Is now the time to move to 2.0 Beta?
I have so far (over past few years) downloaded and used 1.3. But I now see that most questions arise on 2.0 Beta. Is this the time to start using 2.0 Beta?
My more detailed considerations are:
What is the advantage of using 2.0 Beta as opposed to 1.3 - without going into huge detail?
Is 2.0 Beta compatible with Windows 7?
Does it replace 1.3 when downloaded?
Can existing 1.3 files be opened in 2.0 and do they play there?
I would appreciate your help!
Thanks
Comments
The advantages of 2.0 are, hmm, pretty many... just check http://musescore.org/en/node/36581 for new features and http://musescore.org/en/issue-hit-list-marc-sabatella#Fixed-Issues for a long (but by far not complete) list of issues that got fixed.
Yes, 2.0 Beta 2 is compatible with Windows 7
No, 2.0 Beta 2 does peacefully coexists with 1.3.
Yes, 2.0 Beta 2 can open 1.3 files and play them. By default 2.0 will sound much better that 1.3 (it uses a much better soundfont). There will be differences in layout, so scores created in 1.x may look different that in 1.3, most probably better, but there are corner cases...
The disadvantage is: it is sill a Beta...
The disadvantage of not using it: remaining bugs may go unnoticed.
In reply to The advantages of 2.0 are, by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for your reply which certainly helps to explain what is happening.
I hope I have this right? It seems to me that there is a case to use both systems for now. Continue with 1.3 and (as it coexists nicely with 2.0 Beta) experiment with 2.0 Beta so any bugs can be sorted out at this stage - while it is still a Beta?
In reply to Thanks for your reply which by collierr
I'd definitely take extra care to not overwrite your 1.x scores with 2.0 versions, but save them separately. MuseScore 2.0 should do this for you, but you could still force an overwrite. Don't!
I'm using 2.0 Beta x or Nightly Builds when creating new scores, esp. when these would benefit from the new features.
I currently keep using 1.3 for my (750+) old scores, when doing minor edits (correcting a typo, minor layout fixes, etc.) to them and only convert them to 2.0 if I see a special need, like adding a piano staff to a SATB score, to be able to extract parts.
In reply to I'd definitely take extra by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for the caution about overwrite - as that is certainly really important. I'll try to do like you and only go for 2.0 with new arrangements just to see how I go.
In reply to Thanks for the caution about by collierr
I'm looking forward to read how beta 2 is working out for you collierr. Keep us posted!