Velocity atrocity
It's important to preface this post with the following: Note velocity in MuseScore Studio 4.4.x only functions with MSBasic libraries and not with MuseSounds. And now there's only the User velocity type; Offset velocity type is a thing of the past.
If you open or listen to the following linked score in MuseScore 3.6 or 3.7 you'll hear that both User and Offset note velocities are intact and functioning as expected.
https://musescore.com/user/35880724/scores/22748065
Open the same score in MS 4.4.x and look in the Inspector. MuseScore Studio is not just ignoring the velocity values of the legacy score, it actual discards them (on Open) by setting ALL velocity values to User type 64. The resulting score is expressively "flattened" ... and worse, permanently altered on Save, without as much as a warning.
https://musescore.com/user/35880724/scores/22748074
Development says that its long promised new system will far outshine the limitations of the old approach. And we can hope that will be great.
But in the meantime, when a user opens a legacy score that contains User velocities why not simply leave them alone? Then the user could work with their old MSBasic libraries and hear note volumes according the the note velocity values in the legacy score.
When the new system arrives we can only hope it'll capably export to MIDI, including note velocity.
Comments
This might be more effective if you post audio files of part of an orchestra piece. One from MU3 and one from MU4. Also, the one from MU4 should actually be two separate files. One with Muse basic sounds, and one with Muse sounds.
In reply to This might be more effective… by bobjp
Sorry. I don't understand the reasoning in your advice.
I think the submitted scores suffice for the simple demonstration. So I'm unclear. Are you saying you're unable to hear the difference between the two scores when listening online ... or perhaps when listening to the first score in MuseScore and then in MuseScore Studio?
In reply to Sorry. I don't understand… by scorster
Of course I can hear the difference. What I am saying is that a solo scale is not a very good real world example. What would be meaningful to me would be to have someone start with a short orchestra score in MU3. Produce an audio version without velocity changes. Just dynamics and hairpins. Then a second version with velocity changes. Then the same score in MU4 with muse sounds.
I never messed with velocity back when I used MU3. Every one of my compositions, to me, sound better in MU4 then they ever did in MU3. Would they sound even better if I could adjust velocity? No idea.