Velocity Atrocity 2 (sorry)

The original thread has been removed. Possibly my fault. Scorster went to a lot of trouble to make a point. And I messed it up. But it was removed before I could make one last answer to a person that posted. To that person: No offence taken. As a music ed major and life-long musician, I have played different instruments in several kinds of groups. And played several kinds of music. I have used notation software for almost 20 years. From the software standpoint I can say that there are 4 major areas that make music sound as good as it can. And each can be divided into several sub-categories.

In no particular order.

1. Yes, of course, volume control. I never meant to imply that dynamic and note control are not important. Only that they are not the end all and be all.

2. Extensive adjustable tempo control. Has yet to happen.

3. Working articulations. This would include note length control and slurs that work.

4. Good sounds.

All four of these are needed to begin to get musical playback results. Of course none of them are needed to do the actual job of the software. I had asked for an example of a recording (preferably orchestral) from MU3 that used velocity adjustments. Then the same piece without them. I could be completely wrong but I suspect that there might not be much difference. There might be a lot of difference in solo work. Piano, guitar and the like. I write for orchestra mostly. Back in my MU3 days I never used velocity. It didn't seem to do much with the sounds in MU3. Which I never liked. This is why I am better able to use MU4. No, it isn't perfect.
No one has to respond to this post. Different things are important to each of us. MuseScore is working hard to make all four of the above come together.