General Feedback on MuseScore 4
Thing I like:
- Swapping out instruments is WAY easier now. I love the new instruments interface, it's so much better!
- You can add tuplets without knowing random keyboard shortcuts! Thank you!
- Mixer is MILES better. Thank you!
- Adding new bars is super intuitive. Thank you!
Things I don't like:
- Musesounds are so theatrical and awesome! But the volume is super inconsistent. Strings quarter notes are too quiet and half notes/whole notes swell too loud. When I write in a dynamic change, there's an audible pop, so I'm forced to use crescendo hairpins to avoid it. In general, the instruments are all way too quiet. Finally, some notes are not well enough defined — if I want them slurred, I'll add a slur! But I often write string quartets and it sounds a bit too reverberated and muddy and slurry.
Comments
I find musescore 4 unusable. I have gone back to version 3. Please do something!
In reply to I find musescore 4 unusable… by Franz Vote
Check out the specs. There are some things that might help.
In reply to I find musescore 4 unusable… by Franz Vote
Exactly. They just did an upgrade and brought back the Master Palette which suggestion of mine was so contemptuously dismissed before. But how can they still have a triple echo, making it, as you say, unusable. I also use Version 3
In reply to I find musescore 4 unusable… by Franz Vote
I agree. Simple things like have standard functions spread out all over the screen (top left, bottom right) slows down the work. Graphics and symbols when editing are both harder to interpret and more difficult to find now. Musescore is slower to work with, and has lost a lot of its logic when it comes to how the programme interacts with the user.
Quickly back to 3! (and remember, once score is created in Musescore 4, you cant use it Musescore 3. So beware of what you install, there is no way back)
In reply to I agree. Simple things like… by stepau
Absolutely. But the threefold echo is the killer. Just successfully worked with 3.6.2 quite speedily, using my own workarounds. The real trouble is that even to get a sonically basic version of a piece, you have to use ppppp and stuff like that, so the score that generates the piece is unpresentable except to the very indulgent. From there you need a music setter. Price: 35 Euros an hour. He takes it into Dorico. But pricey, somme toute!
I think advanced workspace should be added in MuseScore 4 - this would make it easier to customize the workspace and create custom layouts. It would also give users the ability to customize their workspace to match their workflow and preferences. It would be a great addition to the existing workspace options and would make the program even more user friendly.
In reply to I think advanced workspace… by cjohanncinco1
Not everyone wants to do that. Hence the Master Palette.
I expectantly downloaded MS4, then quickly ... set it aside. At least for now. It appears to have become focused on "musical performance and instrument simulation" which in my situation I simply do not need for "scoring." I'll stay parked (for now) on MS3, which is a lot simpler for me to understand and still perfectly serviceable for my SCORING needs.
Also: several important things seemed to "suddenly be different," which I did not expect. I have work to do. So, I simply pulled-back and continued working. Maybe in about a year or so (literally ...) I'll take another look. But also, maybe never. This may well be the point at which MuseScore experiences its first(?) open-source "project fork," and begins to go in two different directions. I would actually be in favor of that.
In reply to I expectantly downloaded MS4… by mrobinson
They just do not care.
I'm late to the party, but I noticed it is really much easier to write classical guitar music with the latest version, and I'm very grateful for the advancement!
In reply to I'm late to the party, but I… by cmohnacky
People like you are irrelevant spongers at the party. Muse Score 4 has an echo even on the update.
In reply to People like you are… by MoverleySmith
I was writing a compliment to the developers for free software that helps me do what I want. I didn't mean to piss in your sandbox, you piece of shit.
In reply to People like you are… by MoverleySmith
Sorry for your rude attitude. No one is forcing you to use MU4. Everyone knows what is missing. So what. Stay with MU3. I have no use for MU3 anymore. It isn't even on my new computer. Which, by the way, meets the specs to run MU4. Even before with my old underpowered computer, I had MU4 running fine. I don't understand why people who don't like MU4 insist on bashing it. Over, and over, and over. Talk about irrelevant. Fine. Don't use it. Move on.
In reply to Sorry for your rude attitude… by bobjp
You are not on the least bit sorry! You are an opportunist. Muse Score Four has an Echo. Thus it is not properly developed. People who post just to be nice are irrelevant. And - as we have seen, insulting!
In reply to You are not on the least bit… by MoverleySmith
It does not do what it purports to do and insists on leading us by the hand.
In reply to It does not do what it… by MoverleySmith
3.6.2. can be used as a hacking tool. Even so it has glitches and is a bit unstable.
In reply to But 3.6.2. can be used as a… by MoverleySmith
If you just fixed the glitches, a better, more humble, attitude!
In reply to If you just fixed the… by MoverleySmith
I am not a developer and don't have to fix anything. Nor do I have to be "humble" to you. And I am sorry for your attitude. You don't get to decide any different.
In reply to You are not on the least bit… by MoverleySmith
There is no echo on my system. Thus it is your problem not Musescore. You either do not have a proper system or do not know how to set it up.
In reply to You are not on the least bit… by MoverleySmith
For me, MuseScore has no echo. All running fine, even my own build soundfonts. It's the best MuseScore version, i ever had. Thanks to the developers! Great work and it's free!
In reply to Sorry for your rude attitude… by bobjp
If things are missing they should be fixed.
In reply to If things are missing they… by MoverleySmith
This is the only thing you have said that bears any resemblance to anything intelligent. Yes, there are things that need to be fixed or added. Leave it at that. We all know what those things are.
In reply to This is the only thing you… by bobjp
I leave the room for two minutes and you’re at each others’ throats about NOTHING
In reply to I leave the room for two… by noahstolee
He started it :-)