Issue with playback
I'm using MuseScore 4 and I recently have had trouble with the playback. Some instruments do not play in time, especially flute 2, and others, such as violins 1 and horns in the pedal register, distort certain rhythms. The playback was working well until I noticed these issues a few days ago, and I've been checking various scores and while they used to sound perfectly fine, they now have all sorts of strange rhythmic issues in the playback. Furthermore the balance between instruments, especially in louder sections, is now muddled.
As far as I'm aware I haven't changed anything with MuseScore, or even anything on my computer, recently. I've restarted my computer and tried a factory reset on MuseScore, but none of that has helped. I haven't been able to find any recent posts describing similar issues, and I've tried creating new orchestral scores, I've checked the sound fonts in the mixer which are still the standard MuseScore 4 sounds, and I have no idea what else to do. I've attached a file with some excerpts containing a few of the clearer rhythmic issues, and labeled them with staff text. Would someone be able to help me resolve this issue?
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I'm having the same exact issue, specifically with my violin 1s
Playback is fine for me. I'll keep trying if I get a chance.
I am having the exact same problem. Started within the last two weeks. Mac OS
I have this exact issue. Unusable as of right now, it completely messes up my scores and playback. Hopefully a fix comes out sooner than later…
Hello.
Considering that Musescore is a cross-platform application, it would be good if you specify which OS you are using (Linux, Windows, MacOS) since the way they handle audio is different. It would help to know if Musescore is causing an issue on a specific OS.
Playback is ok for some, and doesn't work for others. I am using ubuntu 22.04 and version 4.1.1.232071203 of Musescore. Here, playback does not work at all. In addition to that, every time I run a program an ALSA object is created, but it is not deleted when I quit the program. So if I open and quit the program eight times, I get eight "ALSA plug-in [mscore4portable]" objects.
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 with pipewire audio.
Luis Antonio Becerra Bárcenas
Prepa en Línea-SEP (High School) Student
M15-REC-091023-009
In reply to Hello. Considering that… by ap1325
I am using MacOS, if that helps
The first part of the problem was reported on Github yesterday (https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/20021 and https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/20019).
In reply to The first part of the… by metasekk
Do you know if there is any way to revert Musescore to an older version, before the playback started having issues on macOS?
I am also having an issue with playback on Flute 2 and Bass Flute. I also have MacOS (specifically Sonoma 14.1) so it may be an issue relating to that. Are you also running Sonoma?
In reply to I am also having an issue… by FloopalDoopal
I believe I was using Ventura when I created the thread a few days ago. I've updated to Sonoma 14.1.1 and the playback issue is still there, although audio samples now seem to take twice as long to load.
I am also having the same issue on my macOS 13.4. Some of the instruments in all of my scores such as the strings and brass instruments from the Muse Sounds libraries are playing ahead of time and it's very noticeable