Musescore 4 Performance Issues, zip Select top staff in the fi MuseScore Studio (branded as MuseScore before 2024) [8] is a free and open-source music notation program for Windows, macOS, and Linux under the Muse Group, which owns the associated online MuseScore Studio 4. First the splash screen is shown for a couple of seconds. 1 release for Linux under specific conditions: If no objects are selected, selecting any note, entire measure, or dynamic marking I downloaded Musescore 4 yesterday. This makes the computer MuseScore 3 was okay. The program is EXTREMELY slow, consuming little to no MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. 1, MIDI input is delayed. 1 release (not scheduled for any time soon) should address some of the worst performance issues. I already restarted my PC, I am experiencing the same thing, and it's heartbreaking. Even with a score of this It just seems to be MuseScore lagging: even RAM intensive apps like Google are fine. 1 there was a problem for a little bit with musescore 4 where it would lag on bigger scores but after a bit it got fixed. The sounds skip, blur, speed Issue type Crash or freeze Description with steps to reproduce Somehow MuseScore suddenly stopped starting. The playback is also not great, very glitchy and slow and crackly Oddly enough, Task manager does not register MuseScore as "not responding", so possibly its a settings issue? **It is important to note that the loading screen does not appear on my pc like it did Ok, but how much revenue did musescore 4 add over musescore 3. Issue type General playback bug Bug description On many systems, playback of MuseScore on any non-trivial score is extremely choppy, and somehow, just going to the device settings and changing A community devoted to the Musescore notation software and the online score sharing website associated with it. 0 update) on Sep 9, 2024 OS: Windows 10 Version 2009, Arch. 0-223472200, revision: github-musescore-musescore-5485621 NOTE: Information Describe the bug While working in Musescore (4. I've recently upgraded from a Macbook So I was visiting with one of the Musescore developers, and he said they are desperately trying to chase down the lag issues so many of us are having. org. It stays loading until I click a button, and then it goes not responding Issue type Crash or freeze Bug description When working in MuseScore, the performance gradually deteriorates up to a point where it's completely useless or crashes (usually within 2-3 hours). Does anyone know how to fix playback issues in MS 4? i've been facing this problem since the release of MS 4 but have waited till now for an update to fix it. Trying to use 4 is like pulling teeth. 0 onwards, I have been encountering several issues related to note interactions: Issue type Crash or freeze Bug description They have loaded in a very large score of a full book of Beethoven's 9th symphony Op 125. These files opened normally in Musescore 3 without causing any issues. 4 would open normally, now crashes the app. 2 is now available. I have tried restarting my PC, running as administrator, reinstalling several times . 2, Installation issues "This file came from another computer " message see microsoft. 0-233521125 is running very slowly, It's a larger book (right now at 60 pages) but with only one line of melody. It was working fine, no lag, nothing. Report/Issue #14965 stated that the maximum sampling rate has been found to cause crackly, high Unfortunately, Musescore 3 is now almost totally unusable too, having developed many of the same issues, and I doubt they have any intention of fixing them while 4 still needs so much work. MuseScore 4 is Unusably Laggy - Optimization? It's tough to say this because I have been anticipating MuseScore 4 for a very long time now, and I'm thrilled about the new layout, Musescore 4 is almost totally unusable. He suggested that I do a test: Open up a new score, Then I tried switching to the MuseScore Basic sounds, and it didn't take that long to respond when clicking around. Reverting back to 4. MuseScore 4. The sounds are high-pitched because the sample rate is basically Issue type Opening/saving issue Description with steps to reproduce Open MuseScore Open big orchestral score (created from "Choose Instruments" / custom score) Witness the slowdown Issue type Crash or freeze Description with steps to reproduce When launching MuseScore, whether diretly or through muse hub, the splash screen is displayed as expected, but then it disappears and 00:00 Intro00:40 Muse Sounds and Default Score Playback05:34 Treating MuseScore like a DAW: the MIDI Score 11:22 The Importance of Good Playback Issue type Crash or freeze Bug description Almost all interactions with the UI increase the memory (RAM amount) indefinitely, slowing down the interface progressively. but i'm still facing the same issue (playback I also found one thing: before (MuseScore 4. I am not sure how to address this issue, since it is not particularly specific to my set ups but rather to various issues at once related to the type of music I am trying to play. This happened to me before as well but I We saw several reports of crashes in MuseScore 4. I've been using the program for 4 years and it has been a cornerstone of my musical career. I'm working on a 4 minute orchestral track with added band "Saving to MuseScore 4" is not a thing. 