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Our near-term plans for MuseScore Studio

• 19 hours ago

Now that we're pretty deep into releases of MuseScore Studio 4 (version 4.5 is currently in development and is slated for release at the end of February 2025) we thought it was a good time to share some of our plans for the coming 1-2 years.

These are ideas that we (the internal team) plan to focus on while the community continues adding various improvements of their own. The ideas mentioned here aren't exhaustive, and we always leave room in

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MuseScore Studio 4.4.4 is now available!

• 1 week ago

Hi everyone,

As work on MuseScore Studio 4.5 continues at full pace, we've prepared a small extra update in the meantime: MuseScore Studio 4.4.4.

This update brings stability improvements and bug fixes, as well as some smaller features that we felt were suitable to include in a patch.

Engraving

  • All combinations of dynamics and expression text are now properly centred between staves (#25451)
  • Offset applied to lyrics is now taken into account when positioning other elements around them
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MuseScore Studio 4.4.4 Release Candidate

• 2 weeks ago

Hi everyone,

While we've been hard at work preparing version 4.5, we've decided it's necessary to release another patch in the 4.4 series, namely 4.4.4.

You can download a Release Candidate (RC) of 4.4.4 for Windows, macOS and Linux. The RC will show up on your machine as "MuseScore Studio Testing". You can install it alongside the regular version.

This update brings:

  • Stability improvements
  • Minor engraving fixes
  • Shortcut fixes on macOS
  • Links to more sounds on the Home
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Muse Sounds Manager update for Linux users

• 2 weeks ago

Hi everyone,

We're pleased to announce that an updated version of Muse Sounds Manager is now available for x86_64 Linux users on the Download page.

Muse Sounds Manager was created based on feedback from the Linux community. It runs without a background process and only prompts for administrator privileges when required to complete a specific task.

New features in this version:

  • Added support for Muse Drumline
  • Updates to all existing Muse Sounds
  • Removed P2P community acceleration
  • Released new unpackaged
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A New Chapter for the MuseScore Handbook

• 1 month ago

Hi everyone,

The MuseScore 4 Handbook is the central resource for MuseScore Studio, providing essential guidance to newcomers as well as experienced users looking to make the most of the application.

While the current documentation system has served us well for many years, it's beginning to show its age, and its limitations are becoming increasingly clear. We believe it's high time for an upgrade!

That's why we're excited to announce:

  1. The MuseScore 4 Handbook is moving to GitBook.
  2. Translation
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MuseScore Studio 4.4.3 is now available!

• 1 month ago

Hi everyone,

We're pleased to announce that MuseScore Studio 4.4.3 is now available.

This update addresses multiple crashes and resolves various issues related to interaction, playback, and engraving. Additionally, it includes a critical fix for Windows users, resolving several graphical problems.

Windows Qt 6.2.9 update

In this release, we're switching to from Qt 6.2.4 to Qt 6.2.9 on Windows. This resolves a number of issues:

  • Graphical issues of various natures, for example where the main window looked transparent (#24857
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MuseScore Studio 4.4.2 is now available!

• 3 months ago

Hi everyone,

We're pleased to announce that MuseScore Studio 4.4.2 is now available. This update addresses stability issues, fixes a problem with MuseScore Studio's online functionality, improves playback quality especially on less powerful computers, and includes several other enhancements and fixes in various areas.

Online functionality & MuseScore.com

  • Some users reported that MuseScore Studio 4.4 was unable to connect to the internet and that they could not log in to their MuseScore.com and Audio.com accounts. This has been resolved.
  • This
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MuseScore Studio 4.4.1 is now available!

• 3 months ago

Hi everyone,

We're pleased to announce that MuseScore Studio 4.4.1 is now available.

MuseScore Studio 4.4 featured some big updates to the underlying technologies, most notably the switch to Qt 6. Despite our thorough testing, this has inevitably caused some bugs on certain systems. This update addresses these problems, featuring more than 50 bug fixes and stability improvements in total.

Stability fixes

This update contains fixes for

  • A Qt problem that caused some Windows users to see only an empty
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MuseScore Studio 4.4 is now available!

• 3 months ago

We are delighted to announce the release of MuseScore Studio 4.4.

This version includes support for the long awaited Muse Drumline, a free sound library from Muse Sounds. It also contains a wealth of new engraving features, as well as numerous performance improvements and bug fixes, making it the biggest update to the app since version 4.0.

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How to get MuseScore Studio 4.4 and Muse Drumline

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