Upward compatibility from MS 3 to MS 4
I am very frustrated that scores are not upward compatible between musescore 3 and musescore 4. Now I'm forced to remember which version I used to create a score or be told that it's the wrong version. Please, please, make the MS3 scores upward compatible with MS 4.
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Huh? They are, Mu4 can read Mu3 scores without any problem.
Mu4 scores are not downward compatible to Mu3 though.
None of this is anything new, same thing happened between all major versions of MuseScore
I've tried to add my "Old Blues" score created using MS 3 to MS 4. It did not show the score in MS 4 so I tried copying to MS4 in XML. It now shows in MS 4 but on playback only 1 instrument is sounding (1st Bb Clarinet). I went into the mixer but nothing there helped. Also, I downloaded all the Musehub sounds successfully but the mixer only shows MS basic and that only for the one instrument that is playing. Also, the sound is faultering and broken. I am using Windows 10 with 500 MB memory. Hope you can help me here. I am a long time pro user of MS.
In reply to I've tried to add my "Old… by jeffkauf
MuseScore 4.0.1 opens that score just fine, on Windows 11, 32GB RAM (I hope you really don't have just 500MB???, required is 8 GB (16 GB recommended))
In reply to MuseScore 4.0.1 opens that… by Jojo-Schmitz
jeffkauf • Feb 11, 2023 - 15:54 new
In reply to MuseScore 4.0.1 opens that… by Jojo-Schmitz
Sorry. I gave you the wrong details. Here are the correct ones:
I am running Windows 10.
Device name DESKTOP-8HJM9V2
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB
Device ID 969CEE30-2A13-41E4-AB74-B4DF31B9325F
Product ID 00326-10000-00000-AA735
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
So, with that info. I see the score opens okay. It's the playback problems that I noted. Any suggestions for those?
Thanks again,
J. Kaufman
In reply to Sorry. I gave you the wrong… by jeffkauf
Try leaving the Mixer open. Then try the settings here. https://musescore.org/en/node/339915
In reply to I've tried to add my "Old… by jeffkauf
MuseScore 4 now has a feature where if you select a range as opposed to a single element, it solos the staved staff or staves. Takes a minute (or more) to get used to, but it's a great feature when you can remember :-)
As for stuttering playback, try changing MuseScore's buffer size in Edit / Preferences / I/O, and if that doenbs't fix it, see about changing the sample rate in your audio device (very high rates can cause problems 44.1 or 48 kHz are good values).