What is your experience of being a paid Musescore.com subscriber?
I read a lot of comments from people complaining that they are being charged unduly. Also that even though they are paid subscribers they are charged for downloading certain scores.
So, what is your experience of being a paid subscriber to Musecore.com, is it worth it after all?
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Got to musescore.com (like to https://musescore.com/groups/improving-musescore-com/) and post that survey there. Discussing it here is just the wrong place.
In reply to Got to musescore.com (like… by Jojo-Schmitz
Don´t think so at all. We are in General Discussion and I tink many users of this great software are also paid subscribers to Musescore.com.
In reply to Don´t think so at all. We… by Ruben Remus
It is a different site. And, in contrast to this one here, commercial.
You asked for opinions, this is mine (and I am a Pro member on musescore.com, IIRC since after GSoC 2016 when I spent my mentor's compensation on a lifetime subscription).
In reply to It is a different site. And,… by Jojo-Schmitz
You haven't given me your opinion on what I'm asking. I already knew you were a PRO subscriber. Hence my invitation to express your opinion in this thread.
And of course I know that Museore.org and Musescore.com are different things, the first one open source and the other one a commercial website.
In reply to You haven't given me your… by Ruben Remus
My opinion is this site here is the wrong place to discuss this
In reply to You haven't given me your… by Ruben Remus
If you "know that Museore.org and Musescore.com are different things", then obviously you understand why this is the wrong place to post this.
I like Jojo's favorite analogy best: would you discuss your Yamaha guitar at a Yamaha motorcycle dealership? No, of course not. "But they have the same ownership" So?
In reply to If you "know that Museore… by TheHutch
Again: https://musescore.org/en/node/378390#comment-1292219
In reply to Again: https://musescore.org… by Ruben Remus
And my reply to that still stands
In reply to And my reply to that still… by Jojo-Schmitz
I was responding to The Hutch.
It is clear that your opinion and mine differ.
In reply to I was responding to The… by Ruben Remus
... and my response is still the same as it was: So what if they happen to be owned by the same people? This is the wrong place to discuss this. And musescore.com is the right place to discuss it.
In reply to ... and my response is still… by TheHutch
At no time did I talk about the owners. Would you also find it wrong if in General Discussion we asked for an opinion about Sibelius, for example?
In reply to At no time did I talk about… by Ruben Remus
Most of the time, yes. Sibelius has its own forums and such a question would be most appropriate there and not here.
If you were to ask a fairly specific question about comparing Sibelius to MuseScore--for example, "In Sibelius, I can do X, how do I do it in MuseScore?", or "the Y tool in MuseScore seems better/worse/faster/slower than the same tool in Sibelius"--that would be appropriate for either forum. But merely discussing your opinion of Sibelius--Sibelius r00lz/Sibelius suxxors--not here, please.
The fact of common ownership is often brought up as a reason why it's appropriate to discuss musescore.com here. I thought you had; thank you for not doing so.
In reply to Most of the time, yes… by TheHutch
Well, I would find it useful to know the opinion of Musescore users who have also used Sibelius.
It is obvious that my concept of a General Discussion subforum is much freer than yours.
In reply to At no time did I talk about… by Ruben Remus
That's at least a notation software. We won't answer questions about it, but might do comparisons
In reply to That's at least a notation… by Jojo-Schmitz
It is obvious that my concept of a General Discussion subforum is much freer than yours.
If we get strict then questions or doubts about music theory would have no place in the forum either. It doesn't seem very logical.
In reply to It is obvious that my… by Ruben Remus
Nonsense. Of course is dusissing music theorie here perfectly OK
Questions reg. how something works in Sibelius, or on musescore.com have different places
In reply to Nonsense. Of course is… by Jojo-Schmitz
As nonesense as not wanting to talk about Musescore.com in this forum.
There are also many sites where you can get information about music theory.
In reply to As nonesense as not wanting… by Ruben Remus
Feel free to go there.
There don't seem to be many PRO subscribers here or who are willing to give their opinion.
So I drop this over here from a Musescore.com representative in case anyone is interested:
"There are two possibilities you can buy:
Scores made by USERS, available with subscription or direct purchase, you will likely get: MuseScore File, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF and Audio of the Score. (unless a user has deactivated downloads for some reason, but then you would not have the download option visible).
OFFICIAL SCORES (Hal Leonard, ArrangeMe, Faber...) these you have to buy them always separately and usually you only obtain the PDF to print. No files or MIDI since those are not supposed to give users the right to modify them.
Good thing about subscription is that you can download as many as you want. But notice that, if you are on TRIAL period, and you DOWNLOAD any Score, automatically will be charged, we cannot give Scores for free since all of them have to pay royalties to their copyright holders (unless they are classical scores or in the Public Domain)."
In reply to There don't seem to be many… by Ruben Remus
People who are here either already know it, or aren't interested, or can find it by going to musescore.com.
In reply to People who are here either… by TheHutch
But I, being a good person, drop it here so that no one has to go to Musescore.com. You´re welcome.
I am pro user on Musescore.com for quite some years and i am happy with it.
In reply to I am pro user on Musescore… by rhalstenbach
Good to know, thanks for answering.
Do you usually download scores that are not PD?
In reply to Good to know, thanks for… by Ruben Remus
I dont think so. I am mainly interested in classical compositions.
In reply to I dont think so. I am mainly… by rhalstenbach
I kinda figured.