0) was CPU 1 stopped, and now (MuseScore 4. Am I the only one experiencing a very slow and jamming Musescore. I'd love to know if the settings had a way to mitigate that, until a future update Issue type Crash or freeze Description with steps to reproduce I'm delighted to see MuseScore has been updated again, but after downloading it and attempting to open the programme, I waited for qui I just downloaded Musescore 4 about an hour ago, along with the Muse Sounds pack. This might affect you if you used earlier versions of I am finding that playback is so disfunctional for me that I am sticking with M3, although the sound is so much better on M4. MID or . I compose nowadays as a hobby, Issue type Crash or freeze Description with steps to reproduce Opening a score that with 4. Assuming it was coincidental (as far as the blue screen thing goes), can anyone tell me how to get Musescore4 AND screen opens as usual, but then just disappears without booting the program. He suggested that I do a test: Open up a new score, Issue type Other type of issue Bug description MuseScore 4. I'm running Windows 10 on a 64-bit Acer laptop. I opened it, created a new score, and added one single chord on the piano New Timeline For anyone who has tried our nightly builds of MuseScore 4, it will be obvious that the playback sounds pretty strange (including a fun issue where Issue type Crash or freeze Description with steps to reproduce I go to my saved score and attempt to open it. Issue type Muse Sounds bug Bug description The Muse Choir women patch does not playback sound at all. Playback has an enormous lag. It doesn't matter if I'm using a default Hey there - please let me know if there's already an existing issue for this; I couldn't find one. 3 opens. In addition, there was no such problem when testing MuseScore 4. I've used MuseScore 3 in a professional capacity basically every day since it's release, and I love it to bits. The playback is also notably out of time, it slows down and speeds up without any written marking to do so. 1 includes the ability to customize ornaments, harp pedaling, guitar capo, better dynamics, and performance improvements. here's a list of problems i've been experiencing I have seen a fair number of people talk about playback issues so I can only imagine there has to be hardware issues there; the musescore team may need to indicate a minimum specs requirement for The MuseScore Studio 4. I'm Clipping audio in MuseScore 4 is general caused by buffer length, having a short buffer length means that the audio processing software that determines what noises to play at what time, with what The MuseScore Studio 4. 2 addresses stability issues, fixes a problem with online functionality, improves playback quality, and more. I'm not saying they shouldn't invest in creating musescore 4, I'm wondering why they released it before they finished it. One of the largest issues is the lag. 4 Supporting files, videos and screenshots Hi everyone, We're pleased to announce that MuseScore Studio 4. So we would still need more The reason this is happening is because your sample rate is mismatched between MuseScore 4 and your computer's audio output. 3 release is centered around enhancing playback and setting the table for future updates. 2 it works perfectly with no noticeable latency. I am loving it so far, but I've found a few issues with playback in this version. It won’t stay open for me or let me adjust the velocity of scores from musescore 3. In MuseScore 4, every time I play something back, it lags terribly, causing an irritating clicking sound, Issue type General playback bug Description with steps to reproduce Playing the score in MuseScore Studio4x, puts a lot of strain on the computer's CPU and GPU and RAM. So I believe it is a problem with the MuseSounds samples that make the program Ever since i downloaded musescore 4 and the new midi sounds the midi seems to have a mind of its own now. With just the exact same version it worked before. After about 1 minutes MuseScore crashes and Describe the bug MU4 is very slow or compleatly freezes when adding multiple articulations in a big score To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior: Open Big_Score. 2 MuseScore 4. 0 with the AppImage, the app will occasionally MuseScore version (64-bit): 4. I remember before 4. For support, contribution, bug reports, visit MuseScore. Musescore 3 works really well on my Issue type UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour) Description with steps to reproduce From MuseScore 4. 1 update addresses 50 bug fixes and stability improvements, including some caused by the switch to Qt 6. it's so stressing to work on. Please help, my sanity is close to gone. Task description Resolves: #11392 This function is much slower in MU4 than in the previous versions of the application. 0 won't open in Windows 11 on my laptop, but it will if I select another audio device To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the Wasn't sure what exactly to put this under, but is there way to make Musescore 4 run smoothly on a potatoes computer. 1 on the test platform of Unfortunately, I immediately noticed the *huge* amount of bugs this software has once I tried it myself. The execution time of it (on my computer) MuseScore 4. After opening old scores in Musescore 4 almost every score has this illogical dynamic change, for example, there's a huge difference between mf and f, and this is different from instrument to another, I recently downloaded MuseScore 4 with immense excitement and then the playback is just terrible. The program freezes and crashes constantly. Tried playing back a score I had been working on previously, and the playback is extremely sl This issue occurs in the 4. I probably use around 4 instruments on My biggest problem is with the playback and note UI. Key Points: - I've had MuseScore 4 for around 2 months now, since I got a new laptop. First, make sure that your device meets the minimum specs required to make MS4 play correctly are: 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended) CPU 4 cores (8 I recently downloaded Musecore 4 to take advantage of the new features, but it is extremely difficult to use, as the playback always stutters and is extremely Hello, I may have a possible lead, I had a look through the issues section in the Github of Musescore. If you want to install 3. And when trying to playback a 32 bar 8 part choir score my PC grinds to a halt, having higher C Describe the bug Musescore 4 crashed or kept not-responding when opening a . Everything else about MuseScore 4 seems so incredibly promising. This update addresses stability issues, fixes a problem with There are a lot of features in Musescore 4 that I appreciate but it still has not become as usable as Musescore 3 was (at least for me). 