Album Update?
Just wondering if there's an ETA on the album patch. Thanks.
--Rich
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Just wondering if there's an ETA on the album patch. Thanks.
--Rich
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While version 3 was still in the alpha stage, the discussion was that the album feature would probably be reinstated sometime this summer. I've heard no whispers that there is any work being done on it.
In reply to While version 3 was still in… by mike320
Darn. It's a valuable tool for creating sets of Irish traditional dances. Oh well, I have an idea for a temporary work around. Thanks for the info.
Any word on an ETA yet?
In reply to Any word on an ETA yet? by Cynewulf
When it is ready ;-)
(and work hasn't even started yet)
In reply to When it is ready ;-) (and… by Jojo-Schmitz
cries
Summer will be gone in a few days. Has work even started on the Album feature? Can a 3.x file be opened in 2.x so the old Album can be utilized? (I'm afraid to just try it for fear I'll really break something.)
In reply to Summer will be gone in a few… by Cynewulf
File/Export (3.x file) as MusicXML
In reply to Summer will be gone in a few… by Cynewulf
No, work hasn't been started yet, as far as I'm aware
This is my quarterly check in. Any word on the Albums feature?
In reply to This is my quarterly check… by Cynewulf
Howard Chang started to look at it
In reply to Howard Chang started to look… by Jojo-Schmitz
That's encouraging, after all these months. Thank you.
Is there a workaround meanwhile for MS3? If I have separate scores for individual movements of e.g. a suite or symphony, how can I combine them into a single score? Or how about adding a capability for something analogous to a playlist, to play or export from the individual scores in sequence to create a single exported file? Oh yes, there would still be a problem with parts, they would be separate for the individual movements (but at least that might simplify the page-turn problem).
In reply to Is there a workaround… by dhfx
Export as XML, import and merge in MuseScore 2, import that in MuseScore 3
In reply to Export as XML, import and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Alternatively: export the scores as PDF, then merge the PDF files using software like PDFsam Basic (free version):
https://pdfsam.org/download-pdfsam-basic/
In reply to Alternatively: export the… by DanielR
Not a bad Idea, but it didn't quite work. It saw the exported PDFs as full pages, and merged them as full pages. Basically, I had three short tunes I needed as a single page, as in three traditional Irish dances on a single sheet.
My work around was:
a) trial and error to get each tune similar and sized through massaging in Musescore
b) export each as a PDF file
c) using Adobe Acrobat, take a snapshot of each
d) paste each snapshot into a document (I use OpenOffice)
e) arrange the three snapshots so the page looked reasonably "professional"
f) save the document and export the whole thing back to PDF for the web page.
This was SOOOOO much easier with the Album function in Musescore, taking about six minutes instead of over an hour.
But thanks, everyone, for the suggestions.
In reply to Export as XML, import and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Was going to try this, but my version of MuseScore 2 only imports PDF. Also, do you mean as a compressed *.xml or uncompressed *.musicxml? Not that it matters if I can't import anything but PDFs.
In reply to Was going to try this, but… by Cynewulf
I tried both, and MS2.3.2 nearly choked on it. When it finally rendered, I found that all the positionable markings were way off place.
New update, and still wondering about the album patch. Any ETA yet?
In reply to New update, and still… by Cynewulf
Albums will not be added to MuseScore 3.
During this summer as part of a GSoC project a more thorough implementation has been set in motion for inclusion in MS4
In reply to New update, and still… by Cynewulf
ETA is 4.0. The code was written this past summer by a GSoC student. It's quite complex so it will need thorough testing before implemented. If we see it in 3.6 be pleasantly surprised.
Version Four is now out. Has the album feature been included? I went to the handbook, but the handbook does not have an index. I tried searching, but ended up at some page with commercial albums. Is the functionality included but called something else now?
In reply to Version Four is now out. Has… by Cynewulf
Nope, still missing
In reply to Nope, still missing by Jojo-Schmitz
cries And I had such hopes for version four.
Thank you for the quick response.