With the release of MuseScore 0.9.5 comes the first stable release for Mac OS X 10.4 and above
Create sound files of your scores via File → Save As... (WAV, OGG, and FLAC)
Use and create plugins
Know the pitch range of instruments (MuseScore marks out-of-range notes for amateurs in yellow and professionals in red)
Double-click to open a MuseScore file
Over 30 crashes fixed
Playback
Dynamic markings affect playback. For example ff sounds louder than mp
8va and 8vb now affects a single staff (as expected) instead of all staves in a score
Tempo changes playback correctly for scores with repeats
All staves playback on Windows using the default
SoundFont. Previous versions only played the top staff unless you manually setup a General MIDI SoundFont
Position of slider in play panel is now reliable
Mixer allows you to change instrument sounds on Windows. Linux versions could already do this
Individual notes can be microtuned up to 200 cents above or below the original pitch via the note/chord properties dialog. The Tuning plugin allows you to modify the pitch of all notes in a piece
Reworked internal fluid synthesizer
Reduced the idle load on the processor from ten percent to nearly zero percent. MuseScore only processes chorus and reverb if sound is present
Faster startup and smaller memory footprint especially when using large SoundFonts. MuseScore only loads samples from the SoundFont if needed
Files
Sets file type associations for MuseScore (".mscz" and ".mscx")
Drag-and-drop of files onto the MuseScore window opens the score on Windows (already available in Linux)
Automatically delete temporary files with names such "msHp4124" on Windows
New file extension ".mscx" replaces the old file extension ".msc". The old file extension conflicted with a type of Windows system file
Fixed problem with special characters (&<>\") in filenames for Compressed MuseScore Files
Part extraction is less prone to crashes (slurs, voltas, and bar lines through multiple staves are no longer a problem)
Export to sound file. See [[nodetitle:Export]]
for more details on WAV, OGG, and FLAC
Improvements to MusicXML import: recognize text style, credits, meta-data, multi-measure rests, dominant chords
Improvements to MusicXML export: include information about page layout, credits, meta-data, multi-measure rests; fixed dominant chords, percussion clef, tempo markings, measure width, correct order for elements in note tag, correct octave for B sharps
Improvements to MIDI import: recognize key signature changes, copyright text
Improvements to LilyPond export: fixes for B, C, and C-sharp major key signatures
Implemented a preference that lets you apply a custom style file to all imported scores
User Interface
Close button appears on each tab similar to modern browsers instead of a single button off to the side
Default shortcuts conform to platform conventions. For example Ctrl+Y for redo on Windows, Ctrl+Shift+Z for redo on Debian/Ubuntu
Beginning note entry with the mouse in a selected measure no longer causes a crash (prominent crash introduced in 0.9.4)
More instruments added to the new score wizard
Drag-and-drop of dynamics now works
Copy-paste of measures also includes chord names and lyrics
Copy-paste of full-measure rests
Note and rest split correctly across barline on paste
Note entry mode
Cursor now advances when you enter a rest
Notes snap into correct positions so that a slightly misplaced mouse no longer divides existing notes into unexpected smaller durations (bug introduced in 0.9.4)
Backspace undoes the previously added note
Tuplet are created a little differently. See tuplet
.
Undo now works for the following
Moving note up or down with mouse (pitch change)
Changes to the Page Settings dialog
Changes to Edit Text Style dialog
Changes to Edit Style dialog
Stem flip
Part and staff property changes
Measure stretch
Added Slur to line palette (previously only available via keyboard shortcuts)
Breath marks placed after the note it was dropped on instead of before
Notes outside of the pitch range of an instrument appear red and notes only playable by professionals in yellow
Edit → Search allows you to jump to a measure
Notation
Ledger lines
Thicker lines to match standard engraving practice
Half-note and whole-note rests in voice 2 have proper ledger lines
Avoid touching other ledger lines when notes are close
Automatically widen to reach noteheads on the opposite side of the stem
Percussion
Note entry for drums and percussion is less prone to crashes
Drumset can include notes above staff
New Score wizard no longer adds key signatures to unpitched percussion staves
Vertical note alignment and slurs for whole-note chords now follow the same rules as stemmed notes
Ties copy-paste correctly (bug introduced in 0.9.4)
Accidentals after a tied note now follow standard notation rules
More control over the layout of notes and articulations in the Style → Edit Style dialog
Dotted notes allowed in tuplets
Shifting notes by an octave retains pitch spelling (sharps or flats)
On small staves key signatures, time signatures, accidentals and dynamics are also small and rests are positioned correctly
The measure property dialog now has options for "layout stretch" and "measure number offset"
The bar line for grand staff instruments goes through both staves by default
Arpeggios can span two staves
Multi-measure rests automatically break at voltas, key changes, and time changes
The default size of the staff and notes can be changed via the scaling option in the preferences
Two new clefs: bass clef 8va and bass clef 15va
Visibility of note stems and staff lines is now saved
Note head position (left/right of stem) can now be overridden by user. This supports notation of "Griffschrift" for Steirische Harmonika
Text
A special toolbar for text editing makes it easier to change the formatting of specific text
Improved layout for formatting options in the Edit Text Style dialog
Separate style options for odd and even lyrics. For example you can alternate between normal and italic type for each stanza
Lyric hyphens better match the lyric text
Lyrics, measure numbers, and other relevant text resizes with the staff when you change the scaling (via Layout → Page Settings...)
Changes to the text style (via Style → Edit Text Style) are visible without closing and reopening score
Dynamics (such as mf or pp) now resize properly using Style → Edit Text Style → Dynamics
Flats and sharps in chord names now resize properly using Style → Edit Text Style → Chordnames
Chord names are configurable via an external XML file: styles\chords.xml
Experimental jazz font for chord names (the font is incomplete and several symbols are missing)
Plugins
Plugins enabled for Debian and Ubuntu due to new features in Qt 4.5
Plugins can now include dialogs created with Qt Designer
Eight sample plugins added
Most script actions are now undoable
Script debugger option added to the Help menu
Added -p option on command line to launch a plugin
Internationalization
Eight new translations for the software: Arabic, Danish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Traditional Chinese, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) and Ukrainian. This brings the total to 18 languages and dialects
More text in MuseScore is now translatable (certain sections of the user interface were English only in previous versions)
Italian and Norwegian versions of the handbook. The handbook is now available in nine languages
Credit
Programming
Werner Schweer: Project lead, main developer
Nicolas Froment (lasconic): Windows and Mac OS builds, MusicXML import-export developer
Toby Smithe: Debian and Ubuntu builds
Olav Gundersen: LilyPond export developer
Leon Vinken: MusicXML import-export developer
Raffaele Russi: MusicXML import-export developer
Joachim Ganseman: Mac OS build
Localization
Arabic
Hosam Adeeb Nashed
Chinese, Traditional
Ying-Da Lee
Chinese, Traditional (Taiwan)
benice
Danish
Stig Wolff
Dutch
Jaap Plaisier
English, US
Raymond May Jr.
Finnish
Heino Keränen
French
Jean-Louis Waltener
Nicolas Froment (lasconic)
Galician
Xosé
German
Werner Schweer
Hindi
Shashi Sharma
Italian
Angelo Contardi
Antonio Marchionne
Norwegian
Dag Henning Sørbø
Per Holje
Polish
Piotr Komorowski
Portuguese
José Luciano Batista Gomes
Portuguese, Brazilian
israel_zeu
Russian
Alexandre Prokoudine
Spanish
Carlos Sanchiavedraz
Macedonious
Marcos Guglielmetti
Swedish
Magnus Johansson
Turkish
Halil Kirazlı
Ukrainian
Serhij Dubyk
Other
Thomas Bonte: Website
Magnus Johansson: Instrument list
David Bolton: Documentation, instrument lists, Windows SoundFont
Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen & others: Emmentaler font