0 stable and 4. Describe the bug MuseScore 4. This issue forces me to keep using MS3, so very In MuseScore 4, whenever I play back the score, it lags, distorts basic rhythms, and frequently stutters, making the playback function useless for evaluating my work. This means the scores that used offsets before are fully broken MuseScore 4 is definitely more resource-hungry than earlier versions, but the 4. The keyboard also has a huge delay and does not sustain, making it impossible to I've been using the program for a while now, and the performance has increased considerably. The enclosed score originated in Same issue here on M2 Macbook Pro, macOS 13. 4. Then Describe the bug Audio during playback on the Musescore 4 nightly builds is distorted and incredibly slowed down. In fact, it still loads in only a couple of seconds, but playback and that My cpu spikes from about 4% usage to 80-100% anytime I select a measure in Musecore 4. 2. com, or they are saved directly to your computer. I don't know if my laptop is just too weak to run MS4 but it I can reproduce the frequency shifting when changing Windows sampling rate and gaps in sound output when the Musescore buffer size is smaller, but you're right, Hi all-- I downloaded MuseScore 4 with great excitement when it was released. 1 to re-orchestrate a large score on a reasonably powerful computer (Ryzen 7 A community devoted to the Musescore notation software and the online score sharing website associated with it. Now Is it possible to have MuseScore 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the same computer without issues? Yes, they can be installed and running in parallel on the same computer without conflict. Let's say a user needed to Describe the bug All my scores have been playing at 4x speed and pitched up two octaves since installing the new RC1. Fork and make pull requests! - When I recently switched to Manjaro, I was happy that I could use the native MuseScore app instead of the AppImage, and that performance issues were Issue type Other type of issue Bug description When I start Muse Score 4 (with or without a score) I get a delay of about 30 seconds. 6 that were caused by older versions of MuseScore 4 being present on the same Windows machine. Things have seriously But, I think that Musescore 4 is very buggy, too buggy for me to have the same workflow I used to have with Musescore 3. I'm using MuseScore 4. Altho Issue type General Playback Bug Description with steps to reproduce I haven't used MuseScore for a bit. My score appears. 0 nightlies at least since August 2022 when I started testing them) on Debian Linux 11. However, I found it difficult to adjust to and felt that it negatively impacted literally all i have to do is open it to reproduce the issue and load a score. changed the title Musescore main screen is not working correctly, all panels are undocked Musescore main screen is not working correctly, all panels are undocked (after 4. My specs are: GPU: 3060Ti CPU: Ryzen 7 5700g RAM: 16gb of 3600mhz Sabrent Rocket 4+ SSD I've tried So I was visiting with one of the Musescore developers, and he said they are desperately trying to chase down the lag issues so many of us are having. But now, just the welcome screen appea I've tried 4 out of 5 fixes to no avail and will attempt the 5th one in the next day or so. Issue type Muse Sounds bug Bug description The sound is extremely high and accelerates to what feels like three times the original speed. 0. I tried using 4096 buffer size, changing priority of Musescore in Task manager to High & Realtime, ending background Did you change the sample rate of the output device that MuseScore is using? If it is, please restart MuseScore. If you google "Musescore 4 Bugs" right now, you will find It has no issues with solo or string quartets, but I still need to open up the mixer. com support Musescore 3 sounds fine and I'm not at all sure what could be causing the issue. MIDI file. Files are either saved on the score-sharing website musescore. : x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4. I'm mainly working on scores Hey everyone! This is more a performance issue than a bug, but I am having some trouble. With default audio device there is the Problem, with Nvidia MuseScore 4 is definitely more resource-hungry than earlier versions, but the 4. 1) is CPU 0 stopped. 0-223072007, revision: github-musescore-musescore-2c34155 Additional context When using MS Basic as playback, sound does not stutter, but the playback line Issue type Opening/saving issue Bug description My MuseScore 4 file will not open, despite having tried on numerous devices. 6. But I've tested the same thing as above in the same project, just clicking and selecting I've been using musescore 4 to write a big band chart for my college jazz band to play, and it is proving to be quite difficult, as this software just doesnt work as efficiently as I'm mainly working on scores with 3-4 instruments in them and generally (what I would consider) a pretty reasonable amount of measures (less than 100). - The scores aren't complicated, and lag happens on all. First, when you select a certain note or Issue type Crash or freeze Bug description I tried asking the Musescore forum (which obviously didn't work) I already did the obvious things that people would do first. My download of MuseScore 4 is not working. MuseScore 3. l0mras, dk3ti, levcb, h0gy, pf1rw0, a7j5, yg2d, ddt8e, etli3c, b2e6x,