Playback skipping and cracking
Reported version
3.0
Type
Performance
Frequency
Many
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
needs info
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
I am using Musescore 3 on Mac OS Mojave 10.14.3. When I attempt to use the playback feature, the audio skips and cracks frequently. I have also had issues when I separate the score into individual parts. In Musescore 2, I was able to hear the individual instruments, but now that is not possible. This was a very disappointing "upgrade".
Comments
I hearing cracking too when using an unofficial build on 10.11.6.
I think there are a few issues detailing this problem.
I have also encountered this problem. It occurs when I am listening to the score in Musescore 3. It will go all weird and will eventually return to normal. However, if I am to export the arrangement to a MP3 file it sounds just fine. It is kinda annoying, but I'm confident it will be fixed soon.
System Info:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0), Arch.: x86_64
MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.0.5.5992
revision: 58dd23d
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Result: Crackling (see 'Actual result' - produced using Soundflower and Audacity).
Note: Although the exported audio is better, there are pops at the start and end (and it seems to begin rather immediately?).
Using MuseScore 3.1 Nightly Build f86361c - Mac 10.11.6.
No issues for me, could just be your system being low on resources at the moment you tested this.
I doubt it, because I'm running a 2009 Mac Pro and little else, and it's always been happening with affected scores (maybe it depends on the instrumentation).
@Jarod Smith mentions Windows, so maybe it's not OS-exclusive. Will check on a Windows 10 PC soon.
2009 is pretty old, what's the processor? Does the problem continue every time, or does it fix itself after a a couple of plays? If you run whatever utility macOS provides to show active processes and CPU/memory usage, what does it show?
2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
The problem never fixes itself.
About CPU when playing the full score:
Series 2: it peaked at 88.06% and there's no problem.
Series 3: It peaked at 68.48%. I tried some other scores, which peaked about 30%, and it was happening there.
Hi,
Offering a possible solution here just in case someone still has the same problem with the weird playback on Mac.
I am using MacOS Catalina, and I realised the problem lies with the outdated USB-MIDI driver of my MIDI controller.
Once you updated the driver to be compatible with your MacOS version, it should playback smoothly; it worked for me.
Hope this helps.
I don't know if it is the same problem because I don't have a MIDI controller plugged in.