musescore 3 or 4 for me?
I've been using musescore (currently 3.6.2) for several years and am comfortable, but not sophisticated in the use of the product. Should I stay with 3.6.2 for now or download the beta version of Musescore 4? What I'm trying to achieve is a smoother violin sound and it appears from the discussions that the new sounds on Musescore 4 are superior to the previous ones? As for my violin sounds, I want the notes to be more connected as when a scale is played one downstroke or upstroke of the bow (if that makes sense) Right now when I play a series of eight notes, it sound "jerky" or separated between notes. I want it to sound smooth and connected. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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If you're not into the "testing and it might crash and lose all my work" type of usage, then stay on 3.6.2 for now. Only go for MuseScore 4 and the MuseSounds (which is the optional library with those playback interpretation improvements) once they're released. For which everything points to end of this year or really early next year.
@fredcooper46: For what it's worth, my experience... In MS3, a snare drum roll notated for 64th 'tremolo' sounds poor and mechanical. When I load the same score in MS4beta (without MuseSounds), said drum roll has improved, but only to "barely-passable" in quality. Apparently, the MS4 version WITH the MuseSounds (from MuseHub) installed and selected in the score, the quality goes up substantially. I was given this YouTube link example of a snare drum roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=225A1ZBr85E
Ok, that's fine... But until I get MS4 AND MuseHub AND MuseSounds all working on my particular computer, looks like I have to live with the way MS3 renders audio. Of course, when we release our notation to the world, if / when live players perform our composition, it should sound the best possible.