MusicScore is a program that offers to its users all the necessary tools to create, customize and share music.
The moment you enter the program, you realize that in order to use it you need to have at least some basic music creation knowledge, such as notes, instruments, and staves. Even though you possess this kind of knowledge, the GUI might seem complex for a novice user. It has two skin themes, grey and dark, both having a professional look. The menu is well-structured and delimited, the buttons icons are very visible and responsive at the same time.
Besides having a comprehensive design, MuseScore has multiple supported file formats and numerous visual and technical customization options.
It provides support for a wide range of formats, from MID, WAV, FLAC, OGG to PDF and PNG. This way, depending on necessities, the user always has an export option to choose from.
With MusicScore, you can write music for different instruments, such as piano, guitar, orchestra, jazz, choir, or band, each instrument having its personalized features.
Moreover, this program allows you to transfer to and from other programs through MusicXML or MIDI.
All in all, MusicScore comes as a software solution for individuals who love music, but love to create more, and who have a certain degree of understanding music notes and staves. Besides this, the program is highly responsive, has an attractive interface and multiple useful features.
v1.3 [Feb 27, 2013]
- Fix #19148: Distortion in sound playback after several measures of play due to reverb
- Improve the stability of the sequencer and user interface interaction
- Fix crash when loading files with invalid tuplet
- Fix crash when exporting parts with voltas
- Fix possible crash during MusicXML import
- Fix crash when changing voices without valid input state
- Fix #16692: Save and Save As dialogue boxes fail to open when Title contains colon
- Fix last element in file format combo box in the File -> Open Dialog is empty on Mac OS X
- Fix Two percussion clefs in palette
- Fix #16301: Verbose program listing in Add/Remove Programs
- Change default shortcut for voices to Ctrl Alt Voice number (Previous shortcuts were not working on Mac)
- Fix small icons on Windows and Mac
- Add 1024x1024 icons on Mac OSX for retina display
- Fix: Fermata applied to rest isn’t positioned where it was placed until score is saved and re-opened
- Better looking new score wizard on Mac OS X
- Fix: Two invisible boxes in 'Lines'
- Windows binaries are now signed with an Authenticode certificate
- Windows installer is also available in MSI format to ease the deployment of MuseScore through Group Policy
- Both Windows installers are signed with an Authenticode certificate
