Mixer not appearing (musescore 4)
Mixer stopped appearing, tried so many things don’t know what to do.
So I recently started using Musescore 4 it has worked fine for me for a bit, but the instrument volumes has been a bit wonky, so I usually fix that manually. Today however the mixer has just stopped appearing
I don’t mind writing with the volume being weird but I need to send a sample to a client soon. How do I fix it. It says that the mixer should be visible even though nothing has appeared on screen. Does anybody know anything? I also have had issues with the playback playing this that are not in the score.
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I am disappointed to find this comment staying not responded since June 2023... I have the same issue. It appears that I started to have the same behavior after updating to 4.2.1. I appreciate a suggestion from anybody who have overcome this. Thank you.
In reply to I am disappointed to find… by zan77460
Same issue here. I've uninstalled Musescore 4 and reverted to Musescore 3, where the mixer works fine. Without the mixer, Musescore is useless to me. Infuriating!
I have the same problem. It can be checked in the view menu, but does not appear anywhere on screen.
In reply to I have the same problem. It… by edurbrow
I'm gonna make a small bet that the Mixer window has been inadvertently moved outside of the display window, whether up, down, right, or left. In a Windows window this is easy to deal with, but the Mixer window doesn't have the System Menu that Windows windows have in the upper left, which contains the Move command. So I don't know how to fix it.
Only way I can think of would be to perform Help / Revert to factory settings. But I don't know that this will fix the problem (since I'm not having the problem and can't replicate it).
In reply to I'm gonna make a small bet… by TheHutch
Worked perfectly. Thank you so much!
In reply to I'm gonna make a small bet… by TheHutch
It is not easy to place something outside of the display window on a Mac unless you are using more than one monitor in an un-mirrored way. I searched the hand book, but I could not find revert to factory settings.
In reply to It is not easy to place… by edurbrow
I'm on a Mac and to revert to factory settings, I just clicked the "Help" button and "Revert to factory settings" in the drop-down menu. Totally solved the problem for me.
In reply to I'm on a Mac and to revert… by Tina Reilly
Well, you know what? That worked. I swear I didn't see it in the Help menu last time. I was going to take a screen shot to prove it wasn't there.... and it was there.
Thank you very much.
In reply to I'm gonna make a small bet… by TheHutch
I've had the same problem of the mixer disappearing especially when closing a project and opening another. Revert to factory settings works. I have multiple extended screen and have found if I turn the screen off and leave just on my laptop screen it appears again.
In reply to I have the same problem. It… by edurbrow
Same here. As I said above, I've given up and reverted to Musescore 3. Such a ridiculous workaround!
In reply to Same here. As I said above,… by Tina Reilly
TheHutch's suggestion worked for me. Revert to factory settings from the help menu, then select View Mixer, and all ok! Thanks, TheHutch!
As at Mu 4.4.0 this problem is still not resolved.
When I invoke the Mixer (F10), I still see only a tiny vertical strip overlaid on the Properties panel. It's really tedious to have to drag the width to a more sensible dimension.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later, Arch.: x86_64,
MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.4.0-242390800, revision: 0fcd11b
In reply to As at Mu 4.4.0 this problem… by DanielR
I had the same issue and then my mixer window disappeared completely. Have you tried TheHutch's suggestion, above. If not, try this: Help > Revert to factory settings. It worked right away for me.
In reply to As at Mu 4.4.0 this problem… by DanielR
Daniel, If you open the mixer and resize it, close and reopen it, does it open the way you set it?
In reply to Daniel, If you open the… by bobjp
"If you open the mixer and resize it, close and reopen it, does it open the way you set it?"
No, the Mixer still just opens as a very narrow vertical stripe. I have to drag the right edge to make the screen visible.
[EDIT]
... and this problem with the Mixer sizing goes way back to 2021 (at least for me).
This thread Mixer panel was as close as I got to understanding what controls the Mixer display:
https://musescore.org/en/node/319781
But still no solution...
Cehck this: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/24885#issue-2542017219. Version 4.4.3 will fix this problem. I've linked this thread for the devs.
In reply to Cehck this: https://github… by dj frank rose
"Will fix" is perhaps too optimistic still; but "the devs are apparently planning to work on this for 4.4.3" is true.
Information that might help fixing it:
- are there deterministic steps to reproduce this reliably?
- some people say that it turns out that the mixer is actually appearing, but only super small so that you hardly notice it. Is this true for everyone? Or are there also people who are 100% sure that the mixer is appearing 100% not at all?
- Is "revert factory settings" the only workaround, or does "View > Restore the default layout" also work?
In reply to Information that might help… by cbjeukendrup
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In reply to Information that might help… by cbjeukendrup
It is happening for me. And probably occurred recently. Restore default layout and revert factory settings make no difference. Pressing F10 or clicking the icon have no effect.
This is MS 4.4.2 , Ubuntu 24.10 , sddm display manager and I3 wm.
In reply to It is happening for me. And… by jonhind
Is that in the AppImage from MuseScore.org, or in a build from a different source?
Or, perhaps a better question is, what Qt version is reported when you click "Help > About Qt…"?
In reply to Is that in the AppImage from… by cbjeukendrup
Sorry, I have been away from my desktop for a week.
I must say I find all the installation possibilities confusing, This is a general comment about Ubuntu, not MuseScore !
On this machine I have
- 3.2.3 (apt)
- 3.6.2 unstable (snap)
- 4.2.1 (AppImage)
- 4.4.0 (AppImage)
- 4.4.2 (Flatpak) - the one that has the mixer issues.
- shows Qt 6.7.3. Launching from the shell shows about 5 screens of messages.
4.4.3 Installed just now (2024-10-28) 4.4.3 right now is only available via the AppImage.
- interesting - reports Qt 6.2.4 And lo - the mixer works :)
I hope this helps.
In reply to Sorry, I have been away from… by jonhind
Thanks for your reply! That confirms my thoughts; the FlatPak uses a later version of Qt, that is incompatible with the docking framework that MuseScore uses, and therefore the Mixer won't show up anymore. The good news is that this entire situation will be fixed in MuseScore 4.5. However, it will take a few months still until we release that, so you'll still have to use the AppImage in the meantime.
In reply to Thanks for your reply! That… by cbjeukendrup
OK. I will do that. Historically I have found the AppImage version clunky and a pain to use.
I just discovered https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher which seems to remove the pain, even if it is 4 years old.
Thanks again.
I have the same problem.
Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma 5.27.11
Qt 5.15.13
X11
Without a mixer it's difficult..
In reply to I have the same problem… by palibatir
Did you try the AppImage version ?
It works for me...
In reply to Did you try the AppImage… by jonhind
Thank you! I was just wondering about the difference between the two versions (Flatpak and Appimage).
In reply to Thank you! I was just… by palibatir
The AppImage is the official build provided by Muse. The Flatpak, and OS-specific distributions, are maintained by third parties.
About the technical differences: AppImage and Flatpak are two different technologies to achieve approximately the same goal, namely creating a package for an application that should work across all operating systems. AppImage is in a way the least "invasive" option, not requiring the user to install anything, while Flatpak comes with a runtime that the user has to install on their system, but after doing that, FlatPak applications run in a sandboxed environment and are fully managed by the Flatpak tooling.
In reply to The AppImage is the official… by cbjeukendrup
Thanks! I am an average user, but there is no shame in learning!
In reply to Did you try the AppImage… by jonhind
The mixer is not showing for me in the flatpak version.
The mixer is working in the AppImage version.
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
GNOME Version: 3.38.5
In reply to The mixer is not showing for… by michaelbanucu
So: don't use flatpack. And/or complain to the flatpack maintainer