I am able to 'hear' neither a written score nor imagined music. As I have neither money nor income, buying the likes of Sibelius, Finale or even Encore, are far beyond my resources. MuseScore has given me the opportunity significantly to re-evaluate my priorities.
I am also grateful for the existence of this online forum, and people, such as yourself, who are willing to advise MuseScore users. Thank you for your support.
In reply to That is good to know now,… by PeterGHughes
It's true for pretty much every computer program ever that nothing about reinstalling or resetting of the program itself will ever touch your own files. Not sure where this is written down, but I can't think of a single counterexample in any of my 30+ years (!) in the software industry.
In reply to It's true for pretty much… by Marc Sabatella
I think iOS and maybe Android deletes associated user files if an app is deleted, so that might be the source of this concern. On Desktop systems, however, yes, user files are generally left alone, where they linger in perpetuity, long after the app that created them is gone.
In reply to So is the 3.03 update still… by nevin.williams…
This a human invented thing.
Human is not a perfect creature.
So...
Would we expect the human creations be perfect???
In reply to This a human invented thing… by jotape1960
:)
If you didn't install version 3.0.4 yet or if you did but the problem persists, here's what you can do (it worked for me): Open the score, then open the mixer and manually reassign all the instruments, one by one. This seems like a silly procedure, but it worked for me. By the way, I installed the new version that just came out (3.0.4) and the problem was solved.