Release notes for MuseScore 2.3 (June 29, 2018)

Updated 1 year ago

MuseScore 2.3 was released June 29, 2018.

#273032: Implement extensions to provide an easy way to install soundfont, templates and instruments.xml
#256021: Add buzz roll tremolo stem
#271198: Add a more flexible way to choose noteheads in drumset for percussion instrument
#271723: Implement filters in Zerberus
#272276: Add ability to have a different MIDI pitch for drum instrument based on articulation or tremolo
Implemented flams and crush notation for unpitched percussion

Fix #270996: No sound on upgrade to 2.2 if default soundfont was saved as default
Fix #271717: Match the default tempo in New Score Wizard
Fix #272377: 'Follow text' is not applied to tempo text

Fix #222031: remove ties and spanners when removing induvidual notes within a chord
Fix #271718: clicking noise fix
Fix #271719: sound accumulation on noteOff
Fix #271722: long release samples do not play in their entirety
Fix #272687: Unable to select an SFZ playback for a drum instrument
Fix #273150: incorrect off_by processing
Fix #273241: incorrect loading sample when use comment line

#273511: Order notes in Drum Input Palette like in instruments.xml
#269952: Allow new templates to be seen without restart
Follow macOS platform conventions for window title and dirty state
Use setWindowModified to display * in window title
Fix #8808: Add option to limit scroll area of the navigator and the score view
Fix #117236: Honor 'pan score' button during edits
Fix #153691: Drumtools palette not closing when switching between files
Fix #268016: No message on second keyboard shortcut already in use
Fix #271074: Image capture with transparent background empty when pasting into other programs on Windows (reverted Fix #209596: Screencapture + Copy + Transparency issue)
Fix #271935: Wrong voice button is highlighted after unsuccessful voice change
Fix #273672: Right align "Double augmentation dot" in preferences dialog
Fix #272153: Notes for transposing instrument are shown in concert pitch on piano control

Fix #76751: MuseScore crashes when opening plugin manager after adding new plugin
Fix #270850: Changes to a score cause all fermatas over a barline to be discarded
Fix #271039: crash when closing score after changing tempo in play panel
Fix #271161: crashes on certain tuplets due to failure to sanitize
Fix #271299: Errors with multiple clefs
Fix #271325: Adjusting a note outside the range of a piano causes a crash when the piano keyboard is visible.
Fix #272172: Remove tuplets after inserting measures causes corruption/crash
Fix crash in MusicXML import when drumset instrument has no midi-unpitched

Fix #253926: Key signature not displaying correctly on clef change at the start of a score
Fix #267602: Measure shifts back and forth with each layout
Fix #269404: Line/Ottava Text properties do not apply user-defined vertical offsetting properly
Fix #271187: Bad canvas position when operating near right margin with vertical stacking
Fix #271450: Double-click to set breaks on frames
Fix #271529: Incorrect stem position for some noteheads in layout
Fix #272023: Downstem mirrored notes lose accidental
Fix #272066: Canvas improperly positioned when setting zoom level
Fix #272390: Measure numbering by interval should take 1st measure number into account
Fix #272691: No naturals in key sig after mmrest
Fix #273555: Checking "Show first" with an interval of 1 for measure numbers only shows measure number 1
Fix #273305: Courtesy clef hide/show issue

Reworked instruments.xml
Fix #271103: Add 7-string guitar and Cavaquinho (4-strings guitar)
Add missing 5-string staff type, append 7- and 8-string tablature types
Don't show presets for more strings than the instrument is set up for, esp. counting only fretted strings, i.e. non-open strings

Fix #270496: Add missing elements to incomplete tuplets when reading from a file
Fix #272042: Saved preferences override command line options
Debian fix: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=898757. Fix crash when starting with piano open.
Allow path to be relative to stored album file
Fix #273660 : MIDI Keyboard Not Responded when Pressed Before Opening a Score

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release, and a special shout-out to the five new contributors